5067685 Motor Vehicles,Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - to amend 18 DCMR, Ch. 13 and Ch. 99, to provide a commercial driver's license exemption for drivers of streetcars

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, 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 50-905 (2012 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 and 50-1401.01 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), Section 3 of the Uniform Classification and Commercial Driver’s License Act of 1990, effective September 20, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-161; D.C. Official Code § 50-402 (2012 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 91-161, dated October 15, 1991, hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following rulemaking that will amend Chapters 13 (Classification and Issuance of Commercial Driver’s Licenses) and 99 (Definitions) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).

 

In compliance with 49 C.F.R. § 390.5, the proposed rulemaking will exempt an operator of a DC Streetcar from needing a commercial driver’s license while operating a DC Streetcar and will conform the definition of “DC Streetcar” with the definition set forth in the Department of Transportation Establishment Act, effective April 20, 2013 (D.C. Law 19-268; D.C. Official Code § 50-921.71(1) (2014 Supp.)). 

 

The Director also gives notice of the intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these rules in not less than thirty (30) days after 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 13, CLASSIFICATION AND ISSUANCE OF COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES, is amended as follows:

 

Section 1329, EXEMPTIONS TO THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS, is amended by adding a new subsection 1329.4 to read as follows:

 

1329.4             A driver of a DC Streetcar, as defined in 18 DCMR 9901, shall be exempt from this chapter.

Chapter 99, DEFINITIONS, is amended as follows:

 

Section 9901, DEFINITIONS, is amended by adding a definition for DC Streetcar and repealing the definition of Streetcar as follows:

 

                        DC Streetcar - means a local fixed guideway transit network offering rail passenger service operated by the District government or its agent.

 

                        “Streetcar - a car other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property and operated upon rails” is repealed.

 

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 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.