6205980 For-Hire Vehicles, Department of - Notice of ProposedRulemaking - Chapter 9 - Insurance Requirement
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DEPARTMENT OF FOR-HIRE VEHICLES
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV), formerly the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 8(c)(7) and (19), 14, and, 20j of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985 (“Establishment Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(c) (7) and (19), 50-313, and 50-329 (2014 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)), hereby gives notice of its proposed adoption of amendments to Chapter 9 (Insurance Requirements for Public Vehicles for Hire) of Title 31 (Taxicabs and Public Vehicles for Hire) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
This proposed rulemaking would amend Chapter 9 to conform DFHV’s insurance requirements for public vehicles-for-hire to those of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking (“DISB”). This rulemaking is necessary to clarify that DFHV’s insurance requirements must track the requirements set by DISB because that agency, not DFHV, is charged by statute with setting applicable insurance requirements for public vehicle-for-hire, and to obviate the need for further amendments for this purpose.
DFHV also hereby gives notice of its intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these proposed rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Directions for submitting comments may be found at the end of this notice.
Chapter 9, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, of Title 31 DCMR, TAXICABS AND PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE, is amended as follows:
Section 900, APPLICATION AND SCOPE, is amended as follows:
Subsection 900.2 is amended to read as follows:
900.2 Each insurance policy for a public vehicle-for-hire shall provide the coverage required by DISB at 26 DCMR § 801.4, as may be amended from time to time.
Copies of this proposed rulemaking can be obtained at www.dcregs.dc.gov or by contacting the Department of For-Hire Vehicles, Office of Regulatory Policy and Planning, 2235 Shannon Place, S.E., Suite 3001, Washington, D.C. 20020. All persons desiring to file comments on the proposed rulemaking action should submit written comments via e-mail to dfhv@dc.gov, or by mail to the Department of For-Hire Vehicles, Office of Regulatory Policy and Planning, 2235 Shannon Place, S.E., Suite 3001, Washington, D.C. 20020, no later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
