Subchapter II. Agency Planning and Reporting Requirements.

§ 10–562.01. Strategic Enforcement Plan.

(a) On or before January 1, 2022, and January 1 of every third year thereafter, the SEA shall submit to the Council a Strategic Enforcement Plan that:

(1) Establishes priorities;

(2) Identifies available and needed resources while integrating the Department's enforcement functions; and

(3) Identifies instances in which the Department can leverage the enforcement efforts of sister agencies with which the Department has adjacent, overlapping, or shared authority.

(b) The plan required under subsection (a) of this section shall rely on existing data and industry best practices to determine enforcement priorities for the duration of the plan.

(c) In developing the plan required under subsection (a) of this section, the SEA shall afford great weight to available complaint data and community sentiment.

§ 10–562.02. Annual Enforcement Report.

(a) On or before January 1, 2023, and January 1 of every year thereafter, the Director shall submit to the Council 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) The report required under subsection (a) of this section shall also include the following data for the prior fiscal year:

(1) Complaint data, detailing the number, type, method, determination of validity, and resolution of complaints received by the Department;

(2) 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;

(3) 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;

(4) 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;

(5) 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

(6) Collections escalation data, detailing the number of violations referred to the Central Collections Unit.

(Apr. 5, 2021, D.C. Law 23-269, § 202, 68 DCR 001490; Mar. 23, 2024, D.C. Law 25-141, § 8, 71 DCR 1466.)

Applicability

Applicability of D.C. Law 25-141: § 9 of D.C. Law 25-141 provided that the amendment to this section by § 8 of D.C. Law 25-141 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.

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.

Applicability of D.C. Law 23-269: § 601 of D.C. Law 23-269 provided that the creation of this section by § 202 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.