District of Columbia Taxicab Commission: Panel on Rates and Rules page1

The Commission's Panel on Rates and Rules has original jurisdiction, power, and duty to:

Establish reasonable rates for taxicab service for the transportation of passengers and their property within the District, including all charges incidental and directly related to the provision of taxicab services;
Establish methodologies to determine reasonable fares for taxicab service, which include, but are not limited to, revision of the zone boundaries and zone construct currently employed to determine taxicab fares. The Commission's Panel on Rates and Rules shall neither impose any limitation on the number of taxicabs that may operate in the District, nor shall it authorize a metered system for determining taxicab fares without a 60-day period of Council review of the proposal;
Establish criteria, standards, and requirements for taxicab vehicle licensing;
Establish criteria, standards, and requirements for the licensing of taxicab owners, operators, taxicab companies, associations, and fleets, including the setting of reasonable license fees;
Establish standards, conditions, and requirements of taxicab service;
Establish standards for driver and passenger safety;
Establish standards and requirements relating to equipment and equipment design;