1310 APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSIONER BY THE ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION

1310.1 If there is only one person qualified to fill the vacancy within the affected Single-Member District, the area Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners shall appoint the qualified person to the vacant Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner position at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

1310.2 If the Board transmits a list of qualified candidates containing more than one name, the affected area Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall give notice at a public meeting that at the next regularly scheduled meeting there shall be an open vote of the members of the affected Single-Member District to elect the new commissioner.

1310.3 In the event that no qualified candidate submits petitions for appointment, the Board shall certify the vacancy again by posting it in the D.C. Register.

1310.4 After a vacancy has been filled pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 1-309.06(d)(6) (2006 Repl.), the affected area Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall transmit to the Board a resolution signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission that states the winner of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner SMD election and requests that the Board declare the vacancy filled. (See Appendix 13-2 and Appendix 13-3).

1310.5 The Commission shall also transmit a copy of the resolution to the Council of the District of Columbia, the Mayor, and the person appointed or elected by the Commission.

1310.6 The Board shall certify the filling of the vacancy by publication in the D.C. Register.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 43 D.C. Reg. 1078, 1102 (March 1, 1996).