{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-921.88","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 50-921.88","heading":"Bus Service Enhancement Fund established.","body":"(a)\nThere is established as a special fund the Bus Service Enhancement Fund (\"Fund\"), which shall be administered by DDOT in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.\n\n(b)\nProvided that the Chief Financial Officer certifies that sufficient revenue exists pursuant to § 50-921.89, there shall be deposited into the Fund general retail sales tax revenue collected pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 47 as follows:\n(1)\nIn Fiscal Year 2023, $2.5 million; and\n(2)\nFor each succeeding fiscal year after Fiscal Year 2023, $10 million.\n\n(c)\nMoney in the Fund shall be used to improve transit access or service in areas identified in DDOT's Multimodal Long-Range Transportation Plan as areas of high transportation need or historically underserved communities or to serve residents of those areas as follows:\n(1)\nMaking payments to WMATA to:\n(A)\nCreate new bus routes not in operation before July 1, 2023; or\n(B)\nExtend service hours, shorten headways, or make other service improvements for an existing bus route;\n(2)\nUsed by DDOT to:\n(A)\nOperate new DC Circulator or DC Streetcar routes not in operation before July 1, 2023;\n(B)\nExtend service hours, shorten headways, or make other service improvements for an existing DC Circulator or DC Streetcar line; or\n(C)\nInstall, lease, maintain, or operate infrastructure that DDOT determines will increase ridership or improve transit service, including dedicated transit lanes, signal priority, bus shelters, payment kiosks, or other amenities; or\n(3)\nFunding studies to support increased ridership or improved transit service.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nThe 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.\n(2)\nSubject 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.","path":["Title 50. Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 9A. Department of Transportation.","Subchapter V. Transit Subsidies for District Residents."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-921.88","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"edaea438fd24e14d61ebc8f9983b546d409f94469a012ecf40aa1f39c0ed99b4","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-921.87","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-921.89"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}