2019 District of Columbia Code
Title 50 - Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicabs.
Subchapter I - General.
§ 50–301.29g. Certification, enforcement, and regulation of private vehicles-for-hire.
(a) Every 24 months, a private vehicle-for-hire company shall certify on a form provided by the DFHV that the private vehicle-for-hire company has complied with the requirements of this subchapter.
(b) The DFHV is authorized to inspect and copy the relevant safety and consumer protection-related records of a private vehicle-for-hire company to ensure compliance with this subchapter when it has a reasonable basis to suspect non-compliance; provided, that any records disclosed to the DFHV under this subchapter shall not be subject to disclosure to a third party by the DFHV, including through a request submitted pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.].
(c) If the Mayor determines that a private vehicle-for-hire company knowingly certified an intentionally false or misleading statement on a form required by this subchapter, the Mayor may impose a civil fine as determined by rulemaking. A civil fine prescribed by this section shall be applicable only after the private vehicle-for-hire company is afforded an opportunity for a hearing. These penalties shall be in addition to any other penalties available by law.
(d) Failure by a private vehicle-for-hire company or operator to adhere to the requirements of this subchapter may result in sanction by the DFHV, including fines and other penalties, pursuant to the DFHV’s authority in § 50-301.07(c)(7).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the DFHV shall not require a private vehicle-for-hire company to provide the DFHV with a list or inventory of private vehicle-for-hire operators or vehicles associated with a private vehicle-for-hire company.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 20j-7; as added Mar. 10, 2015, D.C. Law 20-197, § 2(k), 61 DCR 12430; June 22, 2016, D.C. Law 21-124, § 401(ee), 63 DCR 7076.)
Editor's NotesApplicability of D.C. Law 20-197: Section 7 of D.C. Law 20-197 provided, in part, that §§ 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the act shall apply as of March 10, 2015.
