Title 4
Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations

Editor's Notes

This Title was initially enacted by Ordinance 20-431 (effective January 15, 2021), as amended by Ordinance 21-055 (effective October 18, 2021), and most recently amended by Ordinance 23-269 (effective October 15, 2023).

Section 4 of Ord. 20-341, as amended by Ord. 21-055, provides that any regulation that was current and effective as of January 15, 2021, shall remain effective if:

(1) the regulation is submitted, in digital form, to the Director of Legislative Reference by January 15, 2022, for COBRA codification;

(2) the regulation is not abrogated by:

(i) the agency that adopted it; or

(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction; and

(3) no part of the text of the regulation is materially changed, which the City Solicitor shall determine and, if the City Solicitor does determine a material change has been made, the City Solicitor shall deem the revised text to be a proposed regulation, which:

(i) is not effective unless adopted in accordance with the requirements of General Provisions Article, Title 4; and

(ii) does not affect the lawfulness of the existing regulation until the proposed regulation becomes effective pursuant to General Provisions Article, Title 4.

Additionally, Section 4 of Ord. 20-341, as amended by Ord. 21-055 goes on to state that “[a]ny regulation that may be affected by the provisions of this Ordinance and that was current and effective as of January 15, 2021, and not filed with the Director of Legislative Reference by January 15, 2022, shall terminate and no longer have legal effect.”