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A RESOLUTION
20-416
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
February 4, 2014
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Vending Regulation Act of 2009 and Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to re-establish a criminal penalty provision for violating a regulation implementing the Vending Regulation Act of 2009 and to regulate the sale of tickets from public space.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Vending Regulations Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.
Sec. 2. (a) In 2009, the Council passed the Vending Regulation Act of 2009, effective October 22, 2009 (D.C. Law 18-71; D.C. Official Code § 37-131.08), which authorized the Mayor to regulate vending in the District and required any proposed rules to be submitted to the Council for review and approval.
(b) On March 8, 2013, the Vending Business License Regulation Resolution of 2013 was introduced in the Office of the Secretary by Chairman Mendelson at the request of the Mayor. These regulations were adopted in part by the Council on June 4, 2013, with the passage of the Vending Regulation Emergency Amendment Act of 2013, effective June 19, 2003 (D.C. Act 20-84; 60 DCR 9534), and the subsequent adoption of the Vending Regulation Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2013, effective June 20, 2013 (D.C. Act 20-90; 60 DCR 9551).
(c) On September 20, 2013, the Office of the City Administrator published final rules in the D.C. Register.
(d) The Vending Business License Regulation Resolution of 2013 proposed in March 2013 inadvertently removed provisions governing the sale of tickets on public space and allowing the Metropolitan Police Department to enforce violations of the vending regulations.
(e) In order to permit the Metropolitan Police Department to have the ability to conduct enforcement of vending violations occurring in the District of Columbia, it is necessary to adopt emergency legislation to enact regulatory provisions governing the sale of tickets on the District’s sidewalks, roadways, and public spaces.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Vending Regulations Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
