D.C. Code § 1-1161.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1161.01
§ 1-1161.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) "Administrative decision" means any activity directly related to action by an executive agency or official in the executive branch to:
  (A) Make any contract, grant, reprogramming, or procurement of goods or services;
  (B) Issue a Mayor's order;
  (C) Cause to be undertaken a rulemaking proceeding (which does not include a formal public hearing) under the Administrative Procedure Act; or
  (D) Propose legislation or make nominations to the Council, the President, or Congress.
(2) “Administrative Procedure Act” means Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.].
(2A) “Affiliated entity” means each business entity that is related to an entity by virtue of one of the following relationships:
  (A) One of the entities controls the other; or
  (B) The entities share a controller, whether that controller is another entity or an individual.
(3) “Affiliated organization” means:
  (A) An organization or entity:
    (i) In which the employee serves as officer, director, trustee, general partner, or employee;
    (ii) In which the employee or member of the employee’s household is a director, officer, owner, employee, or holder of stock worth $1,000 or more at fair market value; or
    (iii) That is a client of the employee or a member of the employee’s household; or
  (B) A person with whom the employee is negotiating for or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment.
(3A) "Base amount" means the amounts a participating candidate is eligible to receive as lump-sum payments under § 1-1163.32d .
(3B) "Board" means the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability established by § 1-1162.02 .
(3C) “Bundled” or “bundling” means to forward or arrange to forward two or more contributions from one or more persons by a person who is not acting with actual authority as an agent or principal of a committee. Hosting a fundraiser, by itself, shall not constitute bundling.
(4) “Business or business entity” means any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, nonprofit corporation, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, holding company, joint stock, trust, and any legal entity through which business is conducted, whether for profit or not.
(4A) “Business contributor” means a business entity making a contribution and all of that entity's affiliated entities.
(5) “Business with which he or she is associated” means any business of which the person or member of his or her household is a director, officer, owner, employee, or holder of stock worth $1,000 or more at fair market value, and any business that is a client of that person.
(5A) "Campaign Finance Board" means the Campaign Finance Board established by § 1-1163.02 .
(6) "Candidate" means an individual who seeks election to public office, whether or not the individual is nominated or elected. An individual deemed to be a candidate for the purposes of this chapter shall not be deemed, solely by reason of that status, to be a candidate for the purposes of any other law. For the purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, if the individual:
  (A) Obtained or authorized any other person to obtain nominating petitions to qualify the individual for election to public office;
  (B) Received contributions or made expenditures, or has given consent to any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with a view to bringing about the individual's election to public office; or
  (C) Knows, or has reason to know, that any other person has received contributions or made expenditures for that purpose, and has not notified that person in writing to cease receiving contributions or making expenditures for that purpose; provided, that an individual shall not be deemed to be a candidate if the individual notifies each person who has received contributions or made expenditures that the individual is only testing the waters, has not yet made any decision whether to seek election to public office.
(6A) "Candidate seeking certification" means a candidate for a covered office who:
  (A) Has complied with § 1-1163.12 ; and
  (B) Indicated on the registration statement that the candidate will seek certification as a participating candidate under § 1-1163.32c .
(7) “Code of Conduct” means those provisions contained in the following:
  (A) For members and employees of the Council, the Code of Official Conduct of the Council of the District of Columbia, as adopted by the Council;
  (B) Sections 1-618.01 through 1-618.02;
  (C) Chapter 7 of Title 2 [ § 2-701 et seq.)];
  (D) Section 2-354.16;
  (E) For employees and public officials who are not members or employees of the Council, Chapter 18 of Title 6B of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations;
  (E-i) Chapter 11B of this title [ § 1-1171.01 et seq.];
  (F) Parts C, D, and E of subchapter II, and part F of subchapter III of this chapter for the purpose of enforcement by the Elections Board of violations of § 1-1163.38 that are subject to the penalty provisions of § 1-1162.21 .
  (G) Section 1-329.01, concerning gifts to the District of Columbia.
(8) “Commodity” means commodity as defined in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act, approved September 21, 1922 (42 Stat. 998; 7 U.S.C. § 1a).
(9) "Compensation", for the purposes of part E of subchapter II of this chapter , means any money or an exchange of value received, regardless of its form, by a person acting as a lobbyist.
(9A) "Contested election" means an election for a seat for a covered office for which there are at least 2 candidates, at least one of whom is a participating candidate.
(9B) For the purposes of a contract, as that term is defined in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii) of this section, "contracting authority" means:
  (A) The Chief Procurement Officer, as defined in § 2-351.04(11) of the PPRA;
  (B) Any agency listed in § 2-352.01(b) of the PPRA;
  (C) Any agency listed in § 2-351.05(c) that transmits contracts to the Council for approval pursuant to § 2-352.02 ; and
  (D) The Council of the District of Columbia.
(10) (A) “Contribution” means:
    (i) A gift, subscription (including any assessment, fee, or membership dues), loan (except a loan made in the regular course of business by a business engaged in the business of making loans), advance, or deposit of money or anything of value (including contributions in cash or in kind), made for the purpose of financing, directly or indirectly:
      (I) The election of a candidate;
      (II) Any operations of a political committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee; or
      (III) The campaign to obtain signatures on any initiative, referendum, or recall measure, or to bring about the ratification or defeat of any initiative, referendum, or recall measure;
    (ii) A transfer of funds between:
      (I) Political committees;
      (II) Political action committees;
      (III) A political committee and a political action committee; or
      (IV) Candidates;
    (iii) The payment, by any person other than a candidate, a political committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee of compensation for the personal services of another person that are rendered to such candidate or committee without charge or for less than reasonable value, or the furnishing of goods, advertising, or services to a candidate's campaign without charge or at a rate which is less than the rate normally charged for such services; and
    [(iv)] An expenditure that is coordinated with a public official, a political committee affiliated with a public official, or an agent of any person described in this sub-subparagraph.
  (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the term “contribution” does not include:
    (i) Personal or other services provided without compensation by a person (including an accountant or an attorney) volunteering a portion or all of the person's time to or on behalf of a candidate, political committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee;
    (ii) Communications by an organization other than a political party solely to its members and their families on any subject;
    (iii) Communications (including advertisements) to any person on any subject by any organization that is organized solely as an issue-oriented organization, which communications neither support nor oppose any candidate for office;
    (iv) Normal billing credit for a period not exceeding 30 days;
    (v) Services of an informational or polling nature, designed to seek the opinion of voters concerning the possible candidacy of a qualified elector for public office, before such qualified elector becomes a candidate;
    (vi) The use of real or personal property, and the costs of invitations, food, and beverages voluntarily provided by a person to a candidate in rendering voluntary personal services on the person's residential premises for related activities; provided, that expenses do not exceed $500 with respect to the candidate's election; and
    (vii) The sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the normal comparable charge, if the charge for use in a candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such food or beverage to the vendor; provided, that expenses do not exceed $500 with respect to the candidate's election.
(10A) “Control” or “controlling interest” means the practical ability to direct or cause to be directed the financial management policies of an entity. An ownership interest of 51% shall constitute a rebuttable presumption of control.
(10B) (A) "Coordinate" or "coordination" means to take an action, including making a contribution or an expenditure:
    (i) At the explicit or implicit direction, request, or suggestion of a public official, a political committee affiliated with a public official, or an agent of a public official or a political committee affiliated with a public official; or
    (ii) In cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or with other material involvement of a public official, a political committee affiliated with a public official, or an agent of a public official or a political committee affiliated with a public official.
  (B) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a contribution or an expenditure is coordinated with a public official, a political committee affiliated with a public official, or an agent of a public official or a political committee affiliated with a public official, if:
    (i) The contribution or expenditure is made based on information that the public official, political committee affiliated with the public official, or an agent of a public official or a political committee affiliated with a public official, provided to the particular person making the contribution or expenditure about its needs or plans, including information about campaign messaging or planned expenditures;
    (ii) The person making the contribution or expenditure retains the professional services of a person who also provides the public official, political committee affiliated with the public official, or an agent of a public official or a political committee affiliated with a public official, with professional services related to campaign or fundraising strategy;
    (iii) The person making the contribution or expenditure is a political committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee that was established or is or was staffed in a leadership role by an individual who:
      (I) Works or previously worked in a senior position or in an advisory capacity on the public official's staff or on the public official's principal campaign committee; or
      (II) Who is a member of the public official's immediate family; or
    (iv) The contribution or expenditure is made for the purpose of financing, directly or indirectly, the election of a candidate or a political committee affiliated with that candidate, and that candidate has fundraised for the person making the expenditure.
(10C) (A) (i) "Covered contractor" means any business entity, or a principal of a business entity, seeking or holding a contract or multiple contracts with the District government.
    (ii) For the purposes of this paragraph, "contract" means agreements with an aggregate value of $250,000 or more, including the value of any option period or similar contract extension or modification, for:
      (I) The rendition of services;
      (II) The furnishing of any goods, materials, supplies, or equipment;
      (III) The construction, alteration or repair of any District government-owned or District government-leased property;
      (IV) The acquisition, sale, lease, or surplus and disposition of any land or building;
      (V) A licensing arrangement;
      (VI) A tax exemption or abatement; or
      (VII) A loan or loan guarantee, not including loans made for non-commercial purposes, such as educational loans or residential mortgage loans.
    (iii) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "contract" shall not include a contract governing the employment of District government employees, including a collective bargaining agreement.
  (B) Only contracts sought or held with overlapping contract periods shall be aggregated for the purposes of determining the aggregate value of multiple contracts under this paragraph.
  (C) The term "seeking", for the purposes of a tax exemption or abatement, means that legislation authorizing that tax abatement or exemption is pending before the Council.
(10D) "Covered office" means the office of Mayor, Attorney General, Chairman of the Council, member of the Council elected at large, member of the Council elected by ward, member of the State Board of Education elected at large, and member of the State Board of Education elected by ward.
(10E) "Debate" means the public, moderated, reciprocal discussion of issues conducted by the Director of Campaign Finance pursuant to § 1-1163.32g .
(11) “Direct and predictable effect” means there is:
  (A) A close causal link between any decision or action to be taken in the matter and any expected effect of the matter on the financial interest;
  (B) A real, as opposed to a speculative possibility, that the matter will affect the financial interest; and
  (C) The effect is more than de minimis.
(12) “Director of Campaign Finance” means the Director of Campaign Finance of the Campaign Finance Board created by § 1-1163.02 .
(13) “Director of Government Ethics” means the Director of Government Ethics created by § 1-1162.06 .
(13A) "Director of Open Government" means the Director of Open Government created by § 1-1162.06 .
(14) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
(15) “Election” means a primary, general, or special election held in the District of Columbia for the purpose of nominating an individual to be a candidate for election to public office, or for the purpose of electing a candidate to public office, or for the purpose of deciding an initiative, referendum, or recall measure, and includes a convention or caucus of a political party held for the purpose of nominating such a candidate.
(16) “Election Code” means subchapter I of Chapter 10 of this title [ § 1-1001.01 et seq.].
(16A) "Election cycle" means:
  (A) The period beginning on the day after the date of the most recent general election for a seat for a covered office and ending on the date of the next general election for that seat for the covered office; or
  (B) In the case of a special election for a seat for a covered office, the period beginning on the day the special election is called and ending on the date of the special election for that seat for the covered office.
(17) “Elections Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Elections established under the Election Code, and redesignated by § 1-1163.05 .
(18) “Employee” means, unless otherwise apparent from the context, a person who performs a function of the District government and who receives compensation for the performance of such services, or a member of a District government board or commission, whether or not for compensation.
(18A) “Entity” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 29-101.02 .
(19) Repealed.
(20) “Executive agency” means:
  (A) A department, agency, or office in the executive branch of the District government under the direct administrative control of the Mayor;
  (B) The State Board of Education or any of its constituent elements;
  (C) The University of the District of Columbia or any of its constituent elements;
  (D) The Elections Board;
  (E) Any District professional licensing and examining board under the administrative control of the executive branch; and
  (F) The Campaign Finance Board.
(21) (A) “Expenditure” means:
    (i) A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, made for the purpose of financing, directly or indirectly:
      (I) The election of a candidate;
      (II) Any operations of a political committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee; or
      (III) The campaign to obtain signatures on any initiative, referendum, or recall petition, or to bring about the ratification or defeat of any initiative, referendum, or recall measure;
    (ii) A transfer of funds between:
      (I) Political committees;
      (II) Political action committees;
      (III) A political committee and a political action committee; or
      (IV) Candidates.
  (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the term “expenditure” does not include incidental expenses (as defined by the Campaign Finance Board or the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability) made by or on behalf of a person in the course of volunteering that person's time on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or political action committee or the use of real or personal property and the cost of invitations, food, or beverages voluntarily provided by a person to a candidate in rendering voluntary personal services on the person's residential premises for candidate-related activity; provided, that the aggregate value of such activities by such person on behalf of any candidate does not exceed $500 with respect to any election.
(22) "Exploratory committee" means any person, or group of persons, organized for the purpose of exploring the feasibility of an individual becoming a candidate for public office in the District.
(22A) "Fair elections committee" means a political committee that only accepts contributions from:
  (A) Individuals who are District residents, which shall not exceed $250 per individual per election cycle; or
  (B) A membership organization, if the contributions consist of membership dues paid by individuals who are District residents that do not exceed:
    (i) The amount of membership dues actually paid per member per election cycle; and
    (ii) $250 per member per election cycle.
(22B) "Fair Elections Fund" means the fund established by § 1-1163.32i .
(22C) "Fair Elections Program" means the program to provide for publicly funded campaigns, established by § 1-1163.32a .
(23) “Gift” means a payment, subscription, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, services, or anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is received. The term “gift” shall not include:
  (A) A contribution otherwise reported as required by law;
  (B) A commercially reasonable loan made in the ordinary course of business; or
  (C) A gift received from a member of the person’s immediate family.
(24) “Home Rule Act” means Chapter 2 of this title [ § 1-201.01 et seq.].
