Section 19-803. FINES AND PENALTIES

 

803.1Adult borrowers, twenty (20) years of age and older, shall be charged a long overdue fee of five dollars ($ 5) for each item overdue thirty (30) days or more.

803.2All borrowers, twenty (20) years of age and older, shall be assessed lost and damaged fees on all material types including children’s materials and books that are overdue sixty (60) days or more, as follows:

 

(a) Hardcover Books;$ 20.00

 

(b) Paperback Books, CDs, DVDs, $ 15.00

and Audiobooks; and

 

(c) Magazines.$ 8.00

  

803.3Adult borrowers, twenty (20) years of age and older, of materials and books are responsible for the payment of both lost and damaged fees and the long overdue fee, if applicable.

 

803.4Adult borrowers twenty (20) years of age and older who incur outstanding fees totaling forty dollars ($ 40.00) or more on their library account will be blocked from checking-out or renewing books and other library materials, until the account is in good standing.

 

803.5When library materials are ten days overdue the Library shall send a notice to the borrower.

 

803.6[RESERVED]

 

803.7The librarian or designee can at his/her discretion forgive fines for library materials. This option can be utilized when the borrower provides reasons such as: hospitalization, death in family, incarceration, fire, flood, or other catastrophic personal hardship.

 

803.8The librarian or designee is authorized to cancel fines when the borrower claims that the library material was returned and it is found in the library or the library was closed due to an emergency.

 

 

authority

An Act To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia, approved June 3, 1896, as amended (29 Stat. 244, ch. 315, § 5; D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Supp.)); Section 3205 (jjj) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Supp.)); Section 2 of the District of Columbia Public Library Board of Trustees Appointment Amendment Act of 1985, effective September 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-17; D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Supp.)); the Procurement Reform Amendment Act of 1996, effective April 12, 1997, as amended (D.C. Law 11-259; 44 DCR 1423 (March 14, 1997)); and Section 156 of An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, approved October 21, 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, Pub. L. 105-277; codified at D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Repl.)).

source

27 DCR § 2.2, 27 DCR 4016 (September 12, 1980); incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 3255 (July 25, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 1011-1012 (February 8, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 7293 (October 15, 1993); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3270-3272 (April 21,2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 2710 (April 6, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 10689 (August 7, 2015).

EditorNote

The District of Columbia Public Library Board of Trustees has appointed the Chief Librarian/Executive Director, through D.C. Official Code § 39-105(a)(10) (2012 Repl.), to establish rules and manage the day-to-day operations of the library.