473668 Establish a Threshold for the 2010 Real Property Tax Sale

OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Office of Tax and Revenue (“OTR”), pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code § 47-1335 (2001), Section 201(a) of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2019; P.L. 109-356, D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.24d (Supp. 2009)) of the Home Rule Act, 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 section 317, Tax Sale Threshold, of Chapter 3, REAL PROPERTY TAXES, of Title 9, District of Columbia Municipal Regulations ("DCMR"), by making a new rule as subsection 317.2 within section 317, Tax Sale Threshold.

 

Only those real properties where taxes are delinquent in the amount of $800.00 or more shall be sold at the 2010 tax sale held under section 47-1346 of the D.C. Official Code. The efficacy of the tax sale is balanced between generation of tax revenue and the cost of employee hours devoted to the administration of the tax sale process, including the timely issuance of redemption refunds to tax sale purchasers. The threshold that would be set by this rulemaking is necessary to maximize the efficient operation of the tax sale by limiting the number of real properties sold to those with larger liabilities so that the tax sale may be efficiently administered.

 

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.

 

Section 317, Tax Sale Threshold, of Chapter 3 of Title 9 DCMR is amended by adding a new subsection 317.2 to read as follows:

 

317.2               Only those real properties owing at least $800.00 and advertised to be sold at the 2010 tax sale held under section 47-1346 of the D.C. Official Code shall be auctioned.

 

Comments on this proposed rulemaking should be submitted in writing to Alan C. Levine, Chief Counsel, Office of Tax and Revenue, 1101 4^th Street, SW, Suite W750, Washington, DC 20024, not later than thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Copies of this rule and related information may be obtained by writing to the person at the address stated herein.