(25) “Household” means a public official or employee and any member of his or her immediate family with whom the public official or employee resides.
(26) “Immediate family” means the spouse or domestic partner of a public official or employee and any parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or child of the public official or employee, and the spouse or domestic partner of any such parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or child.
(27) “Inaugural committee” means a person, or group of persons, organized for the purpose of soliciting, accepting, and expending funds and coordinating activities to celebrate the election of a new Mayor.
(28) “Income” means gross income as defined in section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 61).
(28A) “Independent expenditure” means an expenditure that is:
  (A) Made for the purpose of promoting or opposing:
    (i) The nomination or election of a candidate;
    (ii) A political party; or
    (iii) Any initiative, referendum, or recall;
  (B) Not controlled by or coordinated with:
    (i) Any public official ;
    (ii) Any agent of a public official, including a political committee; and
  (C) Not a contribution to a political committee, political action committee, or candidate.
(28B) “Independent expenditure committee” means any committee, club, association, organization, or other group of individuals that:
  (A) Is organized for the purpose of making independent expenditures;
  (B) Is not controlled by or coordinated with:
    (i) Any public official; or
    (ii) An agent of a public official, including a political committee; and
  (C) Does not transfer or contribute to:
    (i) Political committees;
    (ii) Political action committees; or
    (iii) Candidates.
(28C) "Individual" means a natural person.
(29) “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, approved August 16, 1954 (68A Stat. 3; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time.
(30) “Legal defense committee” means a person or group of persons organized for the purpose of soliciting, accepting, and expending funds to defray the professional fees and costs for a public official's legal defense to one or more civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings arising directly out of the conduct of a campaign, the election process, or the performance of the public official's governmental activities and duties.
(31) “Legislative action” includes any activity conducted by an official in the legislative branch in the course of carrying out his or her duties as such an official, and relating to the introduction, passage, or defeat of any legislation in the Council, including measures that review or consider any contract, grant, reprogramming, or procurement decision.
(32) (A) “Lobbying” means communicating directly with any official in the legislative or executive branch of the District government with the purpose of influencing any legislative action or an administrative decision.
  (B) The term “lobbying” shall not include:
    (i) The appearance or presentation of written testimony by a person on his or her own behalf, or representation by an attorney on behalf of any such person in a rulemaking (which includes a formal public hearing), rate-making, or adjudicatory hearing before an executive agency or the Tax Assessor;
    (ii) Information supplied in response to written inquiries by an executive agency, the Council, or any public official;
    (iii) Inquiries concerning only the status of specific actions by an executive agency or the Council;
    (iv) Testimony given before the Council or a committee of the Council, during which a public record is made of such proceedings or testimony submitted for inclusion in such a public record;
    (v) A communication made through the instrumentality of a newspaper, television, or radio of general circulation, or a publication whose primary audience is the organization’s membership; and
    (vi) Communications by a bona fide political party.
(33) (A) “Lobbyist” means any person who engages in lobbying.
  (B) Public officials communicating directly or soliciting others to communicate with other public officials shall not be deemed lobbyists for the purposes of this chapter; provided, that a public official does not receive compensation in addition to his or her salary for such communication or solicitation and makes such communication and solicitation in his or her official capacity.
(33A) "Matching payments" means payments provided to a participating candidate for qualified small-dollar contributions under § 1-1163.32e .
(33B) "Material involvement" means, with respect to a contribution or expenditure, any communication to or from a public official, political committee affiliated with public official, or any agent of a public official or political committee affiliated with a public official, related to the contribution or expenditure. Material involvement includes devising or helping to devise the strategy, content, means of dissemination, or timing of the contribution or expenditure, or making any express or implied solicitation of the contribution or expenditure.
(33C) "Membership organization" means an organization that:
  (A) Is tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
  (B) Is comprised of members who are individuals, whether or not the organization also has affiliated organizations; provided, that all of the members are required as a condition of membership to pay dues at least annually in amounts predetermined by the membership organization;
  (C) Expressly solicits individuals to become members and expressly acknowledges acceptance of membership; and
  (D) Is neither a political committee nor otherwise organized for the principal purpose of promoting or opposing the nomination or election of a person to local, state, or federal public office.
(34) “Merit Personnel Act” means Chapter 6 of this title [ § 1-601.01 et seq.].
(34A) "Non-contribution account" means a financial account of a political action committee that is segregated from other accounts of the political action committee and is used for the sole purpose of making independent expenditures.
(35) “Office” means the office of Mayor, Attorney General, Chairman of the Council, member of the Council, member of the State Board of Education, or an official of a political party.
(36) “Official in the executive branch” means:
  (A) The Mayor;
  (B) Any officer or employee in the Executive Service;
  (C) Persons employed under the authority of §§ 1-609.01 through 1-609.03 (except § 1-609.03(a)(3) ) paid at a rate of DS-13 or above in the General Schedule or equivalent compensation under the provisions of subchapter XI of  Chapter 6 of  this title [ § 1-611.01 et seq.] or designated in § 1-609.08 (except paragraphs (9) and (10) of that section; or
  (D) Members of boards and commissions designated in § 1-523.01(e) .
(37) “Official in the legislative branch” means any candidate for Chairman or member of the Council in a primary, special, or general election, the Chairman or Chairman-elect or any member or member-elect of the Council, officers, and employees of the Council appointed under the authority of §§ 1-609.01 through 1-609.03 or designated in § 1-609.08 .
(38) “Official of a political party” means:
  (A) National committeemen and national committeewomen;
  (B) Delegates to conventions of political parties nominating candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States;
  (C) Alternates to the officials referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, where permitted by political party rules; and
  (D) Such members and officials of local committees of political parties as may be designated by the duly authorized local committees of such parties for election, by public ballot, at large or by ward in the District.
(39) Repealed.
(40) “Open Meetings Act” means subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-571 et seq.].
(40A) "Participating candidate" means a candidate for a seat for a covered office who is certified under § 1-1163.32c .
(41) “Particular matter” is limited to meaning a deliberation, decision, or action that is focused upon the interests of specific persons, or a discrete and identifiable class of persons.
(42) “Person” means an individual, partnership, committee, corporation, labor organization, and any other organization.
(43) “Person closely affiliated with the employee” means a spouse, dependent child, general partner, a member of the employee’s household, or an affiliated organization.
(43A) “Political action committee” means any committee, club, association, organization, or other group of individuals that is:
  (A) Organized for the purpose of promoting or opposing:
    (i) The election of a person to public office;
    (ii) A political party; or
    (iii) Any initiative, referendum, or recall; and
  (B) Not controlled by or coordinated with:
    (i) Any public official or candidate; or
    (ii) Any agent of a public official, including a political committee.
(44) “Political committee” means an committee, club, association, organization, or other group of individuals that is:
  (A) Organized for the purpose of promoting or opposing:
    (i) The election of a person to public office;
    (ii) A political party; or
    (iii) Any initiative, referendum, or recall; or
  (B) An inaugural, transition, or legal defense committee; and
  (C) Controlled by or coordinated with any public official or agent of a public official.
(45) “Political party” means an association, committee, or organization that nominates a candidate for election to any office and qualifies under subchapter I of Chapter 10 of this title [ § 1-1001.01 et seq.] to have the names of its nominees appear on the election ballot as the candidate of that association, committee, or organization.
(45A) "PPRA" means the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010  ( Chapter 3A of Title 2 ).
(45B) "Principal" of a business entity, for purposes of paragraph (10C) of this section, means senior officers of that business entity, such as president, executive director, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, or chief financial officer. If a business entity is an educational institution, the term "principal" shall not include deans of that business entity.
(45C) "Prohibited period" means:
  (A) For the types of contracts described in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii)(I), (II), (III), and (IV) (but not leases, or surpluses and dispositions) of this section, from the date of the solicitation or similar invitation or opportunity to contract to:
    (i) If the covered contractor's response to the solicitation is unsuccessful, the termination of negotiations or notification by the District that the covered contractor's response was unsuccessful; or
    (ii) If the covered contractor's response to the solicitation is successful, one year after the termination of the contract;
  (B) For the types of contracts described in paragraphs (10C)(A)(ii)(IV) (only leases), (V), and (VII) of this section, from the date of the solicitation or similar invitation or opportunity to contract to:
    (i) If the covered contractor's response to the solicitation is unsuccessful, the termination of negotiations or notification by the District that the covered contractor's response was unsuccessful; or
    (ii) If the covered contractor's response to the solicitation is successful, one year after the entrance into the contract;
  (C) For the types of contracts described in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii)(IV) (only surpluses and dispositions) of this section, from the date of the solicitation or similar invitation or opportunity to contract to:
    (i) If the covered contractor's response to the solicitation is unsuccessful before the introduction of legislation before the Council, the termination of negotiations or notification by the District that the covered contractor's response was unsuccessful; or
    (ii) If the covered contractor's response to the solicitation is successful and legislation is introduced before the Council:
      (I) If the legislation is not passed before the end of that Council Period or is disapproved, the end of that Council period; or
      (II) If the legislation passes, one year after the effective date of the legislation; and
  (D) For the types of contracts described in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii)(VI) of this section, from the introduction of legislation, or the inclusion of such a contract in pending legislation, before the Council to:
    (i) If the legislation is not passed before the end of that Council Period or is disapproved, the end of that Council Period; or
    (ii) If the legislation passes, one year after the effective date of the legislation.
(45D) "Prohibited recipient" means:
  (A) If the covered contractor is seeking or holding a contract, as defined in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii) of this section, with, or for which the procurement process would be overseen by, a District agency subordinate to the Mayor:
    (i) The Mayor;
    (ii) Any candidate for Mayor;
    (iii) Any political committee affiliated with the Mayor or a candidate for Mayor; and
    (iv) Any constituent-service program affiliated with the Mayor;
  (B) If the covered contractor is seeking or holding a contract, as defined in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii) of this section, with the Office of the Attorney General:
    (i) The Attorney General;
    (ii) Any candidate for Attorney General; and
    (iii) Any political committee affiliated with the Attorney General or a candidate for Attorney General; and
  (C) If the covered contractor is seeking or holding a contract, as defined in paragraph (10C)(A)(ii) of this section, with the Council, that must come before the Council for its approval pursuant to § 1-204.51 , or which must otherwise be approved by the Council legislatively to take effect (such as tax abatements or exemptions, or surpluses and dispositions of District property):
    (i) Any Councilmember;
    (ii) Any candidate for Councilmember;
    (iii) Any political committee affiliated with a Councilmember or a candidate for Councilmember; and
    (iv) Any constituent-service program affiliated with a Councilmember.
(46) “Prohibited source” means any person that:
  (A) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relations with the District government;
  (B) Conducts operations or activities that are subject to regulation by the District government; or
  (C) Has an interest that may be favorably affected by the performance or non-performance of the employee’s official responsibilities.
(47) “Public official” means:
  (A) A candidate;
  (B) The Mayor, Chairman, and each member of the Council of the District of Columbia holding office under Chapter 2 of this title ;
  (C) The Attorney General;
  (D) A Representative or Senator elected pursuant to § 1-123 ;
  (E) An Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner;
  (F) A member of the State Board of Education;
  (G) A person serving as a subordinate agency head in a position designated as within the Executive Service;
  (G-i) Members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors appointed appointed by the Council pursuant to § 9-1107.01(5)(a) ;
  (G-ii) A Member or Alternate Member of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission appointed by the District of Columbia pursuant to Article III.B. of the Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact [§ 9-1109.11(III)(B)];
  (H) A member of a board or commission listed in § 1-523.01(e) ;
  (I) A District of Columbia Excepted Service employee, except an employee of the Council, paid at a rate of Excepted Service 9 or above, or its equivalent, who makes decisions or participates substantially in areas of contracting, procurement, administration of grants or subsidies, developing policies, land use planning, inspecting, licensing, regulating, or auditing, or acts in areas of responsibility that may create a conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict of interest; and any additional employees designated by rule by the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability who make decisions or participate substantially in areas of contracting, procurement, administration of grants or subsidies, developing policies, land use planning, inspecting, licensing, regulating, or auditing, or act in areas of responsibility that may create a conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict of interest; and
  (J) An employee of the Council paid at a rate equal to or above the midpoint rate of pay for Excepted Service 9.
(47A) "Qualified small-dollar contribution" means a deposit of money, including in cash or in kind, with a value of $5 or more that:
  (A) Is made for the purpose of financing the nomination or election of a candidate or any operations of a political committee;
  (B) Meets the requirements of § 1-1163.32b ; and
  (C) Is contributed by a small-dollar contributor to a candidate seeking certification or a participating candidate.
(47B) "Qualifying period" means:
  (A) For a candidate running in a primary election, the period beginning on the day after the most recent general election for the seat for the covered office that the candidate is seeking and ending on the last day to file nominating petitions for the primary election for the seat for the covered office sought;
  (B) For a candidate not running in a primary election, the period beginning on the day after the most recent general election for the seat for the covered office that the candidate is seeking and ending on the last day to file nominating petitions for the general election for the seat for the covered office sought; or
  (C) For a candidate running in a special election, the period beginning on the day the special election is called and ending on the last day to file nominating petitions for the covered office sought.
(48) “Registrant” means a person who is required to register as a lobbyist under the provisions of § 1-1162.27 .
(49) “Security” means a security as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, approved May 27, 1933 (48 Stat. 74; 15 U.S.C. § 77b(1)).
(49A) "Small-dollar contributor" means an individual who:
  (A) Is a District resident; and
  (B) Contributes a qualified small-dollar contribution to a candidate seeking certification or a participating candidate.
(50) “Tax” means the taxes imposed under Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, under Chapter 18 of Title 47 , and under the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 101; D.C. Official Code § 34-2101 passim ); and any other provision of law relating to the taxation of property within the District.
(51) “Transactions in securities or commodities” means any acquisition, holding, withholding, use, transfer, or other disposition involving any security or commodity.
(52) “Transition committee” means any person, or group of persons, organized for the purpose of soliciting, accepting, or expending funds for office and personnel transition on behalf of the Mayor, Attorney General, or Chairman of the Council.
(53) "Uncontested election" means an election for a seat for a covered office for which there is only one participating candidate and no other candidate.
D.C. Code § 1-1102.09 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1102.09
§ 1-1102.09. Exemption for total expenses under $500.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-204.84 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.84
§ 1-204.84. Full faith and credit of United States not pledged.
Status: in_force

