1000.1 No person shall drive a public vehicle for hire in the District unless he or she has a valid identification license issued under the provisions of this chapter.1000.2 No owner of a public vehicle for hire shall operate or permit the vehicle to be operated in the District unless a license has been issued for that vehicle under the provisions of this chapter.1000.3 No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle used for sightseeing purposes unless a certificate permitting that use is issued by the Chairperson of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission.1000.4 For the purposes of this chapter, the term 'Chairperson' shall mean the Chairperson of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission or his or her duly authorized agent, representative, or designee.1000.5 The Chairperson shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall promulgate rules necessary for its administration, and shall prescribe and shall provide suitable forms required by or considered necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.1000.6 The Chairperson shall maintain records which he or she may consider suitable or required to carry out the purposes of this chapter.1000.7 No person shall file or otherwise make any false statements to the Chairperson pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.1000.8 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars (\$500), or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days.1000.9 Any order or act of the Chairperson shall, under the provisions of this chapter, be subject to review by the Panel on Adjudication of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission. Application for review of any order or act shall be made in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Panel on Adjudication of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission.

AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 14 of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Act of 1985, D.C. Law 6-97, D.C. Official Code §§ 50-301 et seq. (2001).

SOURCE: Regulation No. 72-13, approved June 30, 1972, 19 DCR 61 (July 24, 1972), 32 DCRR §§ 10.103, 10.104, 10.706, 10.707, and 10.708, Special Edition; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 34 DCR 4451, 4453 (July 10, 1987).