PROPOSED MODERN TAXIMETER SYSTEMS – APPLICATIONS

403.1 No person shall operate as a PSP in the District, provide payment card processing services for taxicabs to any person in the District, market its MTS units for use in the District, or allow another person to use its MTS units in the District, unless such person is a PSP with current approval of its MTS under this chapter. The approval of the MTS shall constitute the PSP's operating authority under this title.403.2 A PSP shall file with the Office an application for review of a proposed MTS that includes the following information and documentation:- (a) The PSP's name, business address, and business telephone number, and the name(s) of its owner and operator;

- (b) The name, business address, and business telephone number for other services offered by the person that operates the PSP which are subject to regulation under this title, such as a taxicab company or a dispatch service, if any;

- (c) Information and documentation demonstrating that the proposed MTS would meet the MTS equipment requirements of § 603.8, including the requirement of § 603.8(n) that a passenger console be incorporated not later than December 1, 2013, and the requirement of § 603(n)(3) that a safety feature be incorporated not later than June 1, 2014;

- (d) Information and documentation demonstrating that the proposed MTS would meet the MTS service and support requirements of § 603.9;

- (e) Information and documentation about the forms of cashless payment that the PSP would offer to passengers (including payment cards and other forms of non-cash payment such as near-field communications);

- (f) Information and documentation showing that the PSP is in compliance with federal and District licensing, permitting, registration, anti-discrimination, and taxation requirements applicable to a business operating in the District;

- (g) The address and telephone number for the PSP's bona fide administrative office or for its registered agent authorized to accept service of process, and information and documentation showing that the PSP's bona fide administrative office, if any, is in compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations concerning the operation of a place of business in the District;

- (h) The customer service telephone number that the PSP will provide for passengers;

1. (i) The technical support telephone number that the PSP will provide for taxicab owners and operators;
2. (j) The URL for the PSP's website, if any;
3. (k) The trade name for the proposed MTS and any related service it wishes to offer within the District, such as a dispatch service, if any;
4. (l) A certification that the PSP is in compliance with the Clean Hands Before Receiving a License or Permit Act of 1996 ('Clean Hands Act'), effective May 11, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-118, D.C. Official Code § 47-2862);
5. (m) An initial inventory of the vehicles and operators associated with the PSP, as required by § 408.12;
6. (n) Information and documentation showing the PSP will collect from the passenger and pay to the Office the taxicab passenger surcharge for each taxicab trip, in the manner required by § 408.13;
7. (o) A sample agreement used by the PSP to associate with taxicab companies, independent owners, and operators;
8. (p) If the PSP, or the taxicab companies, independent owners, or operators with which it associates, would associate with one or more dispatch services, the PSP shall provide information and documentation:
9. (1) Showing such dispatch service is operating in compliance with all applicable provisions of this title and other applicable laws;
10. (2) Explaining the forms of dispatch and digital payment that would be available to passengers;
11. (3) Showing that the applicable provisions of this title, including this chapter, § 603, and § 801, would be met when a passenger makes a digital payment; and
12. (q) Such other information and documentation related to establishing compliance with this chapter or § 603 as the Office may require at the time of application or during the review process.

403.3

Each application shall be made under penalty of perjury, accompanied by an application fee of one-thousand dollars ($1,000) and by a security bond of fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) which shall be payable to the D.C. Treasurer and effective while the MTS remains approved and for one (1) year thereafter.

403.4 A request for approval may be denied if an application contains or was submitted with materially false information provided orally or in writing for the purpose of inducing approval.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 6993 (May 17, 2013).