(a) The Chief Financial Officer, in the Chief Financial Officer's discretion, may determine the following persons not to be eligible to receive a suppliers’ license: A person convicted of a felony who either has not received a pardon or has not been released from parole or probation for at least 5 years; a person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter; a public officer or employee; or a business in which a person disqualified under provisions of this section is employed or active or in which a person is married to, in a domestic partnership with, or related in the 1st degree of kinship to, such person who has an interest of more than 10 percent in the business.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4).
(Mar. 10, 1981, D.C. Law 3-172, § 4, 27 DCR 4736; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 11(b), 55 DCR 6758; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 31, 59 DCR 6190; Oct. 8, 2016, D.C. Law 21-160, § 7072(cc), 63 DCR 10775; May 3, 2019, D.C. Law 22-312, § 2(b), 66 DCR 1402.)
Prior Codifications2001 Ed., § 3-1328
1981 Ed., § 2-2528.
Effect of AmendmentsD.C. Law 17-231, designated subsec. (a); in subsec. (a), substituted “married to, in a domestic partnership with,” for “married”; and added subsec. (b).
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-171 added a comma following “kinship to” in (a).
Emergency LegislationFor temporary (90 days) amendment of applicability provision of D.C. Law 22-312, see § 7177 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-112, Sept. 4, 2019, 66 DCR 11964).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of applicability provision of D.C. Law 22-312, see § 7177 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-91, July 22, 2019, 66 DCR 8497).