§ 50–921.33. DC Circulator Fund establishment.

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(a) There is established as a special fund the DC Circulator Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the District Department of Transportation ("DDOT") in accordance with subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section.

(b) All special purpose funds collected from the following sources shall be deposited into the Fund:

(1) All revenue collected pursuant to § 50-921.32 by the District, WMATA, or their agents;

(2) Parking meter revenue from the National Park Service for meters on the Mall;

(3) All monetary gifts intended to be used to assist in the funding of the DC Circulator; and

(4) All money derived from the sale, lease, or transfer of any property, real or personal, related to the DC Circulator, including any vehicles or equipment.

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, money in the Fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(A) For DDOT to pay for goods, services, property; or

(B) Any other authorized purpose.

(2) Money in the Fund deposited pursuant to subsection (b)(4) of this section shall be used to support any workers, contractors, or employees of the DC Circulator or of Department staff associated with the DC Circulator, including the payment of wages, bonuses, severance pay, or workforce development, and administrative costs borne by DDOT in providing this support; except, that expenditures for administrative costs may not exceed 10% of the deposits under this paragraph.

(3) During any period of time in which a contract with WMATA is in effect, money from the payment of fares, the purchase of tickets, and the sale of advertising space by third parties may be, with the written consent of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia and pursuant to the terms of the contract, deposited in a WMATA interest bearing account for the benefit of the District of Columbia and used by WMATA to offset its costs of contract performance, but only to the extent that Congress has appropriated funds to the District to perform or procure those services; provided, that for a period of 8 months following March 2, 2010, no DC Circulator route shall replace more than 20% of the revenue miles or revenue hours of any WMATA route.

(d) 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.

(e) The money deposited into the Fund but not expended in a fiscal year 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.

(May 21, 2002, D.C. Law 14-137, § 11c; as added Mar. 6, 2007, D.C. Law 16-225, § 3(e), 53 DCR 10232; May 27, 2010, D.C. Law 18-182, § 2(a), 57 DCR 3404; Sept. 14, 2011, D.C. Law 19-21, § 9093, 58 DCR 6226; Dec. 24, 2013, D.C. Law 20-61, § 6112, 60 DCR 12472; Mar. 7, 2025, D.C. Law 25-284, § 3(a), 71 DCR 14126.)

Section References

This section is referenced in § 50-921.31.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 18-182, in subsec. (b), substituted “procure those services; provided, that for a period of 8 months following May 27, 2010, no DC Circulator route shall replace more than 20% of the revenue miles or revenue hours of any WMATA route.” for “procure those services.”.

D.C. Law 19-21, in subsec. (a), substituted “lapsing” for “nonlapsing, revolving”.

The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 20-61, in (a), substituted “nonlapsing special fund” for “lapsing special purpose revenue fund” and substituted “or their agents, parking meter revenue from the National Park Service for meters on the Mall” for “or their agents”.

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 11c of DC Circulator Transition Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-679, Jan. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 25).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 3(a) of DC Circulator Transition Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-621, Oct. 29, 2024, 71 DCR 13555).

For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 3(d) of District Department of Transportation DC Circulator Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-321, March 23, 2006, 53 DCR 2557).

For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 3(e) of District Department of Transportation DC Circulator Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-3, January 16, 2007, 54 DCR 1439).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 6112 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-130, July 30, 2013, 60 DCR 11384, 20 DCSTAT 1827).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 6112 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-204, October 17, 2013, 60 DCR 15341, 20 DCSTAT 2311).

Temporary Legislation

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 11c of DC Circulator Transition Temporary Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-284, Mar. 7, 2025, 71 DCR 14126).

For temporary (225 day) addition, see § 3(d) of District Department of Transportation DC Circulator Temporary Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Law 16-134, June 16, 2006, law notification 53 DCR 5762).

Short Title

Section 6111 of D.C. Law 20-61 provided that Subtitle L of Title VI of the act may be cited as the “District Department of Transportation DC Circulator Amendment Act of 2013”.

Editor's Notes

Applicability of D.C. Law 20-61: Section 11001 of D.C. Law 20-61 provided that, except as otherwise provided, the act shall apply as of October 1, 2013.