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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 22:02:31+00:00

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(a) The DDOT shall be headed by a Director. The Director shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council pursuant to § 1-523.01(a).
(b) The Director shall have authority over DDOT, its functions and personnel, including the power to re-delegate to employees authority as, in the judgment of the Director, is warranted in the interests of efficiency and sound administration.
1) The Director may issue grants not to exceed $ 1 million per grant to achieve the District's transportation goals, including safety objectives.
(E) An evaluation of whether the identified outcomes have been achieved with the grant.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Director may issue sole source subgrants in excess of $ 1 million to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation for the purpose of improving Union Station; provided, that the grants are federal grants and that the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation provides any necessary match.
(1) The Director may enter into agreements with community-based organizations to support community-based transportation enhancement activities that are funded and approved by the Federal Highway Administration.
(2) An agreement made pursuant to this subsection shall constitute an agreement making or receiving grants-in-aid and shall be exempt from Chapter 3A of Title 2, in accordance with § 2-351.05(c)(12).
(3) The Director shall submit to the Council on an annual basis a report detailing such grants and agreements.
(1) The Director shall not spend directly from capital projects created in fiscal year 2012 or later that are funded through the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund established under § 9-111.01.
(2) The Director may submit requests to the Office of Budget and Planning of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer ("OBP") to allocate funds for the Related Projects of each capital project created in fiscal year 2012 or later funded from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund. The Director, following allocation of funds by OBP to Related Projects, shall have the authority to obligate and spend the funds.
(5) Promulgate, amend, or repeal rules to implement the provisions of this subsection, pursuant to the Mayor's authority under subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.].
(1) The Director may enter into agreements with jurisdictions in the Washington metropolitan area ("regional jurisdictions") to plan, fund, design, construct, and otherwise carry out transportation projects.
(2) DDOT may receive funds from and disperse funds to regional jurisdictions for the purposes of planning, funding, designing, constructing, and otherwise carrying out the transportation projects.
(3) DDOT may take other appropriate actions to plan, fund, design, construct, and otherwise carry out the transportation projects, including performing work, including construction work, in regional jurisdictions.
(E) Plan, manage, and contract for all, or any part of, the design, engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of any element of the Integrated Premium Transit System​.
(O) Implement managed lane policies, including lane pricing, vehicle eligibility, and access control, provided, that at least one lane of traffic on street with managed lanes shall be free of charge, provided further, that the Department shall submit to the Council any policy created pursuant to this subparagraph for approval by act before implementation​.
(E) Concurrent with any other agency's authority to do so, enforce all violations of statutes, regulations, executive orders, or rules relating to motor vehicle parking offenses and enforce violations of statutes, regulations, and rules relating to the operation of a motor vehicle, except those violations contained in § 50-2302.02.
(iv) All proceeds collected from the advertising agreement shall be paid into the DDOT Enterprise Fund for Transportation Initiatives, established under § 50-921.13, provided, that proceeds related to advertisements on bicycles, equipment, or facilities used for the purposes of the Bicycle Sharing program shall be deposited into the Bicycle Sharing Fund established by section 9h​.
(4A) Rights-of-Way Management Administration may enter into agreements to allow the private sponsorship of bicycles, equipment, and facilities used in the Bicycle Sharing program, the placement of corporate logo, slogan, or other indicia on the bicycles or facilities, and on related websites and social media, provided, that that an agreement that would modify the name or design of any part of the Capital Bikeshare system, including equipment, or facilities, shall be submitted to the Council for 30-day period of passive review before execution The agreement submitted to the Council shall include detailed information about a proposed name or design All proceeds collected from private sponsorship agreement shall be deposited into the Bicycle Sharing Fund established by section 9h​.
​(1) "DC Streetcar" means a fixed guideway transit network offering rail passenger service operated by the District government or its agent.
(2) "Integrated Premium Transit System" means an integrated transit system composed of any or all of the DC Streetcar, bus service operated or managed by, or on behalf of, the District government consistent with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, and facilities including buildings, other structures, and parking areas appurtenant to the DC Streetcar and bus service.
