2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 50 - Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic › Chapter 9A - Department of Transportation › Subchapter I - General › § 50–921.25. ATE system revenue designation

§ 50–921.25. ATE system revenue designation.
(a) There is established as a special fund, the Vision Zero Enhancement Omnibus Amendment Act Implementation Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Director of the District Department of Transportation ("Director") in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) There shall be deposited in the revenue from fines generated from the automated traffic enforcement system, authorized by § 50-2209.01, in excess of the following threshholds:
(1) For Fiscal Year 2024, $116,989,000;
(2) For Fiscal Year 2025, $299,467,000;
(3) For Fiscal Year 2026, $287,541,000; and
(4) For Fiscal Year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, $227,341,000.
(c)(1) Money in the Fund shall be used according to the following order of priority:
(A) To implement sections 3, 4, 5, 7, 8(a), (b), (c), and (e), and 12 of the Vision Zero Enhancement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, (D.C. Law 23-158; 67 DCR 13057), including to pay recurring costs;
(B) To implement the Safer Streets Amendment Act of 2022, enacted on November 1, 2022 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-673), including to pay recurring costs;
(C) To implement §§ 38-3102 through 38-31112 [Not Funded], including to pay recurring costs; and
(D) To enhance the safety and quality of pedestrian and bicycle transportation, including education, engineering, and enforcement efforts designed to calm traffic and provide safe routes.
(2) The Director is authorized to enter into intra-District transfers from the Fund and other agreements as necessary to implement provisions of the Automated Traffic Enforcement System Revenue Designation Amendment Act of 2022, passed on 2nd reading on December 20, 2022 (Enrolled version Bill 24-1029).
(d)(1) The money deposited into the Fund shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
(2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
(May 21, 2002, D.C. Law 14-137, § 9q; as added Nov. 13, 2021, D.C. Law 24-45, § 6102, 68 DCR 010163; Mar. 10, 2023, D.C. Law 24-321, § 2, 70 DCR 615; Sept. 6, 2023, D.C. Law 25-50, § 7023(a), 70 DCR 10366.)
Applicability
Section 7095 of D.C. Law 25-50 repealed section 3 of D.C. Law 24-321 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the amendment of this section by section 2 of Law 24-321 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 24-321: § 3 of D.C. Law 24-321 provided that the change made to this section by § 2 of D.C. Law 24-321 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 6102 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).