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UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia pursuant to the authority set forth under the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Amendments (“Act”) effective January 2, 1976 (D.C. Law 1-36; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-1202.01(a); (c)(4)) hereby gives notice of its intent to amend Section 120.5 of Title 8, D.C.M.R., in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register; and, on an emergency basis, to amend Section 120.5 of Title 8, D.C.M.R. The purpose of the emergency and proposed rule is to ensure the efficient and fair conduct of elections for the alumni members of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia.
The Board of Trustees hereby declares an emergency with respect to the delays in conducting the postal balloting portion of the alumni Trustee election, which resulted from the unprecedented February snowfall in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia hereby proposes to amend 8 D.C.M.R. § 120.5, and on an emergency basis does amend § 120.5, as follows:
Strike the word “vacancy” and the following period, and insert in its place the phrase, “vacancy; provided, however, that the election conducted for alumni Trustee terms beginning on May 15, 2010, shall be conducted not less than forty-five (45) days prior to May 15, 2010.”; to read as follows:
120.5 Not less than ninety (90) days, nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days, before the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent alumni member of the Board of Trustees, the President, or the President's designee, shall conduct an election to fill the impending vacancy; provided, however, that the election conducted for alumni Trustee terms beginning on May 15, 2010, shall be conducted not less than forty-five (45) days prior to May 15, 2010.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of the proposed rulemaking should file comments in writing not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Comments should be filed with the Office of General Counsel, Building 39- Room 301Q, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008. Comments may also be submitted by email to dbrozovic@udc.edu. Individuals wishing to comment by email must include the phrase “Comment to Proposed Rulemaking” in their subject line. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from the Office of the General Counsel at the address set forth above.
