D.C. Code § 10-563.01 – Redesignation.

(a) The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs shall be redesignated as the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection.
(b) The following functions and duties shall be transferred to the Department of Buildings by October 1, 2022:
1. (1) The functions of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs set forth in section III(A)(4 and 5) and (B)(3, 6 through 11) of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, effective March 31, 1983; and
2. (2) The functions and duties set forth in subchapter I of Chapter 1 of Title 2.
(c) All staff, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available relating to the duties and functions assigned in subchapter I of this chapter shall be transferred to the Department of Buildings by October 1, 2022.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, Chapter 6 of Title 1, shall be fully applicable to employees of the Department of Buildings.

Applicability of D.C. Law 23-269: § 601 of D.C. Law 23-269 provided that the creation of this section by § 301 of D.C. Law 23-269 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.

History

Apr. 5, 2021, D.C. Law 23-269, § 301

Nov. 13, 2021, D.C. Law 24-45, § 6012

Applicability

Section 7276 of D.C. Law 24-45 repealed the applicability provision of section 601 of D.C. Law 23-269 that impacted this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-269 has been implemented.

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 6012 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).