Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Rule is to provide for matters necessary for the payment of reporting rewards to citizens who report a failure or a person causing destruction of a road facility, a road accessory, or a facility for the safety and control of traffic pursuant to Article 48 of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance on the Management of Roads and Other Major Facilities.

Article 2 (Persons Eligible for Payment of Rewards) (1) Persons who are eligible for the payment of a reporting reward under Article 48 of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance on the Management of Roads and Other Major Facilities (hereinafter referred to as the "Ordinance") are as follows:
1. A person who reports that a motor vehicle traffic signal does not function normally due to damage, malfunction, or powering down of the traffic signal;
2. A person who reports that a pedestrian traffic signal or an auxiliary device does not function normally due to damage, malfunction, or powering down of the traffic signal or the auxiliary device;
3. A person who reports information necessary to identify a person who caused the destruction of a facility under subparagraph 1 or 2.
(2) If two or more persons are eligible for a reporting reward under paragraph (1), the reward shall be paid only to the person who made the report first, but if two or more persons made the report first, the reward shall be paid in equal portions to each of them.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no reporting reward shall be paid in any of the following cases:
1. Where a public official belonging to the division responsible for the management of the facility in the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Seoul Metropolitan Police, or the competent police station makes a report;
2. Where an employee of the business entity responsible for the management of the facility makes a report;
3. Where a person involved in a traffic accident or any other case or accident makes a report;
4. Where a failure has been already discovered or reported and repair works or investigations into the person who caused destruction are in progress;
5. Where the reporting person refuses to provide his/her personal information, contact information, or other information necessary for the payment of rewards;
6. Where a report is made anonymously or with another person's name or address.

Article 3 (Guidelines for Payment of Rewards) (1) A person who reports a failure or a person who caused destruction of a facility may be rewarded with 10,000 won in cash or an equivalent gift card, within budget limits, for each incident reported.
(2) A person who reports a person who caused destruction may be rewarded with an amount equivalent to five percent of costs and expenses incurred in the restoration to the original state, within budget limits, in addition to the reporting reward under paragraph (1).

Article 4 (Limitations of Payment of Rewards) A reporting reward under paragraph (3) shall not exceed the following amounts:
1. Payments per month to an individual under Article 3 (1): Not more than 200,000 won;
2. Payments per year to an individual under Article 3 (2): Not more than three million won.

Article 5 (Handling of Reports of Failures, etc.) (1) The head of the City Transportation Headquarters shall designate the division responsible for the general management of affairs related to the payment of reporting rewards for each facility (hereinafter referred to as the "managing division") and shall install and operate telephone lines dedicated to reporting and an Internet web-site.
(2) Upon receipt of a report of a failure of a facility or a report on a person who caused destruction (hereinafter referred to as "report of a failure, etc."), the agency responsible for the management of a major facility under Article 5 of the Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as "agency responsible for the management of a facility") and the 120 Dasan Call Center shall notify the managing division of the report immediately.
(3) Upon receipt of a report of a failure, etc. pursuant to paragraph (2), the head of the managing division shall instruct the public official in charge to make entries in the register of acceptance and processing of reports of failures or persons causing destruction (hereinafter referred to as "register of acceptance and processing of reports") in Form 1 attached hereto and shall notify the agency responsible for the management of the facility concerned of the report.
(4) Upon receipt of a report of a failure, etc. from the managing division, the head of the agency responsible for the management of a facility shall immediately instruct the public official in charge to make entries in the register of acceptance and processing of reports in Form 1 attached hereto and to conduct a field inspection on the failure, etc.

Article 6 (Method and Procedure for Payment of Rewards) (1) The reward for a report of a failure, etc. shall be paid within 15 days from the end of each quarter only where the report is verified as true by the public official in charge.
(2) A reward payable to a person who reports a person who caused destruction pursuant to Article 3 (2) shall be paid within 30 days from the day on which the restoration to the original state or the payment of costs and expenses is completed by the person who caused destruction.
(3) Where a reporting reward is paid under paragraph (1) or (2), the record of the payment of a reporting award for a report of a failure or a person causing destruction shall be prepared in Form 2 attached hereto.