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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission (Commission), pursuant to the authority set forth in § 8(b)(1)(C), (F), and (G) 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(b)(1)(C), (F), and (G)) (2009 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt amendments to chapter 6 (Taxicab Parts and Equipment) of title 31 (Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The proposed amendments will: (1) establish an age and mileage limit on when a vehicle may be placed into service as a taxicab; (2) establish an age and mileage limit on how long a vehicle may remain in service as a taxicab; and (3) clarify that a “salvage” vehicle may not be placed in service as a taxicab. Effective dates will be included in the Notice of Final Rulemaking.
The Commission hereby gives notice of the intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these proposed rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 6, TAXICAB PARTS AND EQUIPMENT, of title 31, TAXICABS AND PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 609, AGE OF TAXICAB, is amended to read as follows:
609 AGE OF TAXICAB
609.1 Effective ______________, except as provided in subsection 609.2, no vehicle that is more than five (5) model years old (or has accumulated mileage in excess of three hundred thousand miles (300,000 mi.)) may be placed into service as a taxicab in the District of Columbia, whether owned, rented, or leased.
609.2 Further, effective ______________, no vehicle that is no more than seven (7) model years old (or that has accumulated mileage in excess of four hundred thousand miles (400,000 mi.)) may remain in service as a taxicab in the District of Columbia, whether owned, rented, or leased. Any additional or subsequent vehicles to be placed into service must meet the requirements of subsection 609.1
609.3 Effective immediately, no salvaged vehicle may be placed into service as a taxicab in the District of Columbia.
Copies of the proposed rulemaking can be obtained at www.dcregs.dc.gov or by contacting Dena C. Reed, General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission, District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, 2041 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, S.E., Suite 204, Washington, D.C. 20020. All persons desiring to file comments on the proposed rulemaking action should submit written comments via e-mail to dctc@dc.gov or by mail to the DC Taxicab Commission, 2041 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave., S.E., Suite 204, Washington, D.C. 20020, Attn: Dena C. Reed, General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission, no later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C Register.
