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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) On or before January 1, 2025, and January 1 of every year thereafter, the Director shall submit to the Council and the Office of Attorney General an annual report detailing the enforcement activities of the Department in the prior fiscal year.
(b) The report required under subsection (a) of this section shall assess the Department's progress against the Strategic Enforcement Plan required under § 10-562.01 and identify any changes to operations necessary to implement the Strategic Enforcement Plan.
(c)(1) The report required under subsection (a) of this section shall also include the following data for the prior fiscal year:
(A) Complaint data, detailing the number, type, method, determination of validity, and resolution of complaints received by the Department;
(B) Inspection data, detailing the number of inspections conducted by complaint and program type;
(C) Violation data, detailing the violations identified and cited in the prior fiscal year and their status as abated or unresolved as of the date of the report;
(D) Fine collection data, detailing the dollar value of the fines assessed, dollar value of the fines assessed versus the fines collected, violations for which the fines were issued, and identifying any reduction in fine amount due to an action by an administrative judge to reduce the assessed fine, adverse judgment at an administrative hearing, administrative settlement or dismissal by the Department, or other means resulting in a collection of less than the levied amount, and any fines not yet collected as of the date of the report;
(E) Abatement efficacy, detailing the number and nature of abatement orders, the number of days taken to abate each order, the number of extensions granted by type of abatement order, the justification for each extension, and the location of each abatement order, and its status as abated or unresolved as of the date of the report;
(F) Enforcement escalation data, detailing the number of violations referred to the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, the aggregate dollar amount assessed, and a description of the matters referred; and
(G) Collections escalation data, detailing the number of violations referred to the Central Collections Unit.
(2) For all data required pursuant to subparagraphs (B) through (G) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, proactive inspection program data shall be reported separately. All proactive inspection data shall be reported by tier and Ward.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 10-562.02. Annual Enforcement Report. - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/dc/division-i-government-of-district/dc-code-sect-10-562-02/
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