The full faith and credit of the United States is not pledged for the payment of any principal of or interest on any bond, note, or other obligation issued by the District under this part. The United States is not responsible or liable for the payment of any principal of or interest on any bond, note, or other obligation issued by the District under this part.
D.C. Code § 1-621.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-621.08
§ 1-621.08. Employee deductions and withholdings.
Status: in_force

(a) During each pay period in which an employee or an annuitant is enrolled under 1 of the health benefit plans there shall be withheld from the compensation of each employee and from the annuity of each annuitant or there shall be paid by each annuitant who received his or her benefits as a lump sum payment an amount equal to the cost of the selected health benefit plan less the amount of the District contribution for the employee or the annuitant. The amount withheld or paid by the employee or the annuitant, together with the District’s contribution, shall be transferred to the carrier of the health benefit plan selected by the employee or the annuitant.
(b) During each pay period in which an individual receiving disability compensation benefits pursuant to subchapter XXIII of this chapter is enrolled under 1 of the health benefit plans, there shall be withheld from those benefits an amount equal to the cost of the selected health benefit plan less the amount of the District contribution for the enrolled individual. The amount withheld from the employee or the annuitant, together with the District’s contribution, shall be transferred to the carrier of the health benefit plan selected by the individual receiving disability benefits.
D.C. Code § 1-204.63 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.63
§ 1-204.63. General obligation bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) After each act of the Council of the District of Columbia under § 1-204.62(a) authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds has taken effect, the Mayor shall publish such act at least once in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation within the District together with a notice that such act has taken effect. Each such notice shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE The following act of the Council of the District of Columbia (published with this notice) authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds has taken effect. As provided in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the time within which a suit, action, or proceeding questioning the validity of such bonds may be commenced expires at the end of the 20-day period beginning on the date of the first publication of this notice.
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Mayor
(b) Neither the failure to publish the notice provided for in subsection (a) of this section nor any error in any publication of such notice shall impair the effectiveness of the act of the Council authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the validity of any bond issued pursuant to such act.
D.C. Code § 1-1061.19 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1061.19
§ 1-1061.19. Uniformity of application and construction.  [Repealed].
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-1162.30 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1162.30
§ 1-1162.30. Activity reports.
Status: in_force

(a) Each registrant shall file with the Director of Government Ethics between the 1st and 15th day of January, April, July, and October of each year a report signed under oath concerning the registrant's lobbying activities during the previous quarter. If the registrant is not an individual, an authorized officer or agent of the registrant shall sign the form. A registrant shall file a separate activity report for each person from whom he or she receives compensation. The reports shall be public documents and shall be on a form prescribed by the Director of Government Ethics and shall include the following:
  (1) A complete and current statement of the information required to be supplied pursuant to § 1-1162.29 ;
  (2) (A) Total expenditures on lobbying broken down into the following categories:
      (i) Office expenses;
      (ii) Advertising and publications;
      (iii) Compensation to others;
      (iv) Personal sustenance, lodging, and travel, if compensated;
      (v) Other expenses;
    (B) Each expenditure of $50 or more shall also be itemized by the date, name, and address of the recipient, and the amount and purpose of the expenditure;
  (3) Each political expenditure, loan, gift, honorarium, or contribution of $50 or more made by the registrant or anyone acting on behalf of the registrant to benefit an official in the legislative or executive branch, a member of his or her staff or household, or a political committee or political action committee established for the benefit of the official, be itemized by date, beneficiary, amount, and circumstances of the transaction; including the aggregate of all expenditures that are less than $50;
  (4) Each official in the executive or legislative branch and any member of the official’s staff, including personal and committee staff, who has a business relationship or a professional services relationship with the registrant shall be identified by name and the nature of the business relationship with the registrant;
  (5) The name, position, and agency or office of each official in the executive or legislative branch and member of the official's staff with whom the registrant has had written or oral communications during the reporting period related to lobbying activities conducted by the registrant;
  (5A) A precise description of the subject matter, including the title of any bill, proposed resolution, contract, reprogramming, or other legislation, of all written or oral communications related to lobbying activities conducted by the registrant with any official in the executive or legislative branch or member of the official's staff during the reporting period;
  (6) Each person whom the registrant has given compensation to lobby on his or her behalf; and
  (7) All bundled contributions in accordance with rules promulgated by the Board.
(a-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, during a period of time for which the Mayor has declared a public health emergency pursuant to § 7-2304.01 , the Board may change the dates by which reports required by subsection (a) of this section shall be filed.
(b) Each registrant shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and documents necessary to substantiate the activity reports required to be made pursuant to this section for 5 years from the date of filing of the report containing these items. These materials shall be made available for inspection upon requests by the Director of Government Ethics after reasonable notice.
(c) Each registrant who does not file a report required by this section for a given period is presumed not to be receiving or expending funds that are required to be reported under this part.
(d) The Board shall make the information reported under this section available to the public on its website and sortable by various fields, including by:
  (1) Reporting period;
  (2) Registrant name;
  (3) Name of each person who lobbies on the registrant's behalf;
  (4) Name of each official lobbied;
  (5) The agency or office of each official lobbied;
  (6) The subject of the communications (such as a specific administrative decision, bill, proposed resolution, contract, reprogramming, or other legislative action); and
  (7) A listing of each political expenditure, loan, gift, honorarium, or contribution of $50 or more required to be reported by subsection (a)(3) of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-165.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-165.02
§ 1-165.02. Potomac Bluestone.
Status: in_force

The Potomac Bluestone is hereby designated the official rock of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 1-1231.24 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12A / § 1-1231.24
§ 1-1231.24. Notaries public electronic database.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public commissioned in the District that is accessible to the public and available at no cost. The database shall note whether a notary public has the electronic notary endorsement pursuant to § 1-1231.19(i) .
D.C. Code § 1-325.271 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.271
§ 1-325.271. Surplus Personal Property Sales Fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-204.81 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.81
§ 1-204.81. Special tax.
Status: in_force

(a) Any act of the Council authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds under § 1-204.61(a) shall provide for the annual levy of a special tax or charge, if the Council determines that such tax or charge is necessary. Such tax or charge shall be levied, without limitation as to rate or amount, in amounts which together with other District revenues available and applicable will be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such general obligation bonds as they become due and payable. Such tax or charge shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other District taxes are levied and collected, and when collected shall be set aside in a separate debt service fund and irrevocably dedicated to the payment of such principal and interest.
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States shall make annual audits of the amounts set aside and deposited in each debt service fund pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-1231.28 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12A / § 1-1231.28
§ 1-1231.28. Savings clause.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before December 4, 2018.
(b) A notary public appointed before December 4, 2018 shall continue in such capacity until the expiration of the notary's commission.
D.C. Code § 1-609.55 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-609.55
§ 1-609.55. Management Supervisory Service skills maintenance and enhancement.
Status: in_force

Management Supervisory Service employees shall be required to maintain and enhance their management and supervisory skills.
D.C. Code § 1-203.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-203.02
§ 1-203.02. Legislative power.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in §§ 1-206.01 to 1-206.03 , the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within the District consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this chapter subject to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the states by the 10th section of the 1st article of the Constitution of the United States.
D.C. Code § 1-301.115b — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.115b
§ 1-301.115b. Deadline for appointment of Inspector General.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — Not later than 30 days after its members are appointed, the Mayor shall appoint the Inspector General of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 1-301.115a(a)(1) .
(b) Transition rule. — The term of service of the individual serving as the Inspector General under § 1-301.115a(a) prior to the appointment of the Inspector General by the Authority under § 1-301.115a(a)(1) shall expire upon the appointment of the Inspector General by the Authority.
D.C. Code § 1-623.30 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.30
§ 1-623.30. Assignment of claim.
Status: in_force

An assignment of a claim for compensation under this subchapter is void. Compensation and claims for compensation are exempt from claims of creditors.
D.C. Code § 1-204.41 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.41
§ 1-204.41. Fiscal year.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the fiscal year of the District shall, beginning on October 1, 1976, commence on the first day of October of each year and shall end on the 30th day of September of the succeeding calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. The District may change the fiscal year of the District by an act of the Council. If a change occurs, such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year.
(b) Exceptions. — (1) Armory Board. — The fiscal year for the Armory Board shall begin on the first day of January and shall end on the thirty-first day of December of each calendar year.
  (2) Schools. — Effective with respect to fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year, the fiscal year for the District of Columbia Public Schools (including public charter schools) and the University of the District of Columbia may begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June of each calendar year.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.32 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.32
§ 1-1163.32. Formal requirements for reports and statements.
Status: in_force

(a) A report or statement required by this part to be filed by a treasurer of a legal defense committee shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person filing the report or statement and by the individual to be benefitted by the committee.
(b) A copy of a report or statement shall be preserved by the person filing and by the individual to be benefitted by the committee for a period to be designated by the Campaign Finance Board by regulation.
(c) The Campaign Finance Board shall, by regulation, prescribe the manner in which contributions and expenditures in the nature of debts and other contracts, agreements, and promises to make contributions or expenditures shall be reported. The regulations shall provide that they be reported in separate schedules. In determining aggregate amounts of contributions and expenditures, amounts reported as provided in the regulations shall not be considered until actual payment is made.
(d) Any legal defense committee which, after having filed one or more statements of organization, disbands or determines it will no longer receive contributions or make expenditures during the calendar year shall so notify the Director.
(e) All actions of the Campaign Finance Board or of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia to enforce the provisions of this part must be initiated within 5 years of the discovery of the alleged violation of this part.
D.C. Code § 1-1405 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / § 1-1405
§ 1-1405. Organization.
Status: in_force

(a) There are hereby established 3 primary organizational functions in the Office as follows:
  (1) The Office of the Chief Technology Officer, which will include the staff and organizational units needed to carry out the overall plans and directions for the District’s information technology, telecommunications policies, and data centers;
  (2) Agency Support Services, which will provide direct assistance and support to the user agencies throughout the District government.  Agency Support Services will also provide procurement and contract oversight and assistance for information technology and telecommunications, maintain standard technology-related contracts that all District departments and agencies may use, and manage projects that introduce new technologies and systems throughout the District government; and
  (3) Technical Services, which will provide support for desktop computers, servers, phones, and network equipment, and identify cost savings, operational efficiencies, and ways to improve public services by introducing tested technologies such as electronic service delivery, document imaging, and Internet systems.
(b) The Chief Technology Officer, in the performance of his or her duties and functions, is authorized to restructure the organizational components of the Office as he or she deems necessary to improve the quality of services.
D.C. Code § 1-1325 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / § 1-1325
§ 1-1325. Party walls.
Status: in_force

