1. (a) Vehicle inspection officers shall undergo training on the rules and regulations governing private and public vehicles-for-hire and carrier-for-hire vehicles and undergo yearly performance evaluations. Vehicle inspection officers shall be prohibited from making traffic stops of on-duty private or public vehicles-for-hire in the act of transporting a fare and carrier-for-hire vehicles in the act of transporting a parcel, food, or beverage, unless there is reasonable suspicion of a violation, and shall act in accordance with all rules governing their duties, as established through rulemaking.
2. (b) Upon reasonable suspicion of an illegal street hail, a public or private vehicle-for-hire operator shall provide a law enforcement official or vehicle inspection officer with access to a device containing an electronic record of trips sufficient to establish that the ride in question was prearranged through digital dispatch. Failure to have or provide access to a device containing such a record shall constitute a civil infraction punishable by fine or other penalty as established by the Mayor; provided, that an operator shall not be required to relinquish custody of a device containing evidence of a trip arranged through digital dispatch.

Editor's Notes

Applicability 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.

Section 7007 of D.C. Law 20-61 repealed D.C. Law 19-184, § 7.

Section 7 of D.C. Law 19-184 provided that the act shall apply upon the inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan, as certified by the Chief Financial Officer to the Budget Director of the Council in a certification published by the Council in the District of Columbia Register.

History

Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-97, § 20k

as added Oct. 22, 2012, D.C. Law 19-184, § 2(s), 59 DCR 9431

Mar. 10, 2015, D.C. Law 20-197, § 2(l), 61 DCR 12430

Mar. 21, 2025, D.C. Law 25-301, § 2(g)

Short Title

Section 7001 of D.C. Law 20-61 provided that Subtitle A of Title VII of the act may be cited as the “Subject to Appropriations Repealers Amendment Act of 2013”.

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 days) repeal of D.C. Law 19-184, § 7, see § 7007 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-204, October 17, 2013, 60 DCR 15341, 20 DCSTAT 2311).

For temporary (90 days) repeal of D.C. Law 19-184, § 7, see § 7007 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-130, July 30, 2013, 60 DCR 11384, 20 DCSTAT 1827).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-584, Oct. 17, 2022, 69 DCR 012718).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25-195, July 27, 2023, 70 DCR 10737).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25-277, Oct. 25, 2023, 70 DCR 14482).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-493, June 26, 2024, 71 DCR 7600).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-62, Apr. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 5330).

Effect of Amendments

The 2015 amendment by D.C. Law 20-197 rewrote the section.

The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-184 added this section.

Prior Codifications

2001 Ed., § 50-329.01.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 50-301.07.

Temporary Legislation

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-227, Dec. 21, 2022, 69 DCR 13987).

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Law 25-74, Nov. 28, 2023, 70 DCR 13809).

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(c) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-205, Sept. 4, 2024, 71 DCR 9325).

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 (D.C. Law 26-18, July 16, 2025, 72 DCR 6114).

Applicability

Applicability of D.C. Law 25-301: § 4 of D.C. Law 25-301 provided that the amendment to this section by § 2(g) of D.C. Law 25-301 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.

Section 7193 of D.C. Act 26-146 repealed Section 4 of D.C. Law 25-301, thus removing the applicability limitation. Therefore the amendments made to this section by §2(g) of D.C. Law 25-301 have been implemented.

Section 7193 of D.C. Act 26-210 repealed Section 4 of D.C. Law 25-301, thus removing the applicability limitation. Therefore the amendments made to this section by §2(g) of D.C. Law 25-301 have been implemented.

Section 7193 of D.C. Law 26-55 repealed Section 4 of D.C. Law 25-301, thus removing the applicability limitation. Therefore the amendments made to this section by §2(g) of D.C. Law 25-301 have been implemented.