4850017 Public Hearing Notice on B20-746, "Vending Regulations Amendment Act of 2014"

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, Ste. G-6    Washington, DC 20004                                          

 

COUNCILMEMBER VINCENT B. ORANGE, SR., CHAIR

COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

 

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON

 

B20-746, THE “VENDING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT ACT OF 2014”

 

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

John A. Wilson Building, Room 123

1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public hearing of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs for the purpose of receiving testimony on B20-746, the “Vending Regulations Amendment Act of 2014”.  The public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building located at 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20004.

 

B20-746, the “Vending Regulations Amendment Act of 2014” proposes to reinstate criminal penalties for violations of the District’s vending regulations and all for their enforcement by the Metropolitan Police Department.  The bill will ensure compliance of licensed vendors with vending regulations and provide for enforcement action against individuals found to be illegally vending.

  

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public hearing are asked to contact Ms. Faye Caldwell or Gene Fisher of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] or [e-mail].  Witnesses are asked to furnish their names, addresses, telephone number, email address, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.  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 part of the official record.  The official record will remain open until the close of business of Wednesday, May 14, 2014.  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.