(a) All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the Department of Public Works for transportation and other functions, as set forth in section III(A), III(B), III(C), III(D) (not including supply and fuel distribution), III(E), III(F) (not including the ensuring proper and sanitary collection and disposal of refuse in an environmentally sound manner), III(H) (not including parking enforcement, and vehicle and driver licensing, registration, and control), III(I) (including only streets and bridges), III(J) (not including the control of building systems and the provision of repair and improvement services), and III(L) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983 Add (part D of subchapter VI of Chapter 15 of Title 1, D.C. Official Code), effective March 1, 1984 are hereby transferred to the DDOT.
(b) All of the functions assigned and authorities delegated to the Department of Public Works, with respect to transportation and other functions, as set forth in section III(A), III(B), III(C), III(D) (not including supply and fuel distribution), III(E), III(F) (not including ensuring proper and sanitary collection and disposal of refuse in an environmentally sound manner), III(H) (not including parking enforcement, and vehicle and driver licensing, registration, and control), III(I) (including only streets and bridges), III(J) (not including the control of building systems and the provision of repair and improvement services), and III(L) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983 are hereby transferred to the DDOT.
(c) All of the functions of the Department of Public Works as set forth in section IV (A) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983 are hereby transferred to the DDOT.
Except as provided in § 50-921.04, the Director of DDOT is the successor to all transportation related authority delegated to the Director of the Department of Public Works and is authorized to act, either personally or through a designated representative, as a member of any committees, commissions, boards, or other bodies which presently include as a member the Director of the Department of Public Works.
​All orders and parts of orders in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed, except that any regulations adopted or promulgated by virtue of the authority granted by such orders, shall remain in force until properly revised, amended or repealed.
Any reference in law or regulation to the Department of Transportation established by this chapter, or to its former acronym DOT shall be deemed to be a reference to the District Department of Transportation and to DDOT, respectively.
(a) Beginning October 1, 2011, the Mayor shall submit to the Council, on a quarterly basis, a report certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia that details the activities, budget, expenditures, and variances, at the program level, of all programs, activities, and projects undertaken by the District Department of Transportation from all available special purpose revenue funding sources.
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall certify that project expenditures and obligations have not exceeded authorized amounts and that fund revenues are sufficient to ensure that remaining authorized project expenditures will not exceed revenues.
(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the District Department of Transportation Enterprise Fund for Transportation Initiatives ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Director of the District Department of Transportation and which shall be used by the District Department of Transportation to pay for goods, services, property, capital improvements, or for any other permitted purpose as authorized by §§ 50-921.02(f) and 50-912.04 and to pay into the Highway Trust Fund.
(5) Fees related to car sharing after the first $ 270,000 in revenue per fiscal year.
(8) Matching funds from private nonprofit organizations for the 5310 Program pursuant to § 50-921.02(f).
(c) All funds deposited into the Fund, and any interest earned on those funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section without regard to fiscal year limitation, subject to authorization by Congress.
(a) There is established the District Department of Transportation Parking Meter Pay- by-Phone Transaction Fee Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Director of the District Department of Transportation and used by the District Department of Transportation to pay the vendor responsible for maintaining the parking meter pay-by-phone payment system.
(b) Notwithstanding § 50-2603(8), all transaction fees added to the parking meter fees imposed upon users who pay for parking with the pay-by-phone system shall be deposited into the Fund beginning October 1, 2012.
(2) Other investments determined by the Mayor to enhance bus transit operational efficiency and customer service within the District of Columbia.
(b) Fees collected for the parking of vehicles where meters or devices are installed shall be deposited into the Fund in accordance with § 50-2603(8)(B).
(a) There is established as a nonlapsing, special purpose revenue fund the Bicycle Sharing Fund ("Fund"). The fund shall be administered by the Director of the District Department of Transportation and used to pay for goods, services, property and for any other purpose under the Bike Sharing program established pursuant to section 50-921.04(2)(K).
(b) All revenue related to the Bike Sharing program, from whatever source derived, shall be deposited into the Fund as of March 19, 2013.

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