The following words and phrases have the following meanings, except when otherwise indicated in this Article.
Hearing authority: The Commission on Human Rights or a Commission case review board; the Merit System Protection Board; the County Board of Appeals; the Landlord-Tenant Commission; the Executive Director of the Office of Consumer Protection; the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs; the Animal Matters Hearing Board; or a hearing examiner or officer designated or appointed to conduct those hearings listed in Section 2A-2.
Charging party: Any person, business entity, organization or agency who properly files a charging document with a "hearing authority" seeking administrative relief.
Charging document: Any petition, complaint, appeal or grievance.
Responding party: Any person, business entity, organization or agency who is notified to defend or substantiate their actions or activities before a "hearing authority." (1978 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 1999 L M.C., ch. 10, § 1; , § 1.)
Editor’s note—2005 L.M.C., ch. 26, §§ 2 and 3, state:
Sec. 2. Regulations. A regulation which implements a function transferred to the Office of Consumer Protection by this Act continues in effect until otherwise amended or repealed, but any reference to any predecessor department or office must be treated as referring to the Office of Consumer Protection.
Sec. 3. Transition. This act does not invalidate or affect any action taken by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs before this Act took effect. Any responsibility or right granted by law, regulation, contract, or other document, and which is associated with a function transferred by this Act from the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, is transferred to the Office of Consumer Protection.
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