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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission (Commission), pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code § 47-2829(b), (d), (e)(1) and (i), Sections 8(c)(3), (4), (7), (18), (19), 14 and 20 of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(c)(3), (4), (7), (18), (19), 50-313 and 50-319 (2009 Repl.; 2012 Fall Supp.)), hereby gives notice of its adoption of amendments to Chapter 10 (Public Vehicles for Hire), of Title 31 (Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The amendment will amend Section 1016.1 by extending the period for which a special event vehicle-for-hire permit may be issued by the Office of Taxicabs from thirty (30) days to forty-five (45) days.
The emergency and proposed rule was adopted on November 14, 2012, and became effective on that day. The rule was originally published on November 23, 2012, at 59 DCR 13448. The comment period expired on December 22, 2012, without any comments having been received by the Commission. The Commission adopted the rulemaking as final on January 30, 2013. This rule will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 10, PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, of Title 31, TAXICABS AND PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 1016 is amended to read as follows:
1016 SPECIAL EVENT VEHICLE FOR HIRE PERMIT
1016.1 The Office of Taxicabs may issue a special event vehicle-for-hire permit that authorizes a limousine or sedan licensed in another jurisdiction as a public vehicle-for-hire, to operate for hire in the District of Columbia for a period of not more than forty-five (45) days during a particular special event. Only a vehicle properly registered as a public vehicle-for-hire in another jurisdiction is eligible for a special event vehicle-for-hire permit.
