D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 31, § 2000
2000.1 The schedules of fines established in this section shall apply to all violations of Title 31. For violations of any provision of Title 31 for which a civil fine is not specified, the fine shall be $25 for operators and $100 for entities.
2000.2 All fines enumerated in § 2000.8 shall be doubled for the second violation, and tripled for the third and any subsequent violation within any twenty four (24) month period. All fines in § 2000.8 are maximum amounts to be assessed based upon the circumstances.
2000.3 A District enforcement official shall have discretion to issue a warning in lieu of a fine for any first violation in Schedule 4.
2000.4 The Office shall have discretion to offer an operator the operator's choice of a notice of proposed suspension of the operator's license in lieu of a scheduled fine for any infraction enumerated in Schedule 4, as follows:
(a) Where the fine exceeds two hundred fifty dollars ($250): a proposed suspension of the operator's license for seven (7) days; and
(b) Where the fine is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less: a proposed suspension of the operator's license for two (2) days.
2000.5 The Office may through an administrative issuance establish procedures regarding offers of proposed suspensions under § 2000.4, including, but not limited to, the time within which an operator must respond to an offer of a proposed suspension in lieu of a fine.
2000.6 An operator shall not waive any appeal rights under this title or under the APA by accepting an offer of a proposed suspension in lieu of a fine under § 2000.4.
2000.7 Manifest violations under § 823 including: failure to have in an approved form; failure to have possession of a manifest; failure to properly complete and maintain a manifest; and failure to provide a manifest to District enforcement official, are subject to a letter of reprimand for the first infraction in a twenty-four (24)-month period.
2000.8 The schedules of fines for civil infractions under Title 31 are established as follows:
| Fines For Entities Maximum Fines Based On Circumstances | |
|---|---|
| Digital Dispatch Services - Failure to transmit one percent (1%) of gross receipts to OCFO (§ 1604.7) - Failure to provide required certification (§ 1605.4(e)) | $25,000 per day |
| Taximeter Businesses - Fraud by taximeter business (§ 1313) - Bribery by taximeter business (§ 1317.1) - Acceptance of bribe by taximeter business (§ 1317.3) | $25,000 |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Fraud (§ 1513) - Unlawful Activities (§ 1514) - Bribery of Commission (§ 1517.1) - Acceptance of bribe (§ 1517.3) | $25,000 and business license revocation |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Threats, harassment, and abuse (§ 1518) | $10,000 and business license revocation |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Failure to report (§ 1517.2) - Failure to notify Commission (§ 1517.4) | $10,000 |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Failure to notify Commission (§ 1507.1) - Unauthorized work (§ 1525) | $5,000 |
| Private Sedan Businesses - Failure to maintain adequate insurance coverage (§ 1905) | $25,000 per day |
| Taximeter Businesses - Failure to report to Commission acceptance of unauthorized gratuity or bribe (§ 1317.2) | $10,000 |
| Taximeter Businesses - Allowing the registration of an operator where the private sedan business knew or should have known the operator was ineligible for registration (§ 1903.16) - Failure to conduct background check (§ 1903.16) | $7,500 |
| Taximeter Businesses - Failure by taximeter business to notify Commission of change in ownership (§ 1307.1) | $5,000 |
| Private Sedan Businesses Failure of a private sedan business to: - Maintain a required zero tolerance policy (§§ 1903.9, 1903.11) | $3,000 |
| - Investigate an alleged violation of these rules by a passenger (§ 1903.10) - Suspend an operator when required to do so under applicable law or regulation (§ 1903.10) - Maintain adequate business records (§ 1903.15) - Maintain a current and accurate registration of operators and vehicles associated with the business (§ 1903.15) - Prevent a private sedan operator from logging into the app of the private sedan business’s associate or affiliated digital dispatch service while the operator is suspended or after s/he has been terminated (§ 1906.4) - Notify the Office upon suspension or termination of an operator (§ 1903.20) - Providing service while under the influence of intoxicants (§ 1906.5) - Maintain 24/7/365 communication for enforcement and compliance purposes (§ 1903.21) - Conduct an appropriate motor vehicle safety inspection or failure to verify that such an inspection has been completed (§ 1903.4) | |
