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Current through October 23, 2012
(a) The Mayor shall:
(1) Make available, by May 1, 2001, a complete and current version of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations ("DCMR"), with all sections compiled by subject matter, and an index to the sections;
(2) Publish, no later than 60 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a cumulative supplement to the DCMR containing all newly promulgated DCMR provisions as of the first of the fiscal year;
(3) Provide a summary statement at the beginning of all newly promulgated regulations;
(4) Make available through the Internet, by January 1, 2002, an electronic version of the official text of the DCMR, with all sections compiled by subject matter, and an index to the sections, integrating all newly promulgated DCMR provisions since the last version; and
(5) Update the electronic version of the official text of the DCMR prior to the effective date of any newly promulgated DCMR provisions, integrating the newly promulgated DCMR provisions since the last version.
(b) The Mayor may enter into an agreement with private contractors of database services to offer the DCMR in an electronic version.
(Oct. 21, 1968, Pub. L. 90-614, title III, § 305, as added Mar. 6, 1979, D.C. Law 2-153, § 4, 25 DCR 6960; Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-232, § 2, 48 DCR 582.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 1-1535.
1973 Ed., § 1-1535.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 13-232 rewrote the section which prior thereto read:
"At least once each year, every document required to be compiled pursuant to § 2-552 shall be permanently integrated into the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations by publication of loose-leaf pages or other appropriate permanent supplements of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations. The index of the DCMR shall be similarly supplemented or reissued."
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 2-153, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 2-505.
Law 13-232, the "District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Publication Improvement Amendment Act of 2000", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 13-402, which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on November 8, 2000, and December 5, 2000, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on December 21, 2000, it was assigned Act No. 13-509 and transmitted to Both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 13-232 became effective on April 3, 2001.
