QUESTION
Who is responsible for tracking unpaid summonses and how does the summons process work at OATH?
3:13:33
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer asks about the process for tracking unpaid summonses and the responsible entity, expressing concern over revenue loss, and Asim Rehman of OATH clarifies the procedure.
- The process for tracking unpaid summonses depends on the summons type.
- Some summonses are returnable to OATH, while others fall under different jurisdictions, such as the sheriff.
- Enquiries into summonses returnable to OATH can be made if the enforcement agency or sheriff provides a list.
- Unlicensed tobacco sales are among cases OATH handles, stemming from enforcement actions by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP).
- The challenge of significant potential revenue loss from unpaid summonses is highlighted.
Gale A. Brewer
3:13:33
Just one I hate to be just talking about the smoke shops.
3:13:37
Sheriff says I'm not making this up.
3:13:39
It's usually 20, $30,000 per smoke shop.
3:13:42
In terms of each flower is, like, $250.
3:13:45
I think I know them by heart by now.
3:13:48
Then the scent to, I assume, to oath, then who do I go to to find out who has or has not paid if you don't know.
3:13:58
That would be whom.
3:13:59
Like, So because it it's a very strange that all of these is happening, and there seems to be cash flow in terms of people not paying.
3:14:09
So the the gentleman I described here in terms of the new stand turns out, of course, it was owned by somebody else.
3:14:14
She hasn't paid in 3 years.
Asim Rehman
3:14:16
Yeah.
3:14:17
So council member I I apologize for not having this information, but whether it comes to oath depends on the type of summons that is an So there are going to be some summonses that are returnable to oath.
3:14:28
I don't know which are the ones that the sheriffs are issuing that are not returnable to oath and where they go.
3:14:33
Okay.
3:14:33
That'll be a question for the sheriff.
3:14:35
The ones that don't do come to oath, like, perhaps there's some sort of unlicensed
Gale A. Brewer
3:14:41
You got the bagel and the cannabis.
3:14:43
Yeah.
3:14:43
Main one.
Asim Rehman
3:14:44
We'll get the Tobacco, unlicensed tobacco sales.
3:14:46
Mhmm.
3:14:47
Sometimes we get those from DCWP.
3:14:49
Yep.
3:14:49
And if the enforcement agency or the sheriff or DCWP was to say, you know, this is the list of summonses, then, yes, an inquiry can be made with oath as to what is the status of these.
3:15:02
Right.
3:15:03
But the timing really depends on when the hearing is scheduled.
Gale A. Brewer
3:15:05
Okay.
3:15:06
It just seems to me there's a lot of money that is bulleting out there that people are not paying, and we have to figure out how to address that.
3:15:12
Thank you very much.