§ 17-717 Enforcement.
AC § 17-717
The department, the department of consumer and worker protection and the department of finance shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter. A proceeding to recover any civil penalty authorized pursuant to section 17-716 shall be commenced by the service of a notice of violation returnable to the office of administrative trials and hearings acting pursuant to section 558 and subdivision 2 of section 1048 of the charter where the department issues such a notice or to the office of administrative trials and hearings acting pursuant to section 2203 and subdivision 2 of section 1048 of the charter where the department of consumer and worker protection issues such a notice or to an adjudication division of the department of finance or the administrative tribunal selected by the commissioner of finance where the department of finance issues such notice. The notice of violation or copy thereof when filled in and served shall constitute notice of the violation charged. Such notice shall contain a statement that any hearing for a third violation or subsequent violation of section 17-715 at the same place of business within a three-year period shall also constitute a hearing for the suspension of a retail dealer's license where the retail dealer is found to be in violation of such section. The office of administrative trials and hearings acting pursuant to section 558 and subdivision 2 of section 1048 of the charter, the office of administrative trials and hearings acting pursuant to section 2203 and subdivision 2 of section 1048 of the charter and an adjudication division of the department of finance or the administrative tribunal selected by the commissioner of finance shall have the power to render decisions and to impose the remedies and penalties provided for in section 17-716, in addition to any other remedies or penalties provided for the enforcement of such provisions under any other law including, but not limited to, civil or criminal actions or proceedings. The department, the department of consumer and worker protection and the department of finance shall notify each other within 30 days of finding that a retail dealer has been found liable for any section of this subchapter. (Am. L.L. 2017/146, 8/28/2017, eff. 2/24/2018; Am. L.L. 2020/080, 8/28/2020, eff. 8/28/2020) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2013/097, L.L. 2017/146, and L.L. 2020/080.
