4263749 Public Hearing Notice on B20-145, "Private Contractor and Subcontractor Prompt Payment Act of 2013"

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Notice of Public Hearing

                                                                                                           

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite G-6    Washington, DC 20004                                           

 

 

 

COUNCILMEMBER VINCENT B. ORANGE, SR., CHAIR

COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING

 

 ON

 

B20-145, THE “PRIVATE CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR

PROMPT PAYMENT ACT OF 2013”

 

TUESDAY, April 30, 2013, 9:30 A.M

JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING, ROOM 412

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public hearing by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs on B20-145, the “Private Contractor and Subcontractor Prompt Payment Act of 2013”. The public hearing is scheduled for April 30, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

 

B20-145, the “Private Contractor and Subcontractor Prompt Payment Act of 2013”, proposes to establish private contractor and subcontractor prompt payment laws, time requirements for owners and contractors to pay contractors and subcontractors when the contract does not provide for specific dates and times of payment, and other requirements. The bill also provides civil penalties for failure to meet the prompt payment requirements. Further, it requires the Mayor to select an agency director to monitor and enforce the provisions of the Act and who will be responsible for developing a plan for payment terms based on established industry standards. 

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public roundtable are asked to contact Faye Caldwell of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Tuesday, April 23, 2013.  Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. The official record will remain open until close of 12 O’clock noon Tuesday, May 14, 2013.    Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite G-6 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.