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OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE
NOTICE OF FINAL 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 this final action to amend Chapter 3 (Real Property Taxes) of Title 9 (Taxation and Assessments) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), by amending Section 340 (Conflict of Interest).
The amendment to Section 340 defines the meaning of the phrase “family member” to be more consistent with other federal and District conflict of interest laws.
The rules were previously published as proposed rulemaking in the D.C. Register on April 24, 2015 at 62 DCR 5207. No comments were received concerning the proposed rulemaking and this final rulemaking is identical to the published text of the proposed rulemaking. OTR adopted these rules as final on June 8, 2015. The rules shall become effective upon 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:
Subsection 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.
