Source: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/laws/22-280.html
Timestamp: 2019-11-16 01:08:09
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D.C. Law Library - D.C. Law 22-280. Public Restroom Facilities Installation and Promotion Act of 2018.
D.C. Law 22-280. Public Restroom Facilities Installation and Promotion Act of 2018.
↪ D.C. Law 22-280. Public Restroom Facilities Installation and Promotion Act of 2018.
D.C. Law 22-280 (PDF)
D.C. Act 22-608 (PDF)
66 DCR 1595
Law 22-280, the “Public Restroom Facilities Installation and Promotion Act of 2018,” was introduced in the Council and assigned Bill No. 22-223 which was referred to the Committee on Health. The bill was adopted on first and second readings on Dec. 4, 2018, and Dec. 18, 2018, respectively. After mayoral review, it was assigned Act No. 22-608 on Jan. 31, 2019, and transmitted to Congress for its review. D.C. Law 22-280 became effective Apr. 11, 2019.
To establish a working group consisting of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, the District Department of Transportation, the Department of General Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Department of Health, and the Department of Public Works to review the feasibility of installing public restroom facilities in underserved areas of the District; to direct the Mayor to establish a public restroom facilities pilot program and install two public restroom facilities in high-need locations in the District; and to establish the Community Restroom Incentive Pilot Program to provide financial incentives to places of public accommodations in a selected Business Improvement District that open their restrooms to the public.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Public Restroom Facilities Installation and Promotion Act of 2018".
New Chapter 10B of Title 10
New § 10-1051
(1) "BID" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3(7) of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective May 29, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.02(7)).
(2) "Participant" means a place of public accommodation located within the BID selected by the Mayor under section 4(b) that is participating in the Community Restroom Incentive Pilot Program.
(3) "Place of public accommodation" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 102(24) of the Human Rights Act of 1997, effective December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-38; D.C. Official Code § 2-1401.02(24)).
New § 10-1052
Sec. 3. Establishment of working group and public restroom facility pilot.
(a) Within 45 days after the applicability date of this act, the Mayor shall solicit recommendations from BID corporations, as that term is defined in section 3(4) of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective May 29, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.02(4)), Clean Team grantees, as that term is used in section 2a of An Act Providing for the removal of snow and ice from the paved sidewalks of the District of Columbia, approved September 16, 1922 (D.C. Law 21-265; D.C. Official Code § 9-602.01), and Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (“ANCs”) on locations in the District that are in need of a public restroom facility.
(b) Within 180 days after the applicability date of this act, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ("DC Water"), the District Department of Transportation ("DDOT"), the Department of General Services ("DGS"), the Department of Human Services ("DHS"), the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development ("DMPED"), the Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD"), the Department of Public Works ("DPW"), the Department of Health ("DOH"), and the Department of Parks and Recreation ("DPR") a report that includes:
(F) Increased availability of restrooms available to the public as a result of the Community Restroom Incentive Pilot Program established under section 4;
New § 10-1053
Sec. 4. Community Restroom Incentive Pilot Program.
(b) Within one year after the applicability date of this act, the Mayor shall select one BID as the location to administer the Pilot Program. To participate in the Pilot Program, a place of public accommodation within the BID selected pursuant to this subsection may apply pursuant to rules issued by the Mayor. A BID shall be ineligible to participate in the Pilot Program if one of the sites recommended under section 3(c)(4)(B) falls within its geographic boundary.
(g) Beginning 2 years after the applicability date of this act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") shall provide a report to the Council that includes the following:
(h) Within 2 years after the applicability date of this act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Mayor shall report to the Council the actual annual costs of the Pilot Program and the number of participants.
(i) Within 180 days after the applicability date of this act, the Mayor, pursuant to Title I of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code § 2-501 et seq.), shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this section.
New § 10-1054