District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

District Of Columbia Council Bill B25-0725 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 03/05/2024

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AN ACT 
 
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
 
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To amend, on an emergency basis, the Fair Meals Delivery Act of 2022 to modify the requirements 
of third-party meal delivery platforms.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 
act may be cited as the “Food Delivery Fees Transparency Emergency Amendment Act of 2024”. 
 
Sec. 2. Section 3 of the Fair Meals Delivery Act of 2022, effective March 10, 2023 (D.C. 
Law 24-292; D.C. Official Code § 48-652), is amended by adding new subsections (e), (f), and 
(g) to read as follows: 
 “(e) A third-party meal delivery platform shall not exclude any restaurant with whom the 
third-party meal delivery platform has an agreement from the relevant search results of a 
customer within 4 miles of a restaurant.  
 “(f)(1) A third-party meal delivery platform shall not reduce the delivery radius of any 
restaurant below 4 miles, based on the level or percentage of commissions paid.  
  “(2) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a third-party meal delivery platform 
from offering a larger delivery radius for a fee.  
 “(g) A third-party meal delivery platform shall not reduce the number of food delivery 
workers available to deliver an online order from a restaurant with whom the third-party meal 
delivery platform has an agreement based solely on the level or percentage of commissions paid. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a third-party meal delivery platform from offering 
priority delivery services for a fee.”.  
 
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § l-301.47a). 
 
Sec. 4. Effective date. 
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than    	ENROLLED ORIGINAL 
 
 
 
 
 
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90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 
412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 
D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)). 
 
 
 
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Chairman 
Council of the District of Columbia 
 
 
 
 
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Mayor 
District of Columbia