6142251 Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Documents for establishing residency

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

 

NOTICE OF FINAL 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 50-905 (2014 Repl.)) and Sections 6, 7 and 8a of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121, 1125; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03, 50-1401.01 and 50-1401.03 (2014 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of amendments to Chapter 1 (Issuance of Driver Licenses) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”). 

 

The rulemaking gives the Director the authority to approve documents required in order to establish residency, and for those individuals seventy (70) years of age and older, allow for submission of documents, subject to the approval of the Director, certifying identity and date of birth or social security number.         

 

A Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on May 6, 2016 at 63 DCR 006974. No comments were received. No changes were made to the text of the proposed rules. The final rules were adopted on June 10, 2016 and will be effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

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

 

Section 103, APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER LICENSE, LEARNER PERMIT, OR PROVISIONAL PERMIT, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 103.4(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph (12) to read as follows: 

 

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

 

Subsection 103.5 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:

 

(c)        If the applicant is seventy (70) years or older, he or she may submit documents subject to the approval of the Director certifying identity, date of birth, or social security number.