Whenever, on such admeasurement, the wall of a house previously erected by any proprietor shall appear to stand on the adjoining lot of any other person in part less than 7 inches in width thereon, such wall shall be considered as standing altogether on the land of such proprietor, who shall pay to the owner of the lot on which the wall may stand a reasonable price for the ground so occupied, to be decided by arbitrators or a jury, as the parties interested may agree.
D.C. Code § 1-621.10 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-621.10
§ 1-621.10. Information to employees.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall make available to each employee information as may be necessary to enable the employee to exercise an informed choice among the types of health benefit plans offered.
(b) The Mayor shall make available to each employee and annuitant enrolled in a health benefit plan a written statement or summary of:
  (1) The services or benefits, including maximums, limitations, and exclusions, to which the employee, annuitant, or member of the family of the employee or annuitant are entitled;
  (2) The procedures for obtaining benefits; and
  (3) The principal provisions of the health benefit plan affecting the employee, annuitant, or member of the family of the employee or annuitant.
D.C. Code § 1-307.85 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.85
§ 1-307.85. Advisory Council to the Agency.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an Advisory Council to the Agency to assist and advise the Risk Officer regarding the Agency.
(b) The Advisory Council shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Risk Officer. One member shall represent the District of Columbia Primary Care Association, 2 members shall represent District health centers, 2 members shall have expertise in general property insurance and re-insurance, and 2 members shall have general insurance expertise, whether medical malpractice or general property insurance.
(c) The Risk Officer and the captive manager shall serve as ex officio members of the Advisory Council.
(d) The Risk Officer shall serve as chairperson of the Advisory Council.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, Advisory Council members shall serve terms of 3 years. An Advisory Council member’s term shall continue until his or her successor is appointed. The Advisory Council members may be reappointed for additional terms.
(f) The Risk Officer shall determine the terms the initial Advisory Council members shall serve. Three of the Advisory Council members shall serve terms of 2 years, 2 shall serve terms of 4 years, and 2 shall serve terms of 6 years.
(g) Vacancies in the Advisory Council shall be filled by the Risk Officer. Advisory Council members may be removed by the Risk Officer for cause.
(h) Advisory Council members shall not be compensated in their capacity as Advisory Council members, but shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the necessary performance of their duties.
(i) The Advisory Council shall:
  (1) Advise the Risk Officer in the general oversight of the Agency;
  (2) Assess the needs and interests of the health centers;
  (2A) Assess the needs and interests of the District with respect to procuring insurance through the Agency.
  (3) Meet at least on an annual basis, at meetings announced by the Risk Officer.
D.C. Code § 1-626.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-626.08
§ 1-626.08. Rules; eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to ensure proper implementation of the District retirement program under § 1-626.05 by October 1, 1987, the Mayor may issue temporary rules regarding the District retirement program that shall not be subject to Council review. These temporary rules shall remain in effect only until the proposed rules have been approved or been deemed approved by the Council in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted 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 proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
(c) The proposed rules shall prescribe the time, manner, and conditions under which employees are eligible for coverage. The proposed rules may exclude employees on the basis of the nature and type of employment or conditions of employment such as short-term appointment, seasonal employment, intermittent or part-time employment, and employment of a similar nature, but shall not exclude an employee or group of employees solely on the basis of hazardous nature of employment.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.32f — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.32f
§ 1-1163.32f. Limitations on contributions and expenditures.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d)(2) of this section, a candidate seeking certification and a participating candidate shall not receive or expend any contribution in that election cycle other than:
  (1) Qualified small-dollar contributions;
  (2) Contributions from non-District resident individuals that comply with the limitations in § 1-1163.32b(a) ;
  (3) Contributions from Fair Elections Committees that do not exceed $1,500 per Fair Elections Committee per election cycle; provided, that Fair Elections Committees established, financed, maintained, or controlled by substantially the same group of individuals shall be treated as a single Fair Elections Committee and their contributions aggregated;
  (4) Base amount payments under § 1-1163.32d ;
  (5) Matching payments under § 1-1163.32e ; and
  (6) Personal funds of the candidate or the candidate's immediate family in the form of a contribution or loan that does not exceed, in the aggregate:
    (A) For a candidate for Mayor, $5,000; or
    (B) For a candidate for Attorney General, Chairman of the Council, member of the Council elected at-large or by ward, or member of the State Board of Education elected at-large or by ward, $2,500.
(b) The amounts described in subsection (a)(6) of this section shall be adjusted by the Director of Campaign Finance each election cycle, excluding election cycles for special elections, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Statistical Area for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, or any successor index, for the prior calendar year.
(c) (1) A candidate seeking certification who accepted a contribution from sources other than those described in subsection (a) of this section before the date the candidate is certified may not participate in the Fair Elections Program, unless within 10 days after certification, the participating candidate:
    (A) Returns the unexpended contribution to the contributor;
    (B) Remits the unexpended contribution to the Fair Elections Fund; or
    (C) If the contribution has been expended, and:
      (i) The election is a contested election, subtracts the total amount of the expended contributions from the base amount to which the candidate would be eligible under § 1-1163.32d ; or
      (ii) The election is an uncontested election, subtracts the total amount of the expended contributions, up to the base amount to which the participating candidate would have been eligible under § 1-1163.32d if the election were a contested election, from the matching payments to which the candidate would be eligible under § 1-1163.32e .
  (2) If the candidate expended contributions from sources other than those described in subsection (a) of this section in excess of the base amount to which a candidate for the seat for that covered office would be eligible under § 1-1163.32d if the election were a contested election, the candidate may not participate in the Fair Elections Program.
(d) A participating candidate shall not make expenditures for the following:
  (1) Legal expenses not directly related to acts taken under this chapter or the Elections Code ;
  (2) Payment of any penalty or fine imposed pursuant to federal or District law;
  (3) Compensation to the participating candidate or a member of the participating candidate's immediate family, except for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred for campaign purposes, including the participating candidate's childcare expenses;
  (4) Clothing and other items or services related to the participating candidate's personal appearance;
  (5) Contributions, loans, or transfers to another candidate's political committee or a political action committee;
  (6) Gifts, which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall not include printed campaign materials such as signs, brochures, buttons, or clothing; and
  (7) Any other purpose that the Board establishes through rules issued pursuant to § 1-1163.32l .
D.C. Code § 1-306.43 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-306.43
§ 1-306.43. Street or alley closings or zoning density increases associated with housing trust fund contributions.
Status: in_force

An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase who is required to contribute funds to a housing trust fund pursuant to this part shall proceed in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Not less than 1/2 of the required total contribution shall be made prior to the issuance of a building permit for any of the commercial development; and
(2) The balance of the required total contribution shall be made prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any of the commercial development.
D.C. Code § 1-1061.15 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1061.15
§ 1-1061.15. Use of voter’s electronic-mail address.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board shall request an electronic-mail address from each covered voter who registers to vote after June 5, 2012.  An electronic-mail address provided by a covered voter, or by any other District voter, may not be made available to the public or any individual or organization other than an authorized agent of the Board and is exempt from disclosure under subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .  The address may be used only for official communication with the voter about the voting process, including transmitting military-overseas ballots and election materials if the voter has requested electronic transmission, and verifying the voter’s mailing address and physical location.  The request for an electronic-mail address must describe the purposes for which the electronic-mail address may be used and include a statement that any other use or disclosure of the electronic-mail address is prohibited.
(b) A covered voter who provides an electronic-mail address may request that the voter’s application for a military-overseas ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December 31 of the year of the date of the application or another shorter period that the voter specifies. The Board shall provide a military-overseas ballot to a voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable. A covered voter who is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for a primary election under this subsection is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for the general election.
D.C. Code § 1-204.105 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.105
§ 1-204.105. Approval of measure.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the registered qualified electors voting in a referendum approve an act or adopt legislation by initiative, then the adopted initiative or the act approved by referendum shall be an act of the Council upon the certification of the vote on such initiative or act by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, and such act shall become law subject to the provisions of § 1-206.02(c) .
D.C. Code § 1-1108.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1108.01
§ 1-1108.01. Limitations on honoraria and royalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-321.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-321.03
§ 1-321.03. Refund of unearned fees.
Status: in_force

Any fee or charge paid for an examination, license, certificate, or registration pursuant to any sections mentioned in § 1-321.02 shall, if not earned, be refunded upon application therefor: Provided, that application for refund is made not later than the end of the 3rd fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such fee or charge was made.
D.C. Code § 1-325.223 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.223
§ 1-325.223. Required information before approval.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to receive a subgrant from the grant-managing entity pursuant to § 1-325.222 , a subgrantee shall submit the following required documentation to the grant-managing entity as well as any additional information required by the grant-managing entity:
  (1) Internal Revenue Service certification that the organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved August 16, 1954 (68A Stat. 163; 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3));
  (2) (A) The organization’s most recent financial audit, not more than 2 years old; or
    (B) A recent financial statement, not more than one year old, prepared by a certified accountant that shows that the organization is in good financial standing and which delineates its:
      (i) Existing assets and liabilities;
      (ii) Pending lawsuits, if any; and
      (iii) Pending and final judgments, if any;
  (3) Internal Revenue Service Form 990 covering the organization’s most recently completed fiscal year;
  (4) A notarized statement from the subgrantee certifying that:
    (A) The organization is current on District and federal taxes;
    (B) The grant-managing entity is authorized to verify the organization’s tax status with the Office of Tax and Revenue and the Office of Tax and Revenue is authorized to release this information to the grant-managing entity;
    (C) The grant-managing entity shall have access to the financial, administrative, and operational records, including specific consent for the grant-managing entity to access its books, accounts, records, findings, and documents related to the subgrant; and
    (D) The subgrantee is registered with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; and
  (5) A comprehensive program statement that includes a detailed:
    (A) Scope of work; and
    (B) Budget that describes how the subgrant funds shall be spent.
D.C. Code § 1-620.34 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-620.34
§ 1-620.34. Testing methodology.
Status: in_force

(a) Testing shall be performed by an outside contractor at a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to perform job-related drug and alcohol forensic testing.
(b) For random testing of District employees, the contractor shall, at a location designated by the District to collect urine specimens on-site, split each sample and perform enzyme-multiplied-immunossay technique (“EMIT”) testing on one sample and store the split of that sample. Any positive EMIT test shall be then confirmed by the contractor, using the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (“GCMS”) methodology.
(c) Any District employee found to have a confirmed positive urinalysis shall be notified of the result. The employee may then authorize that the stored sample be sent to another HHS-certified laboratory of his or her choice, at his or her expense, for a confirmation, using the GCMS testing method.
(d) Reasonable suspicion and post-accident employee testing shall follow the same procedures set forth in subsections (a) through (c) of this section. In such cases, the employee shall be escorted by a supervisor to the contractor’s test site for specimen collection or a breathalyser.
(e) A breathalyser shall be deemed positive by the District’s testing contractor if the contractor determines that 1 milliliter of the employee’s breath (consisting of substantially alveolar air) contains .38 micrograms or more of alcohol.
(f) Prior to testing, a physician must sit down with the employee and ask what medications he or she might have been taking to rule out any false positives in the drug screening results.
D.C. Code § 1-622.12 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-622.12
§ 1-622.12. Annual accounting; reports.
Status: in_force

(a) Each policy purchased by the District under § 1-622.05 shall provide for an accounting by the company from which the insurance was purchased to the Mayor not later than 90 days after the end of each policy year. The accounting shall set forth, in form approved by the Mayor:
  (1) The amounts of premiums actually accrued under the policy from its date of issue to the end of the policy year;
  (2) The total of all mortality and other claim charges incurred for that period; and
  (3) The amounts of the company’s expenses and risk charges incurred for that period.
(b) Each contract entered into under § 1-622.05 shall require the company to:
  (1) Furnish reasonable reports as the Mayor determines to be necessary to enable the District to carry out its functions under this subchapter; and
  (2) Permit the Mayor to examine records of the company as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 1-615.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-615.03
§ 1-615.03. Complaints of criminal harassment for appearances and testimony before the Council.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-621.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-621.01
§ 1-621.01. Federal health benefits.
Status: in_force

The health insurance benefit provisions of Chapter 89 of Title 5 of the United States Code are applicable to all employees of the District government first employed before October 1, 1987, except those specifically excluded by law or rule and regulation. Procedures established for administering the health benefits program with the District government shall be consistent with law and civil service rules.
D.C. Code § 1-306.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-306.07
§ 1-306.07. Zoning conformity.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection, the government shall be subject to zoning.
  (2) Any governmental land uses that were either existent or substantially planned, documented, and invested in prior to May 23, 1990, shall not be subject to zoning.
  (3) The use of government-owned property on Lot 276 in Square 1282, which is located at 3050 R Street, N.W., as a residential treatment and special education facility for not more than 24 emotionally disturbed children, ages 6 to 12 years, and as a treatment and special education facility for not more than 15 emotionally disturbed children, ages 6-12, who do not reside at the facility, shall not be subject to zoning.
  (4) The government’s use of property on the former site of the United States Naval Air Station communications facility located in the northeast corner of the east campus of Saint Elizabeths Hospital as a facility to send and receive 911 or other governmental emergency communications shall not be subject to zoning.  Any governmental use of this property for other purposes or any non-governmental use of this property shall be subject to zoning or review and approval by the Council.
  (5) The uses of government land for a multi-purpose stadium to serve as a venue for a National Football League team in the District, an accessory office building, accessory parking facilities, and a public sports and recreation facility on a portion of the RFK Campus, as defined by § 47-2002.08(a)(1) , shall not be subject to zoning until, with respect to each structure constructed for such uses, after such time as a final certificate of occupancy is issued for the structure.
(b) The Mayor shall within 16 months of April 8, 2011, propose amendments to the zoning regulations or maps to eliminate any inconsistency of the zoning regulations with the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
D.C. Code § 1-204.25 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.25
§ 1-204.25. Authority of Chief Financial Officer over personnel of Office and other financial personnel.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation (including any law or regulation providing for collective bargaining or the enforcement of any collective bargaining agreement), employees of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, including personnel described in subsection (b) of this section, shall be appointed by, shall serve at the pleasure of, and shall act under the direction and control of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, and shall be considered at-will employees not covered by Chapter 6 of this title , except that nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit the Chief Financial Officer from entering into a collective bargaining agreement governing such employees and personnel or to prohibit the enforcement of such an agreement as entered into by the Chief Financial Officer.
(b) Personnel. — The personnel described in this subsection are as follows:
  (1) The General Counsel to the Chief Financial Officer and all other attorneys in the Office of the General Counsel within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, together with all other personnel of the Office.
  (2) All other individuals hired or retained as attorneys by the Chief Financial Officer or any office under the personnel authority of the Chief Financial Officer, each of whom shall act under the direction and control of the General Counsel to the Chief Financial Officer.
  (3) The heads and all personnel of the subordinate offices of the Office (as described in § 1-204.24a(b) and established as subordinate offices in section § 1-204.24a(c) ) and the Chief Financial Officers, Agency Fiscal Officers, and Associate Chief Financial Officers of all District of Columbia executive branch subordinate and independent agencies (in accordance with subsection (c)), together with all other District of Columbia accounting, budget, and financial management personnel (including personnel of executive branch independent agencies, but not including personnel of the legislative or judicial branches of the District government).
(c) Appointment of certain executive branch agency Chief Financial Officers. — (1) In general. — The Chief Financial Officers and Associate Chief Financial Officers of all District of Columbia executive branch subordinate and independent agencies (other than those of a subordinate office of the Office) shall be appointed by the Chief Financial Officer, in consultation with the agency head, where applicable. The appointment shall be made from a list of qualified candidates developed by the Chief Financial Officer.
  (2) Transition. — Any executive branch agency Chief Financial Officer appointed prior to October 16, 2006, may continue to serve in that capacity without reappointment.
(d) Independent authority over legal personnel. — Subchapter VIII-B of Chapter 6 of this title shall not apply to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer or to attorneys employed by the Office.
(e) Inapplicability to Water and Sewer Authority. — The authority of the Chief Financial Officer under this section does not apply to personnel of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority established pursuant to the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996.
D.C. Code § 1-503 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / § 1-503
§ 1-503. Employment to be authorized and compensation to be paid from specific appropriations; moneys returned to Treasury.
Status: in_force

