D.C. Code § 6-1409

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024

Section 6-1409 - [Effective Until 10/24/2024] Amendments; supplements; editions

(a) All future amendments, supplements, and editions of the Construction Codes shall be adopted only upon authority of the government of the District of Columbia. The Mayor may issue rules to amend the Construction Codes and to adopt new supplements and editions of the Model Codes in whole or in part pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2. Proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part by resolution within this 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved. The proposed rules shall not take effect until approved or deemed approved by the Council.

(a-1) Repealed.

(b) Repealed.

D.C. Code § 6-1409

Amended by D.C. Law 25-541,§ 3, 71 DCR 009963, eff. 7/26/2024, exp. 10/24/2024.

Amended by D.C. Law 25-98,§ 3, 70 DCR 014512, eff. 12/20/2023, exp. 8/1/2024.

Amended by D.C. Law 25-221, § 3, 70 DCR 013738, eff. 10/5/2023, exp. 1/3/2024.

Amended by D.C. Law 24-269, § 3 , 69 DCR 014752, eff. 2/23/2023, exp. 10/6/2023.

Amended by D.C. Law 25-10, § 3 , 70 DCR 001879, eff. 2/1/2023, exp. 5/2/2023.

Amended by D.C. Law 24-625, § 3 , 0 DCR 0, eff. 11/2/2022, exp. 1/31/2023.

Mar. 21, 1987, D.C. Law 6-216, § 10, 34 DCR 1072; Oct. 1, 2002, D.C. Law 14-190, § 302(c), 49 DCR 6968; Apr. 5, 2005, D.C. Law 15-278, § 3, 52 DCR 835; Apr. 27, 2013, D.C. Law 19-289, § 3(c), 60 DCR 2328.

Building and Land Regulation Administration User Fee Approval and Disapproval Resolution of 1994: Pursuant to Resolution 10-370, effective June 7, 1994, the Council approved, in part, and disapproved, in part, rules to adopt a new Building and Land Regulation Administration User Fee Schedule.

Building and Land Regulation Administration User Fee Amendment Rulemaking Approval Resolution of 1994: Pursuant to Proposed Resolution 11-16, deemed approved February 18, 1995, Council approved Rules to adopt an amendment to the Building and Land Regulation Administration User Fee Schedule.

Section 3(c) of D.C. Law 19-289 repealed subsections (a-1)and (b).

Section 9 of D.C. Law 19-289 provided: "Any order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by this act shall remain in effect until repealed, amended, or superseded."

Applicability of D.C. Law 19-289, § 3: Section 10 of D.C. Law 19-289 provided that sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the act shall not apply until the Mayor's issuance of a comprehensive final rulemaking governing signs on public space and private property pursuant to section 2 of the act. Section 2 of D.C. Law 19-289 rewrote §§ 1-303.21 and 1-303.23 , and repealed § 1-303.22 .

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.