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B26-0016 • 2025

Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2025

Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2025

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Sponsor
Nadeau
Last action
2025-01-10
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text states subsidies are 'pursuant to funding,' meaning no money is guaranteed unless funds exist.

Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2025

This bill creates a program allowing eligible groups to pay for extra parking enforcement officers from the Department of Public Works who are working overtime.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes a reimbursable detail program where eligible entities can hire DPW parking enforcement officers on an overtime basis.
  • Requires written agreements between the requesting group and the Department of Public Works (DPW) that include staffing requirements and payment terms.
  • Limits officer assignments to those who would not otherwise be working at that time.
  • Directs the Mayor to create a subsidy program to help pay for part of these costs, subject to available funding.
  • Requires the Mayor to set up rules and procedures to run this new detail program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Businesses, groups of businesses, or event organizers who want extra parking enforcement.
  • The Department of Public Works (DPW) which provides the officers.
  • Business Improvement Districts and DC Main Streets Programs.
  • Other entities that the Mayor designates as eligible.

Terms To Know

Eligible entity
A business, group of businesses, event organizer, Business Improvement District, DC Main Streets Program, or other group designated by the Mayor to request extra parking enforcement.
Reimbursable detail
An assignment where DPW officers patrol a specific area to enforce parking rules and manage curb access for a fee paid by an eligible entity.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The program only works if the Department of Public Works has enough staff available.
  • Officers used must be working overtime hours they would not have worked otherwise.
  • The subsidy amount depends on funding availability and is set by the Mayor.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0016 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  2. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee on Public Works and Operations

  3. 2025-01-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0016 Introduced by Councilmember Nadeau at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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Councilmember Christina Henderson
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Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau

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Councilmember Brooke Pinto

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A BILL

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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To establish a Department of Public Works reimbursable detail program for parking enforcement 1
officer assignments. 2
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 4
act may be cited as the “Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2025”. 5
Sec. 2. Definitions. 6
For the purposes of this act, the term: 7
(1) “Agreement” means a written contract, including provisions for the staffing 8
requirement of the reimbursable details in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, and 9
compensation of DPW by the eligible entity when reimbursable details are requested by eligible 10
entity. 11
(2) “DPW” means the Department of Public Works. 12
(3) “Eligible entity” means a business, group of businesses, a promoter or 13
organizer of a licensed special event, a Business Improvement District, a DC Main Streets 14
Program, and other entities designated by the Mayor. 15
(3) “Reimbursable detail” means an assignment of DPW parking enforcement 16
officers to patrol a designated area for the purpose of enforcing parking violations and managing 17

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curbside access. 18
Sec. 3. Reimbursable detail for parking enforcement. 19
(a) An eligible entity may enter into an agreement with DPW to provide for reimbursable 20
details. 21
(b) Subject to adequate staffing and an assessment of its staffing requirements, DPW 22
may staff reimbursable details as requested, provided, that DPW shall only use parking 23
enforcement officers for this purpose who are overtime and would not otherwise be on duty at 24
the time of the reimbursable detail. 25
(c) Pursuant to funding, the Mayor shall establish a program to subsidize eligible entities 26
for a portion of reimbursement costs borne by eligible entities for reimbursable detail for parking 27
enforcement pursuant to this act. 28
(d) The Mayor shall establish policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this 29
section. 30
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 31
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 32
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 33
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 34
Sec. 5. Effective date. 35
This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 36
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 37
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 38
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 39
Columbia Register. 40