No civil officer, clerk, draftsman, compensation messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall, after June 30, 1905, be employed in any office, department, or other branch of the government of the District of Columbia or be paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation or is authorized as hereinafter provided, and then only for services actually rendered in connection with and for the purposes of the appropriation from which payment is made and at the rate of compensation usual and proper for such services, and on and after July 1, 1905, all moneys accruing from lapsed salaries, or for unused appropriations for salaries, shall be covered into the Treasury as are the balances of other unexpended appropriations for the support of the government of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 1-309.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-309.07
§ 1-309.07. Advisory Neighborhood Commissions — Determination of election winners.
Status: in_force

The candidate in each single-member district receiving the highest number of votes cast in such election shall be declared the winner, except that in the case of a tie the procedures set forth in § 1-1001.10(c) shall govern.
D.C. Code § 1-309.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-309.06
§ 1-309.06. Advisory Neighborhood Commissions — Election of members; term of office; vacancies; change in residency; resignation; removal.
Status: in_force

(a) Following the initial elections of members of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in November 1976, subsequent elections of such members occurred in November of odd-numbered calendar years through 1981. Beginning in 1984, general elections of members of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions shall take place on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November of each even-numbered calendar year.
(b) (1) Each member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall serve for a term of 2 years which shall begin at noon on the 2nd day of January next following the date of election of such member, or at noon on the day after the date the Board certifies the election of such member, whichever is later.
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) Each member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission holding office at August 2, 1983, shall continue in office until noon on the 2nd day of January next following the date of the election provided for in paragraph (2) [repealed] of this subsection.
(c) Repealed.
(d) (1) Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of a Commissioner, and the vacancy does not occur within the 6-month period prior to a general election, the vacancy shall be filled pursuant to paragraph (6) of this subsection. No vacancy shall be filled if it occurs within the 6-month period prior to a general election.
  (2) For purposes of this section, a vacancy is deemed to exist upon the publication of a notice of the vacancy in the District of Columbia Register.
  (3) Within 90 days after the date that the Board declares a vacancy, the members of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission where the vacancy exists shall fill the vacancy pursuant to paragraph (6) of this subsection.
  (4) Each person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall meet the qualifications set forth in § 1-309.05(a) .
  (5) Each person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall serve until a successor has been certified and sworn in pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
  (6) (A) Within 5 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the date that the Board declares a vacancy, the Board shall make available petitions for the purpose of obtaining the signatures of registered qualified electors within the affected single-member district.
    (B) If petitions are not obtained by any registered qualified elector within the affected single-member district within 14 working days after the petitions have been made available, the Board shall recertify the vacancy by republishing the notice required by paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (C) Within 21 days after the date that the Board makes the petitions available, persons interested in filling the vacancy shall submit a petition to the Board that contains the signatures of at least 25 registered qualified electors within the affected single-member district. The Board, after a 5-working-day challenge period, shall transmit a list of the names of persons who qualify for membership on the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
    (D) If there is only one person qualified to fill the vacancy within the affected single-member district, the vacancy shall be deemed filled by the qualified person and the Board shall certify the filling of the vacancy by publication in the District of Columbia Register.
    (E) (i) If the Board transmits a list of qualified candidates containing more than one name, the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall give notice at a public meeting of a time and location, to be determined in consultation with the OANC, at which the qualified registered electors of the affected single-member district shall vote to elect a Commissioner. At the location selected, the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission, in consultation with the OANC, shall make in-person voting available to qualified registered electors during at least a 4-hour time period. To vote, all qualified registered electors shall display their voter identification card or, alternatively, be listed as a voter in the affected single-member district on the Board's voter registration list. Ballot counting shall be facilitated by at least 2 representatives of the OANC, and the results shall be read aloud at the conclusion of the selected time period by the Chairperson of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, by such Commissioner as the Chairperson shall designate, or in the event that the Office of the Chairperson is vacant or there are no Commissioners present, by the presiding Commissioner at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Commission.
      (ii) Notwithstanding sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph, if the affected single-member district contains the Central Detention Facility and Correctional Treatment Facility, the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission, in consultation with the OANC, shall make in-person voting available to qualified registered electors within the single-member district who are not in the care and custody of the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission and the OANC, shall make voting available to registered qualified electors in its care and custody, including by distributing ballots to registered qualified electors listed as voters in the affected single-member district on the voter registration list provided by the Board, collecting the ballots, and transmitting the ballots for counting and transmission of the results to the OANC and the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
    (F) After a vacancy has been filled pursuant to this subsection, the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall transmit to the Board a resolution signed by 2 officers of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission that states the winner of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission single-member district election and requests that the Board declare the vacancy filled. The resolution shall also be sent to the following:
      (i) The Council;
      (ii) The Mayor; and
      (iii) The person appointed or elected by the Commission.
    (G) The Board shall certify the filling of the vacancy by publication in the District of Columbia Register.
(e) Any member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission who ceases to reside in the single-member district from which the member is elected shall be considered to have resigned, and the office shall be declared vacant.
(f) (1) Any member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission who resigns from the single-member district from which the member is elected shall submit a letter of resignation to the Board of Elections and a copy of the letter to the Council, the Mayor, the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the Chairperson of the member’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission, and the Vice Chairperson of the member’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The Board of Elections shall then declare the vacancy.
  (2) When a vacancy occurs in an Advisory Neighborhood Commission and no letter of resignation is submitted as required by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the respective Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall petition the Board, by a resolution signed by the Chairperson and the secretary of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, to declare the vacancy based upon its own determination, or upon the receipt of a written allegation that a vacancy has occurred in such Advisory Neighborhood Commission; provided, that such allegation shall include any evidence in support of the allegation. The resolution shall be considered by the Advisory Neighborhood Commission at a special Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting called for the purpose of considering the vacancy. Prior to the special Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall make a good faith effort to notify, in writing, the Commissioner who is the subject of the resolution. Notice of the meeting shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Commissioner no later than 15 days prior to the meeting, and shall provide that the Commissioner shall have an opportunity to rebut the alleged vacancy. The resolution, accompanied by minutes of the meeting at which the resolution was adopted and a list of those attending the meeting, shall be sent to:
    (A) The Board of Elections;
    (B) The Council;
    (C) The Mayor; and
    (D) The Commissioner, whenever the vacancy is due to removal or failure to continue the qualifications for office under § 1-309.05 .
  (3) (A) Any qualified elector may, within a 10-day period, challenge the validity of the resolution filed under paragraph (2) of this subsection, by a written statement duly signed by the challenger, filed with the Board and specifying concisely the alleged defects in said resolution. A copy of the challenged statement shall be sent by the Board to the Chairperson of the petitioning Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
    (B) The Board shall receive evidence in support of and in opposition to the challenge and shall determine the validity of the challenged resolution not more than 30 days after the challenge has been filed. Within 3 days after the announcement of the determination of the Board with respect to the validity of the resolution, either the challenger or the affected single-member district commissioner may apply to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for a review of the reasonableness of such determination.
    (C) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall expedite consideration of the determination. The decision of such Court shall be final and not appealable.
    (D) If the resolution is found to be valid, then the Board shall declare the vacancy.
  (4) Any member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission may resign prospectively by submitting an irrevocable letter of prospective resignation to the Board, with copies to the Council of the District of Columbia, the Mayor, and the Chairperson of the member’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The letter shall be sworn, state that it is irrevocable, and give the date that the resignation shall become effective. The resignation shall become effective not more than 60 days following receipt of the letter by the Board. Upon receipt of such letter the Board shall declare the prospective vacancy and proceed to fill it as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
  (5) The Board shall have the authority to declare and certify a vacancy on its own initiative, without regard to paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection, when:
    (A) The office of a Commissioner remains vacant after a general or special election; or
    (B) The Board determines, through its established procedures for the maintenance of the voter registration roll, that a Commissioner is no longer a registered qualified elector actually residing in the single-member district from which the Commissioner was elected.
(g) Repealed.
(h) (1) The Board shall maintain a list of the names, a current telephone number, and home addresses of all members of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, and shall share that list on a monthly basis with the OANC established in § 1-309.15 .
  (2) The Board shall not release the social security numbers of Commissioners.
  (3) This list shall be published at least semiannually in the District of Columbia Register. This list shall also be provided by the OANC established in § 1-309.15 , to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board, the Historic Preservation Review Board, the Redevelopment Land Agency, the Zoning Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustment, and to any other District government entity that requests it.
  (4) Any change, which may be due to resignation, election, moving, or for any other reason, shall be reported when it occurs by the OANC to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board, the Historic Preservation Review Board, the Redevelopment Land Agency, the Zoning Commission, the Board of Zoning Adjustment, and to any other District government entity that requests it.
D.C. Code § 1-620.22 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-620.22
§ 1-620.22. Employee testing.
Status: in_force

(a) The following Department of Mental Health and Department of Human Services employees and prospective employees shall be tested for drug and alcohol use:
  (1) Applicants for positions that would qualify them as high potential risk employees;
  (2) Employees who have had a probable cause referral;
  (3) Post-accident employees, as soon as reasonably possible after an accident; and
  (4) High potential risk employees.
(b) Only high potential risk employees shall be subject to random testing.
(c) All employees of the Department of Mental Health and Department of Human Services shall be given written notice, issued at least 30 days before the implementation of a drug and alcohol testing program, that the Department of Mental Health and Department of Human Services will implement a drug and alcohol testing program.
(d) No employee may be tested for drug or alcohol use prior to receiving the notice required by subsection (c) of this section.
(e) Conditions giving rise to probable cause must be observed and documented. Supervisors shall be trained in substance abuse recognition and shall receive a second opinion from another supervisor prior to making a probable cause referral.
(f) An employee shall be given one opportunity to seek treatment following a positive test result.
(g) The Department of Mental Health and the Department of Human Services shall procure the services of a contractor to perform the tests required by this subchapter.
(h) All testing conducted by a vendor shall be implemented pursuant to this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 1-325.451 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.451
§ 1-325.451. Vitality Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund, the Vitality Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) There shall be deposited into the Fund such funds as may be appropriated for that purpose.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used to pay for grants awarded under § 1-325.452 .
(d) (1) The money deposited into the Fund but not expended in a fiscal year shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
  (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
D.C. Code § 1-107 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-107
§ 1-107. “Limits of City of Washington” defined; Georgetown abolished; general laws of Washington extended to former Georgetown.
Status: in_force

That portion of the District included within the limits of the City of Washington, as the same existed on the 21st day of February, 1871, and all that part of the District of Columbia embraced within the bounds and constituting on February 11, 1895, the City of Georgetown (as referred to in the Acts of Congress approved February 21, 1871, 16 Stat. 419, ch. 62, and June 20, 1874, 18 Stat. 116, ch. 337) shall be known as and shall constitute the City of Washington, the federal capital; and all general laws, ordinances, and regulations of the City of Washington are extended and made applicable to that part of the District of Columbia formerly known as the City of Georgetown. The title and existence of said Georgetown as a separate and independent city by law is abolished. Nothing in this section shall operate to affect or repeal existing law making Georgetown a port of entry, except as to its name.
D.C. Code § 1-624.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-624.01
§ 1-624.01. Policy.
Status: in_force

