(a) The Director shall manage and administer the Department and all functions and personnel assigned thereto, including the power to redelegate to other employees and officials of the Department such powers and authority as in the judgment of the Director is warranted in the interests of efficiency and sound administration, excluding the ability to alter the duties and functions of the Chief Building Official or the duties and functions of the Strategic Enforcement Administrator.
(b) The Director shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, pursuant to section 2(a) of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01(a)).
(Apr. 5, 2021, D.C. Law 23-269, § 103, 68 DCR 001490.)
ApplicabilityApplicability of D.C. Law 23-269: § 601 of D.C. Law 23-269 provided that the creation of this section by § 103 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.