6216650 Resolution 21-586, Council Period 21 Rules of Organization and Procedure and Appointment of Committee Chairpersons and Membership Amendment Resolution of 2016
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A RESOLUTION
21-586
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
September 20, 2016
To amend the Rules of Organization and Procedure for the Council of the District of Columbia, Council Period 21, Resolution of 2015 to eliminate the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs and transfer jurisdiction of its subject matter and agencies to the Committee of the Whole, to establish the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities, the Subcommittee on Workforce, the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions under the Committee of the Whole, to add the Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity to the list of agencies that come within the purview of the Committee of the Whole, to add the Department of For-Hire Vehicles and the Department of Energy and Environment to the list of agencies that come within the purview of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, to eliminate all references to the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission and the District Department of the Environment, and to clarify the reporting requirements for subcommittees; and to amend the Council Period 21 Appointment of Chairperson Pro Tempore, Committee Chairpersons, and Committee Membership Resolution of 2015 to no longer appoint a chairperson and membership of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, to revise the membership of the Committee on Finance and Revenue and the Committee on Housing and Community Development, and to appoint the chairpersons and members of the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities, the Subcommittee on Workforce, the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Council Period 21 Rules of Organization and Procedure and Appointment of Committee Chairpersons and Membership Amendment Resolution of 2016”.
Sec. 2. The Rules of Organization and Procedure for the Council of the District of Columbia, Council Period 21, attached and made part of the Rules of Organization and Procedure for the Council of the District of Columbia, Council Period 21, Resolution of 2015, effective January 2, 2015 (Res. 21-1; 62 DCR 493), is amended as follows:
(a) The Table of Contents is amended by striking the phrase “232. COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS.” and inserting the phrase “232. COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. [REPEALED].” in its place.
(b) Section 231 (Committee of the Whole) is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking the phrase “government of the District of Columbia;” and inserting the phrase “government of the District of Columbia; matters concerning small and local business development policy; financial literacy; consumer and regulatory affairs; matters related to workforce-development issues; employment and manpower development; apprenticeship; employment services; workforce investment; occupational safety and health; unemployment compensation; disability compensation; the regulation of alcoholic beverages; public utilities; cable television; motion picture and television development; the operation of business-improvement districts (“BIDs”) and oversight of BIDs, but not including the establishment of BIDs; the conduct of Emancipation Day celebrations within the District of Columbia; the regulation of banks and banking activities, securities, and insurance, including private health insurance, but not including the Health Benefit Exchange; captive insurance; risk management; construction codes coordination; condemnation of insanitary buildings;” in its place.
(2) Subsection (e) is amended by adding the following agencies to the list of agencies that come within the purview of the Committee of the Whole, to be inserted in alphabetical order within the existing list:
Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration
Apprenticeship Council
Board of Accountancy
Board of Architecture and Interior Designers
Board of Barber and Cosmetology
Board of Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings
Board of Consumer Claims Arbitration for the District of Columbia
Board of Funeral Directors
Board of Industrial Trades
Board of Professional Engineering
Board of Real Estate Appraisers
Captive Insurance Agency
Commission on Fashion Arts and Events
Construction Codes Coordinating Board
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
Department of Employment Services
Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
Department of Small and Local Business Development
Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity
Disability Compensation Fund
District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Emancipation Commemoration Commission
Financial Literacy Council
Occupational Safety and Health Board
Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment
Office of People’s Counsel
Office of Risk Management
Office of the Tenant Advocate
Public Access Corporation
Public Service Commission
Real Estate Commission
Unemployment Compensation Fund
Workforce Investment Council.
(3) New subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) are added to read as follows:
“(f)(1) The Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities, as delegated by the Committee of the Whole, shall be responsible for the regulation of alcoholic beverages; small and local business development; financial literacy; cable television; and motion picture and television development.
“(2) The following agencies come within the purview of the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities:
“Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration
“Department of Small and Local Business Development
“Financial Literacy Council
“Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment
“Office of People’s Counsel
“Public Access Corporation
“Public Service Commission
“(g)(1) The Subcommittee on Workforce, as delegated by the Committee of the Whole, shall be responsible for apprenticeship; employment services; workforce investment; occupational safety and health; unemployment compensation; disability compensation; and risk management.
