1401.1 Effective November 1, 2013 (except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (e) of this subsection), each sedan class trip in the District shall meet the following requirements:

1. (a) It shall be booked through a digital dispatch;
2. (b) It shall be paid for by a digital payment;
3. (c) The digital dispatch and digital payment shall be processed through a digital payment system that meets the requirements of § 1404 and is included in a digital dispatch service (DDS)'s current certificate of operating authority issued under Chapter 16 of this title;
4. (d) The DDS shall be in compliance with this chapter and Chapters 4 and 16; and
5. (e) The vehicle, owner and operator shall be in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 12; provided, effective September 1, 2013, no vehicle shall provide a sedan class trip in the District unless the vehicle meets the definition of "sedan" set forth in § 1299.1.

1401.2 Any person that violates the requirements of § 1401.1 or other provision of this chapter will be subject to civil penalties, including impoundment of the vehicle.

1401.3 No person shall provide digital dispatch or digital payment for sedans in the District unless such person is a digital dispatch service with a current certificate of operating authority under Chapter 16 that includes a digital payment system for sedans under this chapter.

1401.4 Each DDS interested in marketing a digital payment system to sedan owners and operators shall apply for and obtain an initial, renewed, or amended certificate of operating authority under Chapter 16 that includes approval of such digital payment system. Each DDS with such operating authority shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 16 of this title.

1401.5 Each operator, vehicle, and luxury class service (LCS) organization or independent operator that participates in providing sedan service shall at all times comply with the provisions of this chapter, Chapter 12 (Luxury Services – Owners, Operators, and Vehicles) of this title, and other applicable laws, including reciprocal agreements between governmental bodies in the Washington Metropolitan Area governing public vehicle-for-hire service (including those in § 828 to the same extent as taxicabs).

1401.6 All costs associated with a digital payment system, including those associated with development (which may arise while seeking approval of a digital payment system under Chapter 16), compliance with any provision of this title or other applicable law, compliance with an Office of Taxicabs (Office) order, service and support, upgrade, installation, operation, repair, and maintenance,

shall be the responsibility of the DDS, but may be allocated by written agreement among the DDS and the owners and operators with which it associates.

1401.7 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to solicit or create a contractual relationship between the District and any person.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 12410 (August 30, 2013).