The Mayor and the District of Columbia Board of Education shall issue rules and regulations establishing a procedure for the orderly furloughing of employees or termination of employees, taking full account of nondiscrimination provisions and appointments objectives of this chapter.  Each agency shall be considered a competitive area for reduction-in-force purposes.  A personnel authority may establish lesser competitive areas within an agency on the basis of all or a clearly identifiable segment of an agency’s mission or a division or major subdivision of an agency.  When as a result of a reorganization order a function is transferred from 1 District agency to another District agency, the procedures for transferring the employees identified with the continuing function shall be negotiated with the recognized labor organization.
D.C. Code § 1-612.04a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-612.04a
§ 1-612.04a. Paid parental, family, and medical leave.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An eligible employee shall be entitled to receive leave with pay for not more than 8 workweeks total in a 12-month period for any combination of leave as follows:
    (A) Up to 8 workweeks for qualifying parental leave events;
    (B) Up to 8 workweeks for qualifying family leave events; and
    (C) Up to 2 workweeks for qualifying medical leave events.
  (2) (A) An employee who used unpaid leave or accrued sick or annual leave on or after October 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2023, for a qualifying medical leave event may receive up to 2 workweeks of retroactive paid medical leave; provided, that granting such leave does not cause the employee to exceed the total workweeks of paid leave available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (B) To receive retroactive paid medical leave, an employee shall submit a request for such leave on or after January 1, 2023, and before February 28, 2023, to the employee's personnel authority. A request for retroactive paid medical leave shall state the number of workdays, not to exceed 10, for which the employee is seeking retroactive paid medical leave and whether the employee seeks:
      (i) Restoration of accrued sick leave;
      (ii) Restoration of accrued annual leave;
      (iii) Retroactive payment of salary for a period of unpaid leave; or
      (iv) A combination of restored accrued leave and retroactive payment of salary for a period of unpaid leave.
    (C) Within 20 business days after timely receipt of a request for retroactive paid medical leave, a personnel authority shall, consistent with the request and paragraph (1) of this subsection, restore the employee's accrued leave and, as appropriate, retroactively pay the employee's salary.
    (D) Retroactive paid medical leave granted under this paragraph shall count against the 2 workweeks of paid medical leave available under paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection.
(b) Repealed.
(c) For leave authorized by this section for a qualifying parental, family, medical or pre-natal leave event, the leave:
  (1) May be exercised by an eligible employee only within the 12-month period following the start of the qualifying leave event or a qualifying pre-natal leave event;
  (2) May be used in no less than one-hour increments, except that an agency may establish a policy to allow leave to be used in no less than one-day increments if such policy is necessary to avoid additional overtime costs; and
  (3) Shall count against the 16 workweeks of family leave or medical leave provided under §§ 32-502 and 32-503 ; and
  (4) When the leave is qualifying medical or pre-natal leave:
    (A) The leave shall be available in addition to accrued sick leave available pursuant to § 1-612.03 ;
    (B) An employee shall not be required to use or exhaust accrued sick leave prior to the use of medical leave available under this section; and
    (C) If the qualifying medical leave event is organ or bone marrow donation, the employee may exhaust donor leave available pursuant to § 1-612.03b before using leave under this section.
(d) (1) If an employee using leave under this section is serving in a probationary capacity, the employee shall enter into a 1-year continuation of service of agreement, and the employee's probationary period shall be extended by the duration of the leave used.
  (2) In the event the probationary employee voluntarily separates in violation of the 1-year continuation of service agreement, the individual shall be indebted to the District government for the salary paid during the leave period. Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this paragraph shall be construed as an erroneous payment pursuant to subchapter XXIX of this chapter ; provided, that collection for such indebtedness may only be made through deductions from lump sum leave payments.
(e) An eligible employee using leave under this section shall enjoy the same employment and benefit protections afforded to an employee under § 32-505 ; except, that § 32-505(f) shall not apply to leave taken pursuant to this section.
(f) (1) A personnel authority may require that a request for leave under this section be supported by appropriate certification or other supporting documentation.
  (2) The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), or subsequent revisions by the World Health Organization to the International Classification of Diseases, along with any health care provider or caretaker assessments, shall be used to determine the appropriate length of qualifying family leave to which an eligible employee is entitled, based on the serious health condition of the eligible employee's family member, or the appropriate length of qualifying medical leave to which an eligible employee is entitled, based on the serious health condition of the eligible employee, subject to the limits set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
  (3) Personnel authorities and agencies shall keep confidential any information regarding the nature of the serious health condition or the family relationship precipitating the request for leave.
(g) Each agency shall maintain an accounting of leave used under this section and any records related to its use.
D.C. Code § 1-204.67 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.67
§ 1-204.67. Authority to create security interests in District revenues.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — An act of the Council authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or notes under § 1-204.61(a) , § 1-204.71(a) , § 1-204.72(a) , or § 1-204.75(a) may create a security interest in any District revenues as additional security for the payment of the bonds or notes authorized by such act.
(b) Contents of acts. — Any such act creating a security interest in District revenues may contain provisions (which may be part of the contract with the holders of such bonds or notes):
  (1) Describing the particular District revenues which are subject to such security interest;
  (2) Creating a reasonably required debt service reserve fund or any other special fund;
  (3) Authorizing the Mayor of the District to execute a trust indenture securing the bonds or notes;
  (4) Vesting in the trustee under such a trust indenture such properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable;
  (5) Authorizing the Mayor of the District to enter into and amend agreements concerning:
    (A) The custody, collection, use, disposition, security, investment, and payment of the proceeds of the bonds or notes and the District revenues which are subject to such security interest; and
    (B) The doing of any act (or the refraining from doing any act) that the District would have the right to do in the absence of such an agreement;
  (6) Prescribing the remedies of the holders of the bonds or notes in the event of a default; and
  (7) Authorizing the Mayor to take any other actions in connection with the issuance, sale, delivery, security, and payment of the bonds or notes.
(c) Timing and perfection of security interests. — Notwithstanding Article 9 of Title 28 of the District of Columbia Code, any security interest in District revenues created under subsection (a) of this section shall be valid, binding, and perfected from the time such security interest is created, with or without the physical delivery of any funds or any other property and with or without any further action. Such security interest shall be valid, binding, and perfected whether or not any statement, document, or instrument relating to such security interest is recorded or filed. The lien created by such security interest is valid, binding, and perfected with respect to any individual or legal entity having claims against the District, whether or not such individual or legal entity has notice of such lien.
(d) Obligations and expenditures not subject to appropriation. — Section 1-204.46(c) shall not apply to any obligation or expenditure of any District revenues to secure any general obligation bond or note under subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-815.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-815.03
§ 1-815.03. Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

(a) Action for benefits. — Any civil action by an individual with respect to a Federal benefit payment under this chapter shall be commenced within 180 days of a final benefit determination.
(b) Action for breach of contract or other violations. — Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any civil action for breach of the contract or any other violation of this chapter shall be commenced within the later of:
  (1) Six years after the last act that constituted the alleged breach or violation or, in the case of an omission, six years after the last date on which the alleged breach or violation could have been cured; or
  (2) Three years after the earliest date on which the plaintiff knew or could have reasonably been expected to have known of the act or omission on which the action is based.
(c) Special rule for actions against Secretary. — Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, any action against the Secretary arising (in whole or part) under this chapter or the contract shall be commenced within one year of the events giving rise to the cause of action.
D.C. Code § 1-602.05 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-602.05
§ 1-602.05. Development of new personnel system.
Status: in_force

In accordance with the provisions of § 1-602.04 , the Mayor and each personnel authority shall cause the development of unified systems for all employees of the District of Columbia government. Each employee of the District of Columbia government employed on December 31, 1979, shall be guaranteed no reduction of current pay and benefits except as provided in subchapter XXIV of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 1-204.111 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.111
§ 1-204.111. “Recall” defined.
Status: in_force

The term “recall” means the process by which the qualified electors of the District of Columbia may call for the holding of an election to remove or retain an elected official of the District of Columbia (except the Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia) prior to the expiration of his or her term.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.32k — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.32k
§ 1-1163.32k. 2020 election cycle report by the District of Columbia Auditor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-1510.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / § 1-1510.01
§ 1-1510.01. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1989.
Status: in_force

(Effective November 1, 1989)
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
I. Establishment There is hereby established, in the Executive Branch of the Government of the District of Columbia, under the supervision of a Director, a Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development.
II. Purpose The purpose of the Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development is to ensure an end to illegal discriminatory practices in employment, housing and commercial space, public accommodations, educational institutions and District Government and private sector contracting. The Department will promote equal opportunity and equal access in all aspects of life in the District of Columbia, as authorized by the laws of the District of Columbia.
III. Functions The following functions are hereby transferred to the Director of the Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development:
A. All of the functions of the staff director and additional staff of the Minority Business Opportunity Commission, appointed pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Minority Contracting Act of 1976, D.C. Law 1-95, D.C. Code, section 1-1144(e) [ § 2-215.04 , repealed].
B. All of the functions assigned to the Office of Human Rights by the following statutes and Mayor's Orders and all Mayor's Orders and rules issued pursuant thereto:
  (1) Affirmative Action in District Government Employment Act, D.C. Law 1-63, D.C. Code, sec. 1-507 [ § 1-521.01 ] et seq.;
  (2) The Human Rights Act of 1977, D.C. Law 2-38, as amended, D.C. Code, sec. 1-2501 [ § 2-1401.01 ] et seq.;
  (3) Mayor's Order 79-89 ("Sexual Harassment");
  (4) Section 42 of the Cable Television Communications Act of 1981, D.C. Law 4-142, D.C. Code, sec. 43-1841;
  (5) Mayor's Order 83-243 ("Access of the Handicapped to Government Programs");
  (6) Mayor's Order 85-85 ("Compliance with Equal Opportunity Obligations in Contracts");
IV. Transfer All positions, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations and other funds available or to be made available relating to the duties and functions assigned in this plan are transferred to the Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development. The Director of the existing Office of Human Rights and Executive Director of the Minority Business Opportunity Commission shall be the Director of the Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development upon the effective date of this plan and shall serve without the necessity of a new Council confirmation process.
V. Organization The Director of the Department of Human Rights and Minority Business Development shall organize the personnel and property transferred in this plan into such organizational units as the Director deems appropriate.
VI. Abolishment The following agencies and Offices of the District of Columbia government are hereby abolished:
The Office of Human Rights; and
The offices of staff director and additional staff of the Minority Business Opportunity Commission.
VII. Effective Date This Reorganization Plan shall take effect on a date to be designated by executive order of the Mayor within 30 days after the expiration of Council review provided in sec. 422(12) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, D.C. Code, sec. 242(12) [ § 1-204.22 ].
D.C. Code § 1-207.33 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.33
§ 1-207.33. Compensation from more than one source.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall be ineligible to serve or to receive compensation as a member of the Board of Elections because he occupies another office or position or because he receives compensation (including retirement compensation) from another source.
(b) The right to another office or position or to compensation from another source otherwise secured to such a person under the laws of the United States shall not be abridged by the fact of his service or receipt of compensation as a member of such Board, if such service does not interfere with the discharge of his duties in such other office or position.
D.C. Code § 1-126 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-126
§ 1-126. Statehood Compact Commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-301.88c — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.88c
§ 1-301.88c. Authority to issue subpoenas for the production of documents.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall have the authority to issue subpoenas for the production of documents concerning criminal and delinquent offenses that the Attorney General has the authority to prosecute. The power to issue subpoenas under this section shall not be delegated other than to the Chief Deputy Attorney General, a Deputy Attorney General, or an Assistant Deputy Attorney General.
(b) Subpoenas issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following:
  (1) The name of the person from whom documents are requested;
  (2) The person at the Office of the Attorney General to whom the documents shall be provided, and the date and time by which they must be provided;
  (3) A detailed list of the specific documents requested;
  (4) A short, plain statement of the recipient’s rights and the procedure for enforcing and contesting the subpoena; and
  (5) The signature of the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or Assistant Deputy Attorney General approving the subpoena request and certifying that the documents sought are not available by other means as defined in subsection (c)(2) of this section.
(c) (1) The Attorney General shall not have the authority to issue a subpoena if:
    (A) An indictment, information, or petition has been filed with the court formally charging the target of the investigation;
    (B) Three business days have elapsed since the underlying offense was committed; or
    (C) Other means are available to obtain the documents sought in the subpoena.
  (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, documents shall be deemed available by other means if:
    (A) The documents may be sought by means of a grand jury subpoena and are being sought during business hours on a business day;
    (B) The documents have been unsuccessfully sought by means of a grand jury subpoena;
    (C) The documents may be sought, or have been unsuccessfully sought, by means of a search warrant for information falling within the categories listed in § 23-521(d) ; or
    (D) Consent has not been sought for the release of the documents, unless a determination has been made that requesting such consent would threaten or impede the investigation.
(d) Any person to whom a subpoena has been issued under this section may exercise the privileges enjoyed by all witnesses. A person to whom a subpoena has been issued may move to quash or modify the subpoena in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on grounds including:
  (1) The Attorney General failed to follow or satisfy the procedures set forth in this section for issuance of a subpoena;
  (2) The Attorney General lacked the authority to issue the subpoena under subsection (c) of this section; or
  (3) Any other grounds that exist under statute or common law for the quashing or modification of a subpoena.
(e) (1) The Attorney General shall maintain a log of all requests for subpoenas made pursuant to this section that shall include the following:
    (A) The name of the person who initiated the subpoena request;
    (B) The name of the persons who reviewed and acted on the request;
    (C) A written statement justifying the subpoena request; and
    (D) A written statement explaining why the subpoena request was approved or denied.
  (2) The log produced pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to § 2-534 as investigatory records that are compiled for law-enforcement purposes, but shall be made available for inspection by the Council upon request.
(f) The Attorney General shall submit to the Council a quarterly report listing the number of subpoenas requested and issued under this section. The report shall include the following:
  (1) The offenses being investigated;
  (2) Whether the subpoenas were complied with or challenged;
  (3) Whether formal charges were filed; and
  (4) The circumstances that precluded using a grand jury subpoena, search warrant, or other means as provided under subsection (c) of this section to obtain this information.
D.C. Code § 1-335.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-335.04
§ 1-335.04. Reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) Repealed.
(b) Annually thereafter, the Public Fund shall report as part of the annual report required under § 1-909.02(b)(13) , the following:
  (1) All investments sold, redeemed, divested, or withdrawn in compliance with § 1-335.03(a) ;
  (2) All prohibited investments under § 1-335.03(b) ;
  (3) Any progress made under § 1-335.03(d) ; and
  (4) A list of any investments held by the Public Fund that would have been divested under § 1-335.03 but for § 1-335.03(e) , including a statement of the reasons why a sale or transfer of the investments is inconsistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the District of Columbia Retirement Board and the circumstances under which the District of Columbia Retirement Board anticipates that it will sell, transfer, or reduce the investment.
D.C. Code § 1-307.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.01
§ 1-307.01. District of Columbia student loan insurance program.
Status: in_force