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| Schedule 2 Fines For Entities And Owners Maximum Fines Based On Circumstances | |
|---|---|
| Fraudulent Actions Company allowing or inducing an individual to deface, alter, or remove a document posted pursuant to (§ 714.3) | $2,500 |
| Payment Service Providers (Chapter 4) Failure to do any of the following: - Submit electronic trip data to the TCIS every twenty-four (24) hours; - Verify operator credentials through a required login process; - Submit updated vehicle and operator inventories to the TCIS every twenty-four (24) hours; - Pay each taxicab company or independent owner with which it is associated the portion of such PSP's revenue to which the taxicab company or independent owner is entitled within twenty-four (24) hours or one (1) business day of when such revenue is received by the PSP; - Ensure that the passenger surcharge is collected and paid to the District for each trip; - Maintain integration | $1,000 Per occurrence; Per day for failure to maintain integration |
| Taximeter Business Violations - Unauthorized work (§ 1322) | $5,000 |
| Taximeter Business Violations - Failure to notify Commission of conviction or license suspension/revocation (§§ 1315, 1316) - Failure to notify Commission of occurrences specified in §§ 1322, 1324 - Defective certification/inspection/repair work (§§ 1322, 1324) - Inspection without certification or inspection (§ 1324) | $1,000 |
| Digital Dispatch Services - Failure to ensure private sedan operator who is suspended or terminated is unable to log into app (§ 1604.8) - Failure to provide required certification (§ 1605.4) | $2,500 per day |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Failure to notify (§§ 1515, 1516, 1522) - Installation without inspection (§ 1524) - Defective certification/inspection (§ 1526) - Requiring repair work (§ 1527) | $1,000 |
| Any violation of Chapter 16 not specifically enumerated | $1,000 |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Change in fee schedule without notification (§ 1509) - Installation, adjustment, correction or repair of dome light outside of premises of licensed dome light installation business (§ 1510.3) - Failure to cooperate with Commission (§ 1519) - Work by Non-Certified Technician (§ 1520) - Sale of unapproved dome light for installation on a taxicab licensed by DCTC (§ 1529) | $500 |
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| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Failure to pay biannual license fee | $500 and suspension after 30 days overdue |
| False Dispatch (§ 1404.2) | $500 |
| Unauthorized or unlicensed provision of L-class service (Chapter 12) | $500 |
| Violations not otherwise specified by LCS Organizations (Chapter 12) | $500 |
| DTS Providers Prohibited discrimination in violation of § 818 | $2,500 |
| Schedule 3 Fines For Entities, Owners, and Operators Maximum Fines Based On Circumstances | |
|---|---|
| Fraudulent and unlawful actions - Falsifying or tampering with manifest (§ 823) - Displaying, possessing, or presenting a fraudulent copy or altered government issued operator identification (Face) card or vehicle inspection (DFHV) card (§ 814.7) - Knowingly operating with non-functioning meter or operating without a meter - Improper conduct and/or unlawful actions (§ 816) | $500 |
| License, Registration, and Insurance - Unlicensed District resident or non-resident operator (§ 828) - Operating without a valid Face card or permitting operation without possession of a valid Face card (§ 814) - Logging into a private vehicle for hire app if known that the app is not lawfully in operation (§ 1906.4) - Operating without insurance (§ 1905) - Fail to timely renew license (LCS vehicle owner) (§ 1202.9) - Providing black car service without license (§1401.2) | $500 |
| Operating without a special event vehicle for hire permit (§ 1016) | $500 |
| Taximeter Business (Chapter 13) - Installation, adjustment, correction, calibration, or repair of taximeter outside of premises of licensed taximeter business - Change in fee schedule without notification - Failure to pay biannual license fee - Unlicensed business activity - Failure to cooperate with Commission - Work by non-certified technician | $500 |
