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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), through its Central Collection Unit (CCU) established within the OCFO’s Office of Finance and Treasury, pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 201(a) of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2019; P.L. 109-356, D.C. Official Code § 1-204.24d(10) (2012 Supp.)) of the Home Rule Act, and Section 1053 of the Delinquent Debt Recovery Act of 2012, effective September 20, 2012, (D.C. Law 19-0168; 59 DCR 8025), hereby gives notice of the adoption of final rulemaking to amend Title 9 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), by adding a new Chapter 38, entitled “Central Collection Unit”. The purpose of the final rule is to prescribe, impose, and collect fees from debtors to cover actual costs or expenses associated with the collection of delinquent debt; and to prescribe and impose a fee to be paid by each person who tenders in payment of a financial obligation owed to the District, including a tax, assessment, fee, citation, or charge, a check that is subsequently dishonored or not duly paid, or any delinquent debt transferred and referred to the CCU for action.
The CCU stated its intent to adopt the proposed rules as final in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register on January 11, 2013 at 60 DCR 222. No comments were received and no substantive changes were made to the proposed rulemaking. These rules will become final upon publication in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 38 CENTRAL COLLECTION UNIT
3800 IMPOSITION OF COSTS AND FEES:
3800.1. Definitions. The terms “central collection unit”, “delinquent debt”, and “person” shall have the same meaning in this chapter as those terms are defined in the Delinquent Debt Recovery Act of 2012, effective September 20, 2012, (D.C. Law 19-0168; 59 DCR 8025).
3800.2 The amount of actual costs incurred that a person shall pay the central collection unit (CCU), associated with the collection of a delinquent debt, shall be determined as follows: A collection fee of twenty-six (26%) percent shall be imposed after a debt is referred to the CCU.
3800.3 Any person who tenders payment by check for a financial obligation owed to the District of Columbia government, including a tax assessment, fee, citation, or charge, that is subsequently dishonored or not duly paid, shall, in addition to the amount of the financial obligation owed or the amount of the delinquent debt transferred and referred to the CCU for collection, pay a fee to the CCU of $65 dollars for the dishonored or not duly paid check.
