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Subchapter I - General
§ 50–301.01. Findings - The Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) finds that:...
§ 50–301.02. Purposes - (a) In enacting this subchapter, the Council of the District...
§ 50–301.03. Definitions - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...
§ 50–301.04. Department of For-Hire Vehicles – Established - There is established the Department of For-Hire Vehicles as a...
§ 50–301.05. Department of For-Hire Vehicles – Director - (a) The DFHV shall be headed by a Director. The...
§ 50–301.06. Department of For-Hire Vehicles – Organization - (a) There is established within the DFHV the following offices...
§ 50–301.07. Department of For-Hire Vehicles – duties; jurisdiction; powers - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...
§ 50–301.07a. GPS data use feasibility assessment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 8a; as...
§ 50–301.07b. Reciprocal agreements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 8b; as...
§ 50–301.08. Panel on Rates and Rules; quorum; rule and ratemaking requirements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 9, 33...
§ 50–301.09. Panel on Consumer and Industry Concerns; quorum; adjudication and rulemaking requirements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 10, 33...
§ 50–301.09a. Hearing examiner; appointment, powers and duties; appeals. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 10a; as...
§ 50–301.09b. Hearing examiner — appointment, powers, and duties; appeals - (a) The Director shall appoint at least one attorney to...
§ 50–301.10. Internal and procedural rules - (a) The DFHV shall establish rules for the general conduct...
§ 50–301.10a. For-Hire Vehicle Advisory Council - (a) There is established a For-Hire Vehicle Advisory Council. (b)...
§ 50–301.11. Annual report; budget and oversight - (a) Repealed. (b) Repealed. (b-1) Repealed. (c) The DFHV shall...
§ 50–301.12. Office of Taxicabs established. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 13, 33...
§ 50–301.13. Regulation of public vehicles-for-hire - (a) The DFHV may issue any reasonable rule relating to...
§ 50–301.14. Insurance - (a) Each owner of a taxicab operated in the District...
§ 50–301.15. Sinking funds; blanket policies - (a) Any owner of a vehicle-for-hire required to file a...
§ 50–301.16. Reporting by Commissioner. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 17, 33...
§ 50–301.17. Rate proceeding; standard for rate structure - (a) Within 12 months of March 25, 1986, and at...
§ 50–301.18. Existing taxi regulations - Except as modified by this subchapter, or until changed by...
§ 50–301.19. Regulation of taxicab operation and license requirement - (a)(1) No person, corporation, partnership, or association shall operate a...
§ 50–301.20. Public Vehicles-for-Hire Consumer Service Fund - (a) There is established within the District of Columbia Treasury...
§ 50–301.21. Taxicab Driver Security Revolving Fund. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 20b; as...
§ 50–301.22. Taxicab Driver Security Revolving Fund: loan application and eligibility criteria; vendor payments. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 20c; as...
§ 50–301.23. Department of For-Hire Vehicles Fingerprinting Fund - (a) There is established the Department of For-Hire Vehicles Fingerprinting...
§ 50–301.24. Wheelchair-Accessible Taxicab Promotion Fund. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 20e; as...
§ 50–301.25. Accessible public and private vehicles-for-hire - (a) Public and private vehicle-for-hire service in the District shall...
§ 50–301.25a. Accessibility of digital dispatch for individuals with disabilities - (a) By January 1, 2016, a company that provides digital...
§ 50–301.25b. Training of employees and operators - (a) A company that uses digital dispatch shall train associated...
§ 50–301.26. Modernization of taxicabs - (a) The DFHV shall have one year from October 22,...
§ 50–301.27. Fuel-efficient taxicabs - (a) Within 5 years of October 22, 2012, each owner...
§ 50–301.28. Loitering of public vehicles-for-hire - (a) No operator of a public vehicle-for-hire shall loiter around...
§ 50–301.29. Public vehicles-for-hire, exclusive of taxicabs and limousines - (a) The DFHV may create and regulate classes of public...
§ 50–301.29a. General requirements for private vehicles-for-hire - A private vehicle-for-hire company shall: (1) Create an application process...
§ 50–301.29b. Registration of private vehicle-for-hire operators - (a) To become a private vehicle-for-hire operator, an individual shall...
§ 50–301.29c. Insurance requirements for private vehicles-for-hire - (a) A private vehicle-for-hire company or operator shall maintain a...
§ 50–301.29d. Trade dress requirements for private vehicles-for-hire - A private vehicle-for-hire shall display a consistent and distinctive trade...
§ 50–301.29e. Requirements for private vehicle-for-hire operators - (a) A private vehicle-for-hire operator shall: (1) Accept only rides...
§ 50–301.29f. Charges for private vehicle-for-hire service - A private vehicle-for-hire company may offer service at no charge,...
§ 50–301.29g. Certification, enforcement, and regulation of private vehicles-for-hire - (a) Every 24 months, a private vehicle-for-hire company shall certify...
§ 50–301.30. Vehicle inspection officers - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...
§ 50–301.31. Dispatch services - (a) All taxicab companies, taxicab associations, or taxicab fleets with...
§ 50–301.32. Complaints - The DFHV shall: (1) Allow the public to file complaints...
§ 50–301.33. Dome light and Taxicab Smart Meter System installation businesses - No person or business shall violate or aid and abet...
§ 50–301.34. Fleeing from a vehicle inspection officer in a public or private vehicle-for-hire - (a)(1) An operator of a public or private vehicle-for-hire who...
Subchapter II - Impoundment of Taxicabs
§ 50–331. Impoundment of a taxicab and passenger vehicle for hire - (a) Any taxicab or passenger vehicle for hire being operated...
§ 50–332. Enforcement and issuance of citations; report - (a) The Department of For-Hire Vehicles and the Metropolitan Police...
Subchapter III - Payment of Taxicab Charge
§ 50–351. Payment of taxicab charge. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Feb. 26, 1981, D.C. Law 3-117, § 2, 27...
Subchapter IV - Loitering By Taxicabs
§ 50–371. Loitering of public cabs. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 11, 1919, 41 Stat. 104, ch. 7, §...
Subchapter V - Taxicab Metering
§ 50–381. Metered taxicabs in the District of Columbia - (a) In general. — Except as provided in subsection (b)...
Subchapter VI - Taxi and Limousine Industry Study Task Force
§ 50–383.01. Establishment of taxi and limousine industry study task force. [Expired] - Expired. (Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 6042, 54...
§ 50–383.02. Duties of the task force. [Expired.] - Expired. (Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 6043, 54...
§ 50–383.03. Membership of task force. [Expired] - Expired. (Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 6044, 54...
§ 50–383.04. Duration of task force. [Expired] - Expired. (Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 6045, 54...
§ 50–383.05. Sunset. [Expired] - Expired. (Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 6046, 54...