DCMR
Chapter
32: Financial Disclosure
3200.1
A financial disclosure statement (FDS) shall be filed by the following:
(a) Any
candidate for nomination for election, or election, to public office,
except the office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, at the time of
candidacy, who does not occupy any such office;
(b) All
elected officials, except Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners;
(c )
Members of specific boards and commissions, pursuant to the Act;
(d) Employees
within the excepted service and paid at a rate of DS-13 or above;
(e) Persons
serving as subordinate agency heads pursuant to the Personnel Act; and
(f) Any
other public official expressly subject to the financial disclosure provisions
of the Act.
3200.2
An FDS shall also be filed by members of any board or commission created
after April 23, 1980, which makes decisions in the following areas:
(a) Contracting;
(b) Procurement;
(c )
Administration of grants or subsidies;
(d) Planning
or developing policies;
(e) Inspecting;
(f) Licensing;
(g) Regulating;
(h) Auditing;
or
(i )
Acting in areas of responsibility involving any potential conflict of
interest.
3200.3
An Honoraria and Outside Income Disclosure Statement (HOIDS) shall be
filed by the following:
(a) Mayor;
(b) Each
member of the Council; and
(c )
Each member of the Board of Education.
3200.4
Any potential filer may request an exemption by the Director of Campaign
Finance on the basis that the activities of the potential filer may be
deemed de minimis.
3201
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
3201.1
The public official shall list on the FDS the following:
(a) Business
entities transacting any business with the District Government in which
the public official (or spouse for jointly titled property) has a beneficial
interest valued in excess of $1,000;
(b) Business
entities transacting any business with the District Government in which
the public official (or spouse for jointly titled property) has any business
interest consisting of corporate stock, registered and traded on a national
exchange, with a value over $5,000;
(c )
Business entities transacting any business with the District Government
in which the public official (or spouse for jointly titled property) has
any interest, held in the public official’s name, in trust, or in the
name of a nominee, with a value over $1,000;
(d) Business
entities transacting any business with the District Government in which
the public official (or spouse for jointly titled property) earns income
for services rendered during a calendar year in excess of $1,000;
(e) Business
entities transacting any business with the District Government in which
the public official (or spouse for jointly titled property) serves as
an officer or employee or in any fiduciary capacity;
(f) Each
outstanding liability borrowed by the individual (or spouse if joint liability)
exceeding $1,000 which is not a loan from a federal or state insured or
regulated financial institution, immediate family, or revolving credit
or installment accounts;
(g) All
real property located in the District of Columbia (other than the personal
residence actually occupied by the public official or spouse) with a fair
market value in excess of $5,000 in which the public official or spouse
(jointly titled) holds an interest;
(h) Each
professional or occupational license issued by the District Government;
(i )
All gifts received in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) in a calendar
year from any business entity transacting any business with the District
Government; and
(j) An
affidavit stating that the public official has not caused title to property
to be placed in another person or entity for purposes of avoiding the
requirements of this section.
3201.2
The public official shall list on the HOIDS the following:
(a) The
source and amount of all outside income earned during the calendar year;
(b) Any
client who transacted business with the District Government from whom
the public official received outside income during the calendar year;
(c )
Any client who stands to gain a direct financial benefit from legislation
that was pending before the City Council during the calendar year;
(d) Each
honorarium earned by the public official or any member of the public official’s
immediate family during the year in which the right to receive the honorarium
accrued, including the source and amount;
(e) Royalties
during the year in which the right to receive the royalty accrues received
by the Mayor, Chairman of the Council or any member of their immediate
families for the works of the Mayor or of the Chairman of the Council;
and
(f) Any
honoraria or royalties paid to a charitable organization.
3201.3
No public official, required to file a HOIDS, pursuant to §3201.2,
shall earn honoraria or receive royalties in excess of $10,000 during
the year in the right to receive the honorarium or royalty accrues.
3202
FILING REQUIREMENTS
3202.1
Both the FDS and the HOIDS shall be filed with the Director of Campaign
Finance not later than May 15th of each year for the prior calendar year.
3202.2
A public official shall submit an amended FDS and HOIDS within thirty
(30) days after any changes in information represented on the FDS and
HOIDS.
3202.3
A public official may request the Director, in writing, for an extension
of up to thirty (30) days in which to submit the FDS and the HOIDS.
3202.4
The Director may extend the period of time for submission of the FDS and
HOIDS by a public official, for good cause shown.
3202.5
Lists of required filers shall be published in the
DC Register and made
available to the public, pursuant to chapter 37 of this title.
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