4423993 Notice of the intent to amend Section 5800.2 of Chapter 58 (Registration of Lobbyists), Title 3 (Elections and Ethics), of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ETHICS
AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (“Ethics Board”), pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 209 of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of 2011 (“Ethics Act”), effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-124; D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01 et seq.) (2012 Supp.), hereby gives notice of the intent to amend Section 5800.2 of Chapter 58 (Registration of Lobbyists), Title 3 (Elections and Ethics), of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).
This emergency and proposed rulemaking is to amend Section 5800.2 to require a person to register as a lobbyist under any one of the three listed circumstances, rather than under all three of the listed circumstances.
The emergency rulemaking action is necessary protect and promote the welfare of the citizens of the District by accurately specifying the circumstances under which a person is required to register as a lobbyist, in accordance with the requirements set forth in D.C. Official Code § 1-1162.27(a) of the Ethics Act. The Ethics Board authorized the promulgation of this emergency and proposed rulemaking on June 20, 2013, and the emergency rulemaking became effective immediately. The emergency rulemaking will remain in effect for up to one hundred twenty days from the effective date, or October 18, 2013, unless earlier superseded by a notice of final rulemaking.
The Ethics Board hereby gives notice of its intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these proposed rules in not less than thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Subsection 5800.2 of Title 3, ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, of the DCMR is amended to read as follows:
5800.2 A person shall register as a lobbyist with the Director of Government Ethics (the Director) by filing the Lobbyist Registration Form if that person, under the following circumstances:
(a) Receives compensation of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in any three (3) consecutive calendar month period for lobbying;
(b) Receives compensation from more than one (1) source which totals two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in any three (3) consecutive month period for lobbying; or
(c) Expends funds of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in any three (3) consecutive calendar month period for lobbying.
Copies of the proposed rulemaking can be obtained at www.dcregs.dc.gov or by contacting the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability at bega@bega.dc.gov. All persons desiring to file comments on the proposed rulemaking action should submit written comments via e-mail to bega@dc.gov or by mail to the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, Attn: Darrin P. Sobin, Director of Government Ethics, One Judiciary Square, 441 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 830 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, no later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C Register.
