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_____________________________ Councilmember Charles Allen 4 6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 9 _________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ______________ To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Fair Meals Delivery Act of 2022 to restrict third-party meal delivery services from reducing a restaurant’s placement within a given list of restaurants on a third-party food delivery platform based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, and to make other clarifying changes.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 25-132 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA May 2, 2023 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Fair Meals Delivery Act of 2022 to prohibit a third-party meal delivery service from excluding any restaurant with whom the third-party meal delivery service has an agreement from a customer within 4 miles of a restaurant, to restrict third-party meal delivery services from reducing a restaurant’s delivery radius below 4 miles based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to restrict third-party meal delivery services from limiting driver availability based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to require third-party meal delivery services to disclose, in plain language, all fees, commissions, and charges related to contracted services for covered restaurants, and to make other clarifying changes.
(d) Restaurants that remain at the lower 15% commission fee level will face a shrunken customer base and smaller delivery area because they will not be as visible on the platform.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL (d) Restaurants that remain at the lower 15% commission fee level will face a shrunken customer base and smaller delivery area because they will not be as visible on the platform.
(e) Action must be taken to ensure that local restaurants and neighborhood businesses are not burdened with excessive fees by third-party meal delivery services so they can continue to recover to pre-pandemic market conditions and to ensure these third-party meal delivery services comply with the original intent and spirit of the Act.
(e) Action must be taken to ensure that local restaurants and neighborhood businesses are not burdened with excessive fees or certain mileage restrictions by third-party meal delivery services so they can continue to recover to pre-pandemic market conditions and to ensure these third-party meal delivery services comply with the original intent and spirit of the Act.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Food Delivery Fees Transparency Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Food Delivery Fees Transparency Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
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