(a) The government of the District of Columbia is authorized:
  (1) To establish a student loan insurance program which meets the requirements of this part for a State loan insurance program in order to enter into agreements with the Commissioner for the purposes of this title;
  (2) To enter into such agreements with the Commissioner;
  (3) To use amounts appropriated for the purposes of this section to establish a fund for such purposes and for expenses in connection therewith;
  (4) To accept and use donations for the purposes of this section; and
  (5) To establish a student loan program for District of Columbia residents which shall be funded in whole or in part through the proceeds of Industrial Revenue Bonds and to enter into agreements with other entities for the purpose of managing, regulating, and overseeing such a program.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any applicable law, if the borrower, on any loan insured under the program established pursuant to this section, is a minor, any otherwise valid note or other written agreement executed by him for the purposes of such loan shall create a binding obligation.
(c) There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for the purposes of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-633.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-633.01
§ 1-633.01. Authorization of appropriations.
Status: in_force

Appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter are hereby authorized.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.12a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.12a
§ 1-1163.12a. Non-contribution accounts.
Status: in_force

(a) A political action committee shall not make an independent expenditure unless it establishes a non-contribution account for the purpose of making such independent expenditures.
(b) A political action committee must notify the Campaign Finance Board within 10 days after establishing a non-contribution account.
(c) A political action committee that establishes a non-contribution account shall ensure that:
  (1) The non-contribution account remains segregated from any accounts of the political action committee that are used to make contributions to candidates, political committees, political action committees, or political parties;
  (2) No contribution to the political action committee is deposited in the non-contribution account unless the contributor has specifically designated the contribution for the purpose of making an independent expenditure;
  (3) Contributions by the political action committee are not made from the non-contribution account; and
  (4) The non-contribution account pays a proportional share, as determined by the Director of Campaign Finance, of the political action committee's administrative expenses.
(d) If a political action committee has established a non-contribution account, it must, in any reports it files pursuant to § 1-1163.09 , identify any receipts that have been allocated to that account.
D.C. Code § 1-206.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-206.04
§ 1-206.04. Congressional action on certain District matters.
Status: in_force

(a) This section is enacted by Congress:
  (1) As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such these provisions are deemed a part of the rule of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of resolutions described by this section; and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
  (2) With full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rule (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
(b) For the purpose of this section, “resolution” means only a joint resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the . . . . . . . . . . approves/disapproves of the action of the District of Columbia Council described as follows: . . . . . . . . . .”, the blank spaces therein being appropriately filled, and either approval or disapproval being appropriately indicated; but does not include a resolution which specifies more than 1 action.
(c) A resolution with respect to Council action shall be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, or the Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
(d) If the Committee to which a resolution has been referred has not reported it at the end of 20 calendar days after its introduction, it is in order to move to discharge the Committee from further consideration of any other resolution with respect to the same Council action which has been referred to the Committee.
(e) A motion to discharge may be made only by an individual favoring the resolution, is highly privileged (except that it may not be made after the Committee has reported a resolution with respect to the same action), and debate thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
(f) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed to, the motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the Committee be made with respect to any other resolution with respect to the same action.
(g) When the Committee has reported, or has been discharged from further consideration of, a resolution, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
(h) Debate on the resolution shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
(i) Motions to postpone made with respect to the discharge from Committee or the consideration of a resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate.
(j) Appeals from the decisions of the chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate.
D.C. Code § 1-609.58 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-609.58
§ 1-609.58. Transition provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) Persons currently holding appointments to positions in the Career Service who meet the definition of “management employee” as defined in § 1-614.11(5) shall be appointed to the Management Supervisory Service unless the employee declines the appointment. Persons declining appointment shall have priority for appointment to the Career Service if a vacant position for which they qualify is available within the agency and is acceptable to the employee. If no such vacant position is available, a 30-day separation notice shall be issued to the employee, who shall be entitled to severance pay in the manner provided by § 1-624.09 .
(b) A person currently holding an appointment to a position in the Excepted Service pursuant to § 1-609.03(a) who meets the definition of “management employee” as defined in § 1-614.11(5) may, at the discretion of the personnel authority, be appointed noncompetitively to the Management Supervisory Service unless the employee declines the appointment. A person declining appointment shall be entitled to a written 15-day separation notice and shall be paid separation pay in accordance with section § 1-609.03(f) .
D.C. Code § 1-204.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.01
§ 1-204.01. Creation and membership.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a Council of the District of Columbia; and the members of the Council shall be elected by the registered qualified electors of the District.
(b) (1) The Council established under subsection (a) of this section shall consist of 13 members elected on a partisan basis. The Chairman and 4 members shall be elected at large in the District, and 8 members shall be elected 1 each from the 8 election wards established, from time to time, under Chapter 10 of this title . The term of office of the members of the Council shall be 4 years, except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, and shall begin at noon on January 2nd of the year following their election.
  (2) In the case of the first election held for the office of member of the Council after January 2, 1975, not more than 2 of the at-large members (excluding the Chairman) shall be nominated by the same political party. Thereafter, a political party may nominate a number of candidates for the office of at-large member of the Council equal to 1 less than the total number of at-large members (excluding the Chairman) to be elected in such election.
  (3) To fill a vacancy in the Office of Chairman, the Board of Elections shall hold a special election in the District on the Tuesday occurring at least 70 days and not more than 174 days after the date on which such vacancy occurs which the Board of Elections determines, based on a totality of the circumstances, taking into account, inter alia, cultural and religious holidays and the administrability of the election, will provide the opportunity for the greatest level of voter participation. The person elected Chairman to fill a vacancy in the Office of Chairman shall take office on the day in which the Board of Elections and Ethics certifies his election, and shall serve as Chairman only for the remainder of the term during which such vacancy occurred. When the Office of Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall select one of the elected at-large members of the Council to serve as Chairman and one to serve as Chairman pro tempore until the election of a new Chairman.
  (4) Of the members first elected after January 2, 1975, the Chairman and 2 members elected at large and 4 of the members elected from election wards shall serve for 4-year terms; and 2 of the at-large members and 4 of the members elected from election wards shall serve for 2-year terms. The members to serve the 4-year terms and the members to serve the 2-year terms shall be determined by the Board of Elections and Ethics by lot, except that not more than one of the at-large members nominated by any political party shall serve for any such 4-year term.
(c) The Council may establish and select such other officers and employees as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the functions of the Council.
(d) (1) In the event of a vacancy in the Council of a member elected from a ward, the Board of Elections shall hold a special election in the District on the Tuesday occurring at least 70 days and not more than 174 days after the date on which such vacancy occurs which the Board of Elections determines, based on a totality of the circumstances, taking into account, inter alia, cultural and religious holidays and the administrability of the election, will provide the opportunity for the greatest level of voter participation. The person elected as a member to fill a vacancy on the Council shall take office on the day on which the Board of Elections and Ethics certifies his election, and shall serve as a member of the Council only for the remainder of the term during which such vacancy occurred.
  (2) In the event of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, and if the Chairman becomes a candidate for the Office of Mayor to fill such vacancy, the Office of Chairman shall be deemed vacant as of the date of the filing of his candidacy. In the event of a vacancy in the Council of a member elected at large, other than a vacancy in the Office of Chairman, who is affiliated with a political party, the central committee of such political party shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy, until the Board of Elections and Ethics can hold a special election to fill such vacancy, and such special election shall be held on the Tuesday occurring at least 70 days and not more than 174 days after the date on which such vacancy occurs which the Board of Elections determines, based on a totality of the circumstances, taking into account, inter alia, cultural and religious holidays and the administrability of the election, will provide the opportunity for the greatest level of voter participation. The person appointed to fill such vacancy shall take office on the date of his appointment and shall serve as a member of the Council until the day on which the Board certifies the election of the member elected to fill such vacancy in either a special election or a general election. The person elected as a member to fill such a vacancy on the Council shall take office on the day on which the Board of Elections and Ethics certifies his election, and shall serve as a member of the Council only for the remainder of the term during which such vacancy occurred. With respect to a vacancy on the Council of a member elected at large who is not affiliated with any political party, the Council shall appoint a similarly non-affiliated person to fill such vacancy until such vacancy can be filled in a special election in the manner prescribed in this paragraph. Such person appointed by the Council shall take office and serve as a member at the same time and for the same term as a member appointed by a central committee of a political party.
  (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, at no time shall there be more than 3 members (including the Chairman) serving at large on the Council who are affiliated with the same political party.
(e) (1) By a 5/6 vote of its members, the Council may adopt a resolution of expulsion if it finds, based on substantial evidence, that a member of the Council took an action that amounts to a gross failure to meet the highest standards of personal and professional conduct. Expulsion is the most severe punitive action, serving as a penalty imposed for egregious wrongdoing. Expulsion results in the removal of the member. Expulsion should be used in cases in which the Council determines that the violation of law committed by a member is of the most serious nature, including those violations that substantially threaten the public trust. To protect the exercise of official member duties and the overriding principle of freedom of speech, the Council shall not impose expulsion on any member for the exercise of his or her First Amendment right, no matter how distasteful the expression of that right was to the Council and the District, or in the official exercise of his or her office.
  (2) The Council shall include in its Rules of Organization procedures for investigation, and consideration of, the expulsion of a member.
D.C. Code § 1-507 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / § 1-507
§ 1-507. Wages, salaries, annuities, retirement, disability benefits, and other remuneration based on District employment subject to attachment garnishment, and assignment for child support, maintenance, alimony payments, and other obligations.
Status: in_force

(a) After July 25, 1977, wages, salaries, annuities, retirement and disability benefits, and other remuneration based upon employment, or other income owed by, due from, and payable by the government of the District of Columbia to any individual shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, assignment, or withholding under the District of Columbia Child Support Enforcement Amendment Act of 1985, provided the levy is predicated upon the entry of a judgment, order, or decree determining the individual’s legal obligation to provide child support or to make maintenance or alimony payments. Whenever wages, salaries, annuities, retirement and disability benefits, or other remuneration based upon employment is sought to be levied pursuant to this section, the legal process shall be such as is usual in other cases of attachment, garnishment, assignment, or withholding under the District of Columbia Child Support Enforcement Amendment Act of 1985. The government of the District of Columbia shall be subject to process in the same manner and to the same extent as if it were a private person, except that no writ or similar process served under the authority of this section shall be honored by the government of the District of Columbia unless a certified copy of the judgment, order, or decree upon which the levy is predicated has been provided to the Mayor of the District of Columbia or his duly authorized designee.
(b) After October 1, 1997, wages salaries, annuities, retirement and disability benefits, and other remuneration based upon employment, or other income owed by, due from, and payable by the government of the District of Columbia to any individual shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, assignment, or withholding in accordance with subchapter III of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the District of Columbia Code in the same manner and to the same extent as if the government of the District of Columbia were a private person.
D.C. Code § 1-306.39 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-306.39
§ 1-306.39. Zoning regulations.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this part shall supplant any requirement of the Zoning Regulations.
D.C. Code § 1-1001.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1001.06
§ 1-1001.06. Board independent agency; facilities; seal.
Status: in_force

