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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 16. CONSUMERS, COMMERCIAL PRACTICES, AND CIVIL INFRACTIONS |
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Chapter 16-31. CIVIL INFRACTIONS: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
Section 16-3199. DEFINITIONS
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3199.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Act - the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, D.C. Law 6-42, D.C. Official Code §§2-1801 et seq.
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) - a hearing examiner licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and authorized to hear cases pursuant to the Act.
Day - a calendar day.
Director - the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, or a designee.
Final Order - an order of an administrative law judge or attorney examiner that disposes a case and that has not been appealed within fifteen (15) calendar days after the order has been served on the respondent.
Legal holiday - one of the following days:
(a)New Year's Day;
(b)Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday;
(c)Washington's Birthday;
(d)Memorial Day;
(e)Independence Day;
(f)Labor Day;
(g)Columbus Day;
(h)Veterans Day;
(i)Thanksgiving Day;
(j)Christmas Day;
(k)Any other day designated as a legal holiday by the President, the Congress, the Mayor or the Council of the District of Columbia, on the actual day the legal holiday is celebrated by the government of the District of Columbia; and
(l)Any other day on which the Department Of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is officially closed.
Date of service - date on which a notice or order is personally served or delivered pursuant to §3102.1(a) or 3102.1(b), or five (5) days after the date on which a notice or order is mailed pursuant to §3102.1(c).
Final Order - an order of an administrative law judge or attorney examiner that disposes a case and that has not been appealed within fifteen (15) calendar days after the order has been served on the respondent.