5956205 Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Expansion of accepted documents to establish residency

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles (“Director”), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 6, 7, and 8a of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03, 50-1401.01 and 50-1401.03 (2014 Repl.)), Section 8c of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code § 50-1401.05 (2014 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)), and Mayor’s Order 2014-153, dated June 27, 2014, hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following rulemaking that will amend Chapter 1 (Issuance of Drivers Licenses) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).

 

The proposed rules give the Director the authority to add documents required in order to establish residency.

 

Pursuant to Section 8c of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code § 50-1401.05 (2014 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)) this rulemaking shall be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia for a forty-five (45) day review period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess.  If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.

 

Final rulemaking action may be taken thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, or the completion of the forty-five (45) day Council review period for these rules, whichever is later. 

 

Chapter 1, ISSUANCE OF DRIVER LICENSES, of Title 18 DCMR, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, is amended as follows:      

 

Section 114, LIMITED PURPOSE DRIVER LICENSE, LEARNER PERMIT, PROVISIONAL PERMIT OR IDENTIFICATION CARD, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 114.5 is amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:          

 

   114.5            Except as stated otherwise, each applicant shall provide two of the documents set forth below in order to establish present residency:

 

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(l)         Any other documents deemed acceptable by the Director through written approval.

 

Subsection 114.6 is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:

 

114.6               Except as stated otherwise, each applicant shall provide two of the documents set forth below which are dated at least six (6) months prior to the date of application:

 

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(k)        Any other documents deemed acceptable by the Department of Motor Vehicles through written approval.

 

 

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments, in writing, to David Glasser, General Counsel, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, 95 M Street, S.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20024, [e-mail], or online at www.dcregs.dc.gov.  Comments must be received not later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Copies of this proposal may be obtained, at cost, by writing to the above address.