20a. Authority to promulgate regulations. (a) The Mayor shall promulgate rules to implement this chapter. The proposed rules shall be transmitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the rules within the 45-day review period, the rules shall be deemed disapproved. (b) The Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of D.C. Law 16-31, within 180 days of October, 20, 2005. (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1388, c. 854, § 1258a; as added Mar. 19, 2002, D.C. Law 14-84, § 2(e), 49 DCR 198; Oct. 20, 2005, D.C. Law 16-31, § 2(j), 52 DCR 7195.) Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 16-31 rewrote section, which had read as follows: 'The Mayor shall promulgate rules to implement §§ 40-301.01 through 40-303.20 in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.'
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