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| 6 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 7 | | - | 25-189 |
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| 9 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 11 | | - | July 11, 2023 |
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| 14 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need |
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| 15 | | - | to prohibit a third-party meal delivery service from excluding any restaurant with whom |
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| 16 | | - | the third-party meal delivery service has an agreement from a customer within 4 miles of |
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| 17 | | - | a restaurant, to restrict third-party meal delivery services from reducing a restaurant’s |
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| 18 | | - | delivery radius below 4 miles based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to |
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| 19 | | - | restrict third-party meal delivery services from limiting driver availability based on the |
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| 20 | | - | level or percentage of commissions paid, to require third-party meal delivery services to |
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| 21 | | - | disclose, in plain language, all fees, commissions, and charges related to contracted |
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| 22 | | - | services for covered restaurants, and to make other clarifying changes. |
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| 24 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 25 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Food Delivery Fees Transparency Congressional Review |
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| 26 | | - | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. |
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| 28 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) On May 2, 2023, the Council passed the Food Delivery Fees Transparency |
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| 29 | | - | Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, effective May 24, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-108; 70 DCR 7927) |
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| 30 | | - | (“emergency act”). The emergency act will expire on August 22, 2023. |
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| 31 | | - | (b) On June 6, 2023, the Council passed the Food Delivery Fees Temporary Amendment |
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| 32 | | - | Act of 2023, enacted on June 29, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-153; 70 DCR 9412) (“temporary act”). The |
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| 33 | | - | temporary act is projected to become law on September 22, 2023. |
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| 34 | | - | (c) To prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency act and the |
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| 35 | | - | effective date of the temporary act, it is necessary to pass congressional review emergency |
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| 36 | | - | legislation. |
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| 38 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute |
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| 39 | | - | emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Food Delivery Fees Congressional |
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| 40 | | - | Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 42 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 3 | + | ___________________________ 1 |
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| 4 | + | Councilmember Charles Allen 2 |
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| 8 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6 |
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| 10 | + | ____________ 8 |
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| 13 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11 |
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| 15 | + | ___________________________ 13 |
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| 18 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to 16 |
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| 19 | + | amend the Fair Meals Delivery Act of 2022, to restrict third-party meal delivery services 17 |
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| 20 | + | from reducing a restaurant’s placement within a given list of restaurants on a third-party 18 |
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| 21 | + | food delivery platform based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to restrict 19 |
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| 22 | + | third-party meal delivery services from reducing a restaurant’s delivery radius based on the 20 |
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| 23 | + | level or percentage of commissions paid, to restrict third-party meal delivery services from 21 |
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| 24 | + | limiting driver availability based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to require 22 |
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| 25 | + | third-party meal delivery services to disclose, in plain language, all fees, commissions, and 23 |
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| 26 | + | charges related to contracted services for covered restaurants, and to make other clarifying 24 |
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| 27 | + | changes. 25 |
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| 28 | + | 26 |
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| 29 | + | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 27 |
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| 30 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Food Delivery Fees Transparency Congressional Review 28 |
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| 31 | + | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 29 |
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| 32 | + | Sec. 2. (a) On May 2, 2023, the Council passed the Food Delivery Fees Transparency 30 |
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| 33 | + | Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, effective May 24, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-108; 70 DCR 7927) 31 |
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| 34 | + | (“emergency act”). The emergency act will expire on August 22, 2023. 32 |
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| 35 | + | (b) On June 6, 2023, the Council passed the Food Delivery Fees Temporary Amendment 33 |
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| 36 | + | Act of 2023, enacted on June 29, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-153; __ DCR _____) (“temporary act”). The 34 |
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| 37 | + | temporary act is now pending transmittal to Congress. 35 |
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| 38 | + | 2 |
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| 39 | + | (c) To prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency act and the 36 |
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| 40 | + | effective date of the temporary act, it is now necessary to pass this congressional review emergency 37 |
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| 41 | + | legislation. 38 |
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| 42 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 39 |
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| 43 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Food 40 |
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| 44 | + | Delivery Fees Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a 41 |
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| 45 | + | single reading. 42 |
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| 46 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 43 |
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