ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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A RESOLUTION
25-233
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 11, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Department of
For-Hire Vehicles Establishment Act of 1985 to authorize the Department of For-Hire
Vehicles to enforce traffic laws against carrier-for-hire vehicles.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic
Enforcement Expansion Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) On October 4, 2022, the Council passed the Department of For-Hire Vehicles
Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Act of 2022, effective December
21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-227; 69 DCR 13987) (“temporary act”). The temporary act is set to
expire on August 3, 2023.
(b) The provisions of this emergency legislation are identical to the temporary act and
will prevent a gap in the law as the Council advances the permanent legislation.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Department of For-Hire Vehicles
Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be
adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.