(a) In the performance of its duties, or in matters of procurement the Board shall not be subject to the direction of any nonjudicial officer of the District, except as provided in the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 ( § 1-601.01 et seq.).
(b) The District government shall furnish to the Board, upon request of the Board, such space and facilities as are available in public buildings in the District to be used as registration places or Vote Centers, and such records, information, services, personnel, offices, and equipment, and such other assistance and facilities as may be necessary to enable the Board properly to perform its functions. Privately owned space, facilities and equipment may be rented by the Office of Contracting and Procurement on behalf of the Board for the registration, polling, and other functions of the Board.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Board is authorized to adopt and use a seal. The seal adopted by the Board shall not be used by any individual or entity without the prior written authorization of the Board.
D.C. Code § 1-1061.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1061.02
§ 1-1061.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Board” means the Board of Elections and Ethics, established by § 1-1001.03 .
(2) “Covered voter” means:
  (A) A uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in the District;
  (B) A uniformed-service voter whose voting residence is in the District and who otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements;
  (C) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in the District and, except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements;
  (D) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in the District had the voter then been of voting age and, except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements; or
  (E) An overseas voter who was born outside the United States, is not described in subparagraphs (C) or (D) of this paragraph, and, except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements if:
    (i) Before leaving the United States, the voter’s last place of residence was with a parent or legal guardian who resided within the District; and
    (ii) The voter has not previously registered to vote in any other state.
(3) “Dependent” means an individual recognized as a dependent of a uniformed service voter.
(4) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(5) “Federal postcard application” means the application prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, approved August 28, 1986 (100 Stat. 924; 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff(b)(2)).
(6) “Federal write-in absentee ballot” means the ballot described in section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, approved August 28, 1986 (100 Stat. 925;  42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-2).
(7) “Military-overseas ballot” means:
  (A) A federal write-in absentee ballot;
  (B) A ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this subchapter; or
  (C) A ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this subchapter.
(8) “Overseas voter” means a United States citizen who is outside the United States.
(9) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(10) “Uniformed service” means:
  (A) Active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States;
  (B) The Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States; or
  (C) The National Guard and state militia.
(11) “Uniformed-service voter” means an individual who is qualified to vote and is:
  (A) A member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States who is on active duty;
  (B) A member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States;
  (C) A member on activated status of the National Guard or state militia; or
  (D) A spouse or dependent of a member referred to in this paragraph.
(12) “United States,” used in the territorial sense, means the several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
D.C. Code § 1-753 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / § 1-753
§ 1-753. Compliance by Mayor.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall comply with the requirements of these regulations and shall give written notice of compliance therewith to the Council of the District of Columbia within 60 calendar days after July 2, 1982.
D.C. Code § 1-308.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-308.03
§ 1-308.03. Approval by the Council.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The issuance of Bonds, including the execution of the PILOT agreement and other financing agreements and documents, under 1-308.02(a)(1)(A) shall be subject to the approval of the Council. The Mayor shall transmit to the Council a proposed resolution to approve the issuance of Bonds, the maximum amount of the Bonds to be issued, and the PILOT agreement for a 60-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. The proposed resolution shall include:
    (A) The terms of the Bonds to be issued;
    (B) The terms of the PILOT agreement, including a statement that the proposed form of the PILOT agreement has been transmitted to the Council;
    (C) (i) The amount of the payments in lieu of taxes; and
      (ii) The amount of the real property taxes which would be paid in the absence of the PILOT agreement if the proposed project (or projects) were completed;
    (D) The public benefits to be derived from the project (or projects) to be financed by the Bonds and the likelihood that project (or projects) would be completed in the absence of the approval of the transaction;
    (E) If a portion of the payments in lieu of taxes pursuant to the PILOT agreement may be used other than for the purpose of financing a project which qualifies under § 1-204.90 , the public benefits to be derived from the use and the likelihood that project would be completed in the absence of the approval of the transaction;
    (F) (i) Whether conventional, or alternative forms of, financing are available;
      (ii) Whether best efforts have been made to secure conventional, or alternative forms of, financing; and
      (iii) Why conventional, or alternative forms of, financing is impracticable or undesirable;
    (G) If a project to be financed by the Bonds (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include an ownership interest in property which will benefit from the project to be financed by the Bonds) or other use is to be funded or financed is to be operated or held for profit:
      (i) Whether the District will have an ownership interest or profits participation; and
      (ii) If the District will not have an ownership interest or profits participation, why an ownership interest or profits participation is impracticable or undesirable; and
    (H) A financial analysis prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, which financial analysis shall consist of the following:
      (i) A report delineating the amount of the payments in lieu of taxes, including the amount of the real property taxes which would be paid in the absence of the PILOT agreement, if the proposed project (or projects) were completed;
      (ii) The effect of the PILOT Agreement on the total assessed value of real property subject to taxation under Chapter 8 of Title 47 ; and
      (iii) The effect of the PILOT Agreement on the budget and financial plan.
  (2) If the Council does not approve or disapprove the transaction within the 60-day review period, the proposed resolution shall be deemed disapproved.
  (3) If the proposed terms of the transaction shall change in any material respect, including the terms of the proposed PILOT agreement which was transmitted to the Council, a new proposed resolution which complies with paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be submitted to the Council for approval in accordance with this section.
(b) (1) The execution of the PILOT agreement, and any related agreements and documents, pursuant to § 1-308.02(a)(1)(B) or (b) shall be subject to the approval of the Council by act.
  (2) The act shall include the following findings:
    (A) The terms of the PILOT agreement, including a statement that the proposed form of the PILOT agreement has been transmitted to the Council;
    (B) The terms of any other agreement or document, or any subsidy or assistance which will be provided, in connection with the PILOT agreement or proposed use;
    (C) (i) The amount of the payments in lieu of taxes; and
      (ii) The amount of the real property taxes which would be paid in the absence of the PILOT agreement if the expenditures for the proposed use were made (and the proposed project (or projects) for which a subsidy or assistance will be received, if any, were completed);
    (D) The public benefits to be derived from the proposed use (and any project (or projects) for which a subsidy or assistance will be received) and the likelihood that the proposed project would be completed (and the project (or projects) for which a subsidy or assistance will be received, if any, would be completed) in the absence of the approval of the transaction;
    (E) (i) Whether best efforts have been made to secure other means of achieving the proposed use; and
      (ii) Why the other means of achieving the proposed use is impracticable or undesirable;
    (F) If a proposed use (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall an include an ownership interest in property which will benefit from the proposed use (or a project for which a subsidy or assistance will be received, if any)) is to be operated or held for profit:
      (i) Whether the District will have an ownership interest or profits participation; and
      (ii) If the District will not have an ownership interest or profits participation, why an ownership interest or profits participation is impracticable or undesirable; and
    (G) A financial analysis prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, which financial analysis shall consist of the following:
      (i) A report delineating the amount of the payments in lieu of taxes, including the amount of the real property taxes which would be paid in the absence of the PILOT agreement, if the proposed project (or projects) were completed;
      (ii) The effect of the PILOT Agreement on the total assessed value of real property subject to taxation under Chapter 8 of Title 47 ; and
      (iii) The effect of the PILOT Agreement on the budget and financial plan.
  (3) If the proposed terms of the transaction shall change in any material respect, including the terms of the proposed PILOT agreement which was transmitted to the Council, a new act which complies with paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be required to approve the transaction in accordance with this section.
D.C. Code § 1-301.112 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.112
§ 1-301.112. Duties of Assistant Corporation Counsels.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-156 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-156
§ 1-156. Council Reimbursement Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Council Reimbursement Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Secretary to the Council in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund:
  (1) Fees covering the cost of a flag and certificate collected by the Council pursuant to § 1-155 ; and
  (2) Any interest earned from the monies deposited into the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used for operating expenses related to administering the program established under § 1-155 .
(d) (1) The money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
  (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
D.C. Code § 1-315.05 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-315.05
§ 1-315.05. Contents and format of reorganization plan.
Status: in_force

(a) A reorganization plan transmitted by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-315.04 shall:
  (1) In such cases as the Mayor deems necessary, change the name of an agency or part of an agency affected by reorganization and the title of its head, designate the name of the agency resulting from the reorganization, and the title of its head;
  (2) Provide for the transfer or other disposition of the records, property, and personnel affected by the reorganization;
  (3) Provide for the transfer of such unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available for use in connection with a function or agency affected by a reorganization as the Mayor deems necessary by reason of such reorganization for use by the agency which shall be responsible for the function after the reorganization plan becomes effective: Provided, however, that all such unexpended balances so transferred may be used only for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made;
  (4) Provide for the termination of the affairs of an agency abolished as a result of the reorganization;
  (5) Provide a timetable for the implementation of the reorganization;
  (6) Provide for reporting and evaluation systems that will allow for the results of the plan to be measured; and
  (7) Be in the following format:
    (A) Mayor’s statement;
    (B) Reorganization plan;
    (C) Section-by-section analysis;
    (D) Rationale for the reorganization plan:
      (i) Problems with the present organization;
      (ii) Recent reorganization studies and recommendations, if any; and
      (iii) Expected benefits and improvements;
    (E) Functional Organization Chart of each affected agency:
      (i) Existing; and
      (ii) Proposed;
    (F) Staffing organizational chart indicating grade and source of funding for each position:
      (i) Existing; and
      (ii) Proposed;
    (G) Budget data relevant to present and proposed operations of entities to be reorganized:
      (i) Impact on financial management system budget structure:
        (I) Control centers; and
        (II) Responsibility centers;
      (ii) Impact on budget organization:
        (I) Total budget comparisons;
        (II) Changes in budget organization (grants and appropriated funds combined); and
        (III) Changes detailed by grant and appropriated funds by responsibility center;
    (H) Transition planning and employee protection; and
    (I) Training needs.
(b) The Mayor shall include, in his or her transmittal message to accompany the plan, the statutory authority for the exercise of the function(s) affected, and an itemization, to the extent practicable, of the reduction of expenditures as a probable result of the reorganization.
(c) A reorganization plan may provide for appointment with the advice and consent of the Council and the salary of the agency head (including an agency resulting from a consolidation or other type of reorganization) if the Mayor finds, and his or her transmittal message declares, that by reason of a reorganization made pursuant to the plan, such provisions are necessary.
D.C. Code § 1-301.70 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.70
§ 1-301.70. Taxes not to be anticipated by sale or hypothecation.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have no power to anticipate taxes by a sale or hypothecation of any such taxes or evidences thereof.
D.C. Code § 1-604.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-604.04
§ 1-604.04. Issuance of rules and regulations affecting personnel for employees of the District of Columbia.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters II, IV, VII, VIII, VIII-B, IX, IX-A, X-A, XI, XII, XIII, XIII-A, XV, XVI-A, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XX-A, XX-B, XX-C, XX-D, XX-E, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, and XXXIV of this chapter, for all employees of the District of Columbia, except as may be otherwise provided in this subchapter.
(a-1) (1) The Attorney General shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters VII , VIII , IX , IX-A , XI , XII , XIII , XIII-A , XIV-A , XVI-A , XVII , XIX , XXIV , XXVII , and XXXI of this chapter for employees under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General.
  (2) The rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall apply to employees under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General unless the Attorney General has issued a superseding rule or regulation.
(b) The District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall each issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapter VIII-A of this chapter.
(c) (1) The District of Columbia Board of Education shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters VII, XIII, XIX, XXIV, and XXVII of this chapter, and §§ 1-602.03 , 1-604.03 and 1-611.11 for educational employees under its respective jurisdictions.
  (2) The Board of the University of the District of Columbia shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters VII and XXVII of this chapter, and §§ 1-602.03 , 1-604.03 , and 1-611.11 for educational employees under its jurisdiction.
  (3) Repealed.
(d) The District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall each issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters XII, XIII-A, XVI-A, XVII, XXV, and XXXI of this chapter, and § 1-602.02(2) for all employees under their respective jurisdictions.
(e) The Public Employee Relations Board shall issue rules and regulations to carry out its authority under subchapters V and XVII of this chapter.
(f) The Office of Employee Appeals shall issue rules and regulations to carry out its authority under subchapter VI of this chapter .
(g) The District of Columbia Board of Elections shall issue rules and regulations to carry out its authority under subchapter XXV of this chapter .
(h) Except where proscribed by law or issued under the authority of subsection (e), (f), or (g) of this section, rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be a bar to collective bargaining during the negotiation process with an exclusively recognized labor organization.
D.C. Code § 1-328.02a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-328.02a
§ 1-328.02a. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of § 1-328.02 .
D.C. Code § 1-801.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-801.02
§ 1-801.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) The term “contract” means the contract under § 1-807.05 between the Secretary and the Trustee, and includes any agreement with a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States entered into under that section.
(2) The term “covered District employee” means a teacher of the District of Columbia public schools, or a member of the Metropolitan Police Force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, as defined under the District Retirement Program.
(3) The term “D.C. Federal Pension Fund” means the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund established under § 1-817.01 .
(4) The term “District Government” means any entity treated as part of the District government under § 47-393(5) , including the District of Columbia Retirement Board (as defined in § 1-702(5) ).
(5) The term “District Retirement Fund” means the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters Retirement Fund and the District of Columbia Teachers Retirement Fund, as defined in the Reform Act.
(6) The term “District Retirement Program” means any of the retirement programs for teachers and members of the Metropolitan Police Force and Fire Department, as described in § 1-702(7) as in effect on the day before the freeze date (except as provided under § 1-803.02(e) and (f) and as amended by § 11013 of the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997).
(7) The term “enrolled actuary” means the enrolled actuary engaged by the Trustee under § 1-813.01(a) .
(8) The term “Federal benefit payment” means a payment described in § 1-803.02 .
(9) The term “Federal Supplemental Fund” means the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund created under § 1-811.01 .
(10) The term “freeze date” means June 30, 1997.
(11) The term “person” means an individual; partnership; joint venture; corporation; mutual company; joint-stock company; trust; estate; unincorporated organization; association; employee organization; or department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States.
(12) The term “Reform Act” means the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Public Law 96-122).
(13) The term “replacement plan” means the plan described in § 1-809.02 .
(14) The term “replacement plan adoption date” means the date upon which the legislation establishing the replacement plan becomes effective, or the first day after the expiration of the 1-year period which begins on August 5, 1997, whichever occurs first.
(15) The term “Trust Fund” means the District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund established under § 1-807.01 .
(16) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s designee.
(17) The term “Trustee” means the person or persons selected by the Secretary under § 1-807.05 , or, beginning October 1, 2004, the Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary under § 1-817.05 .
D.C. Code § 1-202.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-202.02
§ 1-202.02. National Capital Housing Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The National Capital Housing Authority (hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”) established under §§ 6-101.01 to 6-102.05 shall be an agency of the District of Columbia government subject to the organizational and reorganizational powers specified in §§ 1-204.04(b) and 1-204.22(12) .
(b) All functions, powers, and duties of the President under §§ 6-101.01 to 6-102.05 shall be vested in and exercised by the Mayor. All employees, property (real and personal), and unexpended balances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, allocations, and all other funds, and assets and liabilities of the Authority are authorized to be transferred to the District of Columbia government.
D.C. Code § 1-127 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-127
§ 1-127. Appropriations.
Status: in_force

There is authorized to be appropriated from the General Fund of the District of Columbia an amount for the salaries and office expenses of the elected representatives to the Senate and House referred to in § 1-123(d) during the period of their service prior to the admission of the proposed new state into the union.
D.C. Code § 1-1211 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / § 1-1211
§ 1-1211. Record of official acts; certified copies.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-325.226 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.226
§ 1-325.226. Limitation on duplicative projects.
Status: in_force

(a) The grant-managing entity shall take steps to avoid awarding subgrants to a nonprofit that has been awarded or is being awarded funds from the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (“Trust”) for the same or similar program purposes for which it is applying for funding from the Fund.
(b) Within 30 days after the effective date of the MOU, the grant-managing entity shall provide to the Mayor, or his or her designee, and the Council, a plan that sets forth procedures for avoiding the award of duplicative funds from the Trust and the Fund.
D.C. Code § 1-1102.10 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1102.10
§ 1-1102.10. Identification of campaign literature.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-626.14 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-626.14
§ 1-626.14. Civil actions.
Status: in_force

A civil action may be brought by a participant or a beneficiary of the Trust, or by the District, to enjoin any act or practice that violates any provision of this chapter or the terms of the retirement program, and for other appropriate legal and equitable relief. In any action under this chapter, the court in its discretion may allow the prevailing party, other than the District, a reasonable attorney fee and costs of action.
D.C. Code § 1-1151.05 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1151.05
§ 1-1151.05. Contribution prohibition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-303.42