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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles (Director), pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 1825 and 1826 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 and 905 (2009 Repl.)), sections 6 and 7 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code § 50-2201.03 (2009 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 2007-168, dated July 23, 2007, 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) in not less than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
The proposed rules would change the name of the fee currently known as the “learner’s permit test fee” to the “knowledge test fee”.
This Emergency Rulemaking is necessitated by the immediate need to comply with District law requirements of a balanced budget. This emergency rulemaking will contribute the revenue necessary to maintain the District’s balanced budget. The revenue obtained will be used to maintain critical services to the District’s citizens and thereby preserve their health, safety, and welfare.
The Emergency Rulemaking was adopted on June 27, 2011 and will become effective on July 1, 2011. The Emergency Rulemaking will expire in one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of adoption, or upon publication of the Notice of Final Rulemaking in the D.C. Register, whichever occurs first.
The Director also gives notice of intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt this amendment in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Chapter 1, Issuance of Driver’s Licenses, is amended as follows:
Section 103, APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR LEARNER’S PERMIT, subsection 103.8 (a) is amended to change the name of the “Learner’s Permit Test” to “Knowledge Test” so that the provision reads as follows:
103.8 The following fees shall apply to permit applicants:
(a) Knowledge test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………….. . . . . $ 10;
(b) Driver’s permit road test . . . . . ……. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10;
(c) Driver’s permit application fee . . . . ……. . . . . . . .. $ 44;
(d) Learner’s permit application fee . . . . . . . …… . . . . $ 20;
(e) Provisional operator’s permit application fee . ….. . $ 20.
(f) Ignition Interlock Application fee…………………. $ 50.
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. 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.
