§ 20-297.7 Advisory task force.
AC § 20-297.7
a. There shall be a task force to advise the council and the mayor on minimum standards of cleanliness and hygiene, procedures to maintain functional separation between laundered and unlaundered laundry and strategies for the enforcement of this subchapter. b. The task force shall be composed of: 1. The commissioner or a designee; 2. The commissioner of health and mental hygiene or a designee; 3. One representative of the retail laundry industry, one representative of the industrial laundry industry and one representative of the industrial laundry delivery industry, to be appointed by the commissioner upon consultation with the council; and 4. One representative of employees of the retail laundry industry, one representative of employees of the industrial laundry industry and one representative of employees of the industrial laundry delivery industry, to be appointed by the commissioner upon consultation with the council. c. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall serve as chair of the task force and shall invite representatives of relevant state and federal agencies and industry experts to participate in the meetings of the task force and to provide information and expertise about regulatory and industry matters. d. The task force shall convene on or before June 15, 2018 for a one-year term. The task force shall issue its report and recommendations to the council and the mayor on or before June 15, 2019. The task force shall reconvene on or before June 15 of every fifth year after 2018 to consider and propose updates to minimum standards of cleanliness and hygiene, functional separation of laundered and unlaundered laundry and enforcement of this subchapter. The task force shall issue its recommendations for any changes to the standards and enforcement guidance then existing to the council and the mayor on or before June 15 of every fifth year after 2019. e. The commissioner shall collect the written statements submitted by applicants in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 of subdivision b and paragraph 6 of subdivision c of section 20-297.3 solely for the purpose of providing such statements to the task force. Such statements, in addition to information about the number and type of complaints regarding alleged violations of this subchapter received by the commissioner, shall be submitted to the task force by the commissioner on or before June 15 of every fifth year after 2018. (L.L. 2016/087, 8/3/2016, eff. 1/30/2017; Am. L.L. 2021/080, 7/18/2021, eff. 12/31/2021; Am. L.L. 2021/098, 9/26/2021, eff. 12/31/2021) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2016/087, L.L. 2021/080, and L.L. 2021/098.
