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A RESOLUTION
20-143
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 4, 2013
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Vending Regulation Act of 2009 to allow the Council to vote to approve in part or in whole the proposed regulations issued pursuant that act.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Vending Regulation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:
(1) In 2009, the Council passed the Vending Regulation Act of 2009, which gave the Council the authority to approve or disapprove the proposed rules issued by the Mayor to implement the act.
(2) The fourth proposed rulemaking, PR 20-0125, the Vending Business License Regulation Resolution of 2013, was introduced in the Office of the Secretary by Chairman Mendelson at the request of the Mayor on March 8, 2013.
(3) The Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs held a public
roundtable on PR 20-0125 on May 10, 2013, at which time it became clear that the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs had delayed enforcing the laws during the 4-year long rulemaking process in anticipation of the new regulations.
(4) The Council should have the authority to vote to approve in whole or in part the proposed regulations issued by the Mayor to help expedite the approval process of the sections of the regulations that are not in controversy.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Vending Business Regulation Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
