1. (a) Except for security, emergency, rescue, or armored vehicles, all passenger automobiles, as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; 15 U.S.C. § 2001(2)), purchased or leased by the District government shall have an Environmental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon average of not less than 22 miles per gallon.

2. (b) The District of Columbia government shall not purchase a sport utility vehicle for government use unless the sport utility vehicle is:

   1. (1) A security, emergency, rescue, snow-removal, or armored vehicle; or

   2. (2) A zero-emission vehicle that:

      1. (A) Is capable of detecting objects or persons 3 feet or taller starting from at least 2 feet from the front, sides, and back of the vehicle;
      2. (B) Is equipped with an automatic emergency braking system that is engaged when the system detects an imminent collision with a vehicle, object, or pedestrian in the path of the vehicle;
      3. (C) Is equipped with a blind spot monitor that is engaged when an object or person is detected in the blind spot of the vehicle;
      4. (D) Weighs no more than 5,500 pounds;
      5. (E) Has a hood height of no more than 36 inches; and
      6. (F) Has a front end with a downward slope of no less than 65 degrees.

Editor's Notes

“Sec. 2a. This act [D.C. Law 14-231] shall apply as of October 1, 2004.”

Section 17 of D.C. Law 14-310 added section 2a to D.C. Law 14-231 to read as follows:

History

Oct. 19, 2000, D.C. Law 13-172, § 3402, 47 DCR 6308

Mar. 25, 2003, D.C. Law 14-231, § 2, 49 DCR 9762

June 12, 2003, D.C. Law 14-310, § 17, 50 DCR 1092

Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 3, 51 DCR 881

Aug. 13, 2026, D.C. Act 26-416, § 6162

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3402 of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2000 (D.C. Act 13-438, October 20, 2000, 47 DCR 8740).

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 15-105, substituted “emergency, rescue” for “emergency rescue”.

D.C. Law 14-310 made no changes in the text, but made the amendments by D.C. Law 14-231 applicable prospectively to October 1, 2004.

D.C. Law 14-231 rewrote the section heading which formerly read: “EPA Miles Per Gallon Requirement”; redesignated the text as subsection (a); in the newly designated subsec. (a), inserted “, and shall not be a sports utility vehicle” before the period; and added subsec. (b).