D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 1-300

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Rule 1-300 - OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

300.1

The District of Columbia Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances was established as part of the Executive Office of the Mayor on March 6, 1979, by§ 2 of the District of Columbia Documents Act, effective March 6, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-153; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-611 et seq. (2012 Repl.)); and by Mayor's Order 88-104, dated April 26, 1988.

300.2

The purpose of this chapter is to set forth the policies and procedures for the implementation of the District of Columbia Documents Act (referred to in this chapter as the"Documents Act") and applicable provisions of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act (D.C. Official Code §§ 2-501 et seq. (2012 Repl.)) (referred to in this chapter as the "Administrative Procedure Act").

300.3

The provisions of this chapter are promulgated pursuant to authority set forth in§ 3(b) of the Documents Act.

300.4

The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (referred to in this chapter as the"Administrator") is appointed by the Mayor and supervised by the Secretary of the District of Columbia, and is vested with the authority to administer the provisions of the Documents Act in accordance with § 2 of the Documents Act.

300.5

The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (also referred to in this chapter as the"Office of Documents") is responsible for the preparation and publication of the legal documents of the District of Columbia government.

300.6

All publications of the Office of Documents will be considered "published" when posted to its website,http://dcregs.dc.govand to the website of the Office of the Secretary,http://os.dc.gov.The Office of Documents will contemporaneously retain a paper copy of each official electronic publication.

300.7

The online copies of the District of Columbia Register, District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, and Mayor's Administrative Issuances shall be considered the official copies. One paper original of each shall be retained at the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, and one copy of the paper original shall be provided to the District of Columbia Archives for permanent storage. A hardcopy of the original District of Columbia Register, District of Columbia Municipal Regulations shall also be retained in the District of Columbia Archives, and shall be considered a true copy. If there is any discrepancy regarding the accuracy of any publication, the paper original located in the Office of Documents' office or the District of Columbia Archives shall be considered the authoritative copy.

300.8

Because free online access is available to all of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances publications, all mailed subscriptions ended on December 31, 2008.

The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances' publications include the following:

(a) The District of Columbia Register (also referred to as the "Register" or "D.C. Register" and abbreviated as "DCR");

(b) The District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (also referred to as the"D.C. Municipal Regulations" and abbreviated as "DCMR"); and

(c) Mayor's Administrative Issuances.

300.9

The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances is located at One Judiciary Square, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 520 South, Washington, D.C. 20001. This is also the mailing address for Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances.

300.10

The regular office hours of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of District of Columbia government holidays.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 1-300

Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 9855 (May 4, 1979); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 4091 (September 18, 1981); and Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 271, 273 (January 9, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 126 (January 1, 2010); as Amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 11166 (October 24, 2014)

Authority: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 2 of the District of Columbia Documents Act, D.C. Law 2-153, D.C. Code § 2-611 (2008), as amended.