5721562 Library, D.C. Public - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Revenue Generating Activities Regulations

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The District of Columbia Public Library Board of Trustees, pursuant to the authority set forth in 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.)); hereby gives notice of its intent to amend Chapter 8 (Public Library) of Title 19 (Amusements, Parks, and Recreation) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) by adding a new Section 821. 

 

The Board of Library Trustees through D.C. Official Code §39-105 (2011 Supp.) designated the Chief Librarian/Executive Director to establish rules and manage the day-to-day operations of the library.  On June 29, 2015, the Chief Librarian/Executive Director of the District of Columbia Public Library (“DCPL”) approved to adopt the proposed new Section 821 to the District of Columbia Public Library Regulations regarding revenue generating activity, to Chapter 8, Title 19 DCMR.  The proposed section will provide the DCPL the ability to conduct revenue generating activity in accordance with Fiscal year 2016 Budget Support Act of 2015.

 

Chapter 8, PUBLIC LIBRARY, of Title 19 DCMR, AMUSEMENT, PARKS, AND RECREATION, is amended as follows:

 

Section 821, REVEUNE GENERATING ACTIVITY, is amended to read as follows:

 

821                  REVENUE GENERATING ACTIVITY

 

821.1               For the purpose of this section, “revenue generating activity” shall be defined as operations conducted by DCPL that produce income by providing services that benefit the public, but need not relate to library services.

 

821.2               Revenue generating activities shall be approved by the Board of Library Trustees or designee in writing prior to execution of the activity.

 

821.3               Revenue from revenue generating activities shall be deposited in the DCPL Revenue Generating Activities Fund established pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 39-105(a)(15).

821.4               All funds deposited into the Revenue Generating Activities Fund shall be spent prior to the end of the fiscal year in which it was received.

 

 

Any person desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments in writing not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Comments should be submitted to Grace Perry-Gaiter, General Counsel, DCPL, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 ‘G’ Street, N.W., 4^th Floor, Washington, D.C.  20001. Telephone: [phone].  Copies of the proposed rulemaking may be obtained by writing to the address stated above.