5431241 Tax and Revenue, Office of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - "Family member" defined for tax sale conflict of interest

OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR), of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code § 47-1335 (2012 Repl.), Section 201(a) of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2019; Pub. L. 109-356; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.24d (2014 Repl.)), and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management and Control Order No. 00-5, effective June 7, 2000, hereby gives notice of its intent to amend Chapter 3 (Real Property Taxes) of Title 9 (Taxation and Assessments) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

The proposed amendment to Section 340 (Conflict of Interest) amends the meaning of the term “family member” to be more consistent with other federal and District conflict of interest laws.

 

OTR gives notice of its intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these regulations in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 3, REAL PROPERTY TAXES, of Title 9 DCMR, TAXATION AND ASSESSMENTS, is amended as follows:

 

Section 340.2 of Section 340, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, is amended to read as follows:

 

340.2               For purposes of this section, the phrase “family member” means parents, spouses or domestic partners, siblings and children.  

 

 

Comments on this proposed rulemaking should be submitted to Robert McKeon, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Tax and Revenue, no later than thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Robert McKeon may be contacted by: mail at DC Office of Tax and Revenue, 1101 4^th Street, SW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20024; telephone at [phone]; or, email at [e-mail]. Copies of this rule and related information may be obtained by contacting Robert McKeon as stated herein.