“(2) The following agencies come within the purview of the Subcommittee on Workforce:
“Apprenticeship Council
“Department of Employment Services
“Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity
“Disability Compensation Fund
“Occupational Safety and Health Board
“Office or Risk Management
“Unemployment Compensation Fund
“Workforce Investment Council
“(h)(1) The Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, as delegated by the Committee of the Whole, shall be responsible for captive insurance; consumer and regulatory affairs; construction codes coordination; condemnation of insanitary buildings; and insurance, securities, and banking.
“(2) The following agencies come within the purview of the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs:
“Board of Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings
“Captive Insurance Agency
“Construction Codes Coordinating Board
“Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
“Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
“Office of the Tenant Advocate
“(i)(1) The Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions, as delegated by the Committee of the Whole, shall be responsible for the functions of the boards and commissions enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
“(2) The following agencies come within the purview of the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions:
“Board of Accountancy
“Board of Architecture and Interior Designs
“Board of Barber and Cosmetology
“Board of Consumer Claims Arbitration for the District of Columbia “Board of Funeral Directors
“Board of Industrial Trades
“Board of Professional Engineering
“Board of Real Estate Appraisers
“Commission on Fashion Arts and Events
“District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission
“Emancipation Commemoration Commission
“Real Estate Commission.”.
(c) Section 232 (Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs) is amended to read as follows:
“232. COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. [REPEALED].
“Repealed.”.
(d) Section 238(b) (Committee on Transportation and the Environment) is amended as follows:
(1) Strike the phrase “District Department of the Environment” and insert the phrase “Department of Energy and Environment” in its place.
(2) Strike the phrase “District of Columbia Taxicab Commission” and insert the phrase “Department of For-Hire Vehicles” in its place.
(e) Section 245 (Subcommittees) is amended by striking the phrase “Each bill or resolution reported by a subcommittee shall be referred to its standing committee for a vote and scheduling for the Committee of the Whole” and inserting the phrase “With the exception of measures primarily pertaining to matters substantially within the purview of the Department of Small and Local Business Development, each bill or resolution reported by a subcommittee shall be referred to its standing committee for a vote and scheduling for the Committee of the Whole. A measure primarily pertaining to matters substantially within the purview of the Department of Small and Local Business Development shall be reported and filed by the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities in accordance with section 803 and referred to the Committee of the Whole only for the purposes set forth in section 231(c).” in its place.
Sec. 3. The Council Period 21 Appointment of Chairperson Pro Tempore, Committee Chairpersons, and Committee Membership Resolution of 2015, effective January 2, 2015 (Res. 21-2; 62 DCR 1102), is amended as follows:
(a) The long title is amended by striking the word “committee” and inserting the phrase “committee and subcommittee” in its place.
(b) Section 3 is amended as follows:
(1) The lead-in language is amended by striking the word “committee” and inserting the phrase “committee and subcommittee” in its place.
(2) Paragraph (1) is repealed.
(3) Paragraph (3) is amended by striking the phrase “Vincent Orange, and Elissa Silverman” and inserting the phrase “Elissa Silverman, and Robert White” in its place.
(4) Paragraph 5 is amended by striking the phrase “Brianne Nadeau, Vincent Orange, Elissa Silverman, and LaRuby May” and inserting the phrase “LaRuby May, Brianne Nadeau, Elissa Silverman, and Robert White” in its place.
(5) New paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) are added to read as follows:
“(8) The chairperson of the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities, established by section 231(f) of the Rules, pursuant to section 245 of the Rules, shall be Charles Allen and its members shall be Brianne Nadeau, Elissa Silverman, Brandon Todd, and Robert White.“(9) The chairperson of the Subcommittee on Workforce, established by section 231(g) of the Rules, pursuant to section 245 of the Rules, shall be Elissa Silverman, and its members shall be Charles Allen, Brianne Nadeau, Brandon Todd, and Robert White.
“(10) The chairperson of the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, established by section 231(h) of the Rules, pursuant to section 245 of the Rules, shall be Brianne Nadeau and its members shall be Charles Allen, Elissa Silverman, Brandon Todd, and Robert White.
“(11) The chairperson of the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions, established by section 231(i) of the Rules, pursuant to section 245 of the Rules, shall be Brandon Todd and its members shall be Charles Allen, Brianne Nadeau, Elissa Silverman, and Robert White.”.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