| Failure to comply with compliance order (§ 702) | $500 |
| Violations of Chapter 18 by entities or owners (wheelchair accessible paratransit taxicab service) | $500 |
| Failure to timely renew vehicle license (§ 501) | $500 |
| Failure to report an accident to insurance company within a timely manner or to the Office of Taxicabs within 3 business days (§ 906) | $500 |
| - Use, threaten, or attempt physical force (§§ 817.1 and 1906.2) - Threatening, harassing, or engaging in abusive conduct toward a District enforcement official (§ 817) - to haul/discrimination (§§ 818, 819.4) - Private vehicle-for-hire operator using taxicab stand (§ 1906.6) - Accepting a street hail (§ 1906.7) | $500 |
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| Operating with off size wheels or tires (Chapter 6) | $500 |
| Operating without meter or with nonfunctional meter (§ 602) | $500 |
| Transport DC violations by companies not otherwise specified (§ 1808.2) | $500 |
| Failure to decommission public vehicle-for-hire when operating under exclusive time contract (§ 800) | $500 |
| Digital Dispatch Service Violations not specified by Chapter 16 (§ 1607) | $500 |
| - Unlawful discrimination by black car operator (§ 1404) - Conduct preventing surcharge from being collected (§ 1404) | $500 |
| Exclusion by a keeper or proprietor of a licensed hotel of District-license taxicab operator from picking a passenger at a taxicab stand or other location where taxicabs are regularly allowed; exclusion of DCTC licensed taxicab by proprietor, owner, or agent (§ 821) | $300 |
| Dome Light Installation Businesses - Unlicensed business activity (§ 1501) - Failure to comply with signage requirements (§ 1512) - Overcharge (§ 1528) | $250 |
| Black Car Violations (§ 1402) - Failure to cooperate with Commission - Failure to comply with documentation requirements - Unlawful gratuity | $100 |
| Schedule 4 Fines for Owners and Operators Maximum Fines Based On Circumstances | |
|---|---|
| Violations of Chapter 18 by operators (wheelchair accessible paratransit taxicab service) | $250 |
| Smoking while transporting passengers (§ 807.1) | $250 |
| Failure to render service to a Transport DC passenger (§ 1806.18) | $250 |
| Failure by a private sedan operator to: • Display trade address while providing service (§ 610.1) • Maintain proof of insurance (§ 1904.1) • Notify the Office within 3 business days where there has been an accident accompanied by the loss of human life or by serious personal injury (§ 1904.1) • Charge an unlawful fare or require an unlawful gratuity (§ 1604.4) | $250 |
| Violations of Chapter 6 (Taxicab Parts and Equipment) | $250 |
| Taximeter business violations (Chapter 13) • Failure to comply with signage requirements • Overcharge • Failure to keep appropriate records | $250 for first two violations; $100 for recordkeeping violations |
| Defective speedometer/odometer or operating without a meter (§§ 601.7 & 608) | $250 |
| Operating with an expired inspection sticker (Chapter 6) | $150 |
| Cruising Lights (Chapter 8) • Failure to have • Broken • Failure to use properly | $150 for failure to have $50 for failure to use properly or broken |
| Improperly operating heating or A/C system (§ 601) | $125 |
| Transport D.C. (CAPS-DC) Any violation of Chapter 18 | $100 |
| Service Animal violations (§ 801.10) | $100 |
| Failure to: • Display current inspection sticker or operate with valid sticker (Chapter 6) • Display face card (§ 814) | $100 |
| - Report and deliver property left in vehicle to the Office of Taxicabs (§ 602) - Operate safe vehicle (§ 608) - Pick up or drop off at designated taxi or discharge stand (shared riding) (§§ 808.2 and 803.3) - Maintain correct/current information (§ 822.1) - Report accident to insurance carrier within specified time (§ 906) - Provide proof of insurance (§ 900.12) | |
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| Improper Use of “On Call” or “Off Duty” Signs (§ 820) | $100 |
| Asking for destination (§ 819.9) | $100 |
| - Failure to report for inspection (Chapter 8) - Failure to replace lost/mutilated sticker - Failure to display current sticker | $75 |
| Failure to Obey Compliance Order (§ 702) | $50 |
| Illegal Shared Ride (§ 808) | $50 |
| Loitering/Limousine parked on hack stand (§ 821) | $50 |
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 7668 (May 20, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 1870 (February 23, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 12624 (November 16, 2018).