4108.1 Each housing provider filing pursuant to § 4101.1 shall pay the annual registration fee.

4108.2 Housing providers of rental units or housing accommodations not required to have a housing business license shall be billed by the Rent Administrator during each fiscal year.

4108.3 The annual billing shall provide for payment of the annual registration fee to the D.C. Treasurer.

4108.4 Housing providers of housing accommodations required to have a housing business license will be billed for the annual registration fee at the time of the billing for the housing business license renewal.

4108.5 Housing providers for newly purchased housing accommodations shall pay the fee at the time the housing business license application is filed with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

4108.6 Failure to pay the annual registration fee for each rental unit within sixty (60) days of receipt of the bill shall result in a determination by the Rent Administrator that the registration of that rental unit or housing accommodation is defective pursuant to § 4104.

4108.7 A housing provider shall not collect any rent increases otherwise authorized until the registration fee is paid.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1336, 1383-84 (March 7, 1986).