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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 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 (2009 Repl.)), Section 801 of the Motor Vehicle and Safe Driving Amendment Act of 2000, effective April 27, 2001 (D.C. Law 13-289; D.C. Official Code § 50-921 (2009 Repl.)), and Section 7 of An Act to provide for annual inspection of all motor vehicles in the District of Columbia, approved February 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 78; D.C. Official Code § 50-1107 (2009 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following rulemaking that will amend Chapter 6 (Inspection of Motor Vehicles) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). The proposed rules will repeal the requirement that motorcycles and motorized bicycles be inspected, and repeal the requirement that previously owned vehicles must be re-inspected, even if time period remains before expiration from the last inspection.
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. Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 50-921 (2009 Repl.), the proposal shall be deemed approved except that if within the 45-day period a resolution of disapproval has been introduced by three (3) members of the Council, the regulations shall not be deemed approved.
The Director also gives notice of her intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the 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.
Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Chapter 6, INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, is amended as follows:
Section 601, INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS, is amended as follows:
601.4 Vehicles registered in the District of Columbia shall be inspected periodically for, when applicable, safe operating condition, exhaust emissions, and compliance with this title as follows:
(a) Passenger vehicle: every two (2) years;
(b) Repealed;
(c) Bus: every six (6) months; except as provided in (d);
(d) Bus owned or leased by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: annually;
(e) Taxicab and other public vehicles for hire: semi-annually;
(f) Repealed;
(g) Repealed;
(h) Commercial vehicle: annually;
(i) Tow truck: annually;
(j) Vehicle registered as a class F(I) historic motor vehicle: one (1) time, at time of registration, plus an inspection limited to confirming the odometer reading every two (2) years;
(k) Vehicle registered as a class F(II) historic motor vehicle: one (1) time, at time of registration; and
(l) All other motor vehicles: every two (2) years.
601.5 Repealed.
601.8 The fees for inspections shall be as follows:
(a) Passenger vehicle, including historic motor vehicle: $ 35;
(b) Repealed;
(c) Repealed;
(d) Commercial vehicles and vehicles for hire, including all buses: $ 35:
(e) Trailers, based upon the manufacturer’s shipping weight: $ 35
(f) Tow truck: $ 35;
(g) Salvage vehicle: $ 35;
(h) New vehicles for which an inspection is not required but for which a sticker is required: $ 10; and
(i) All other motor vehicles: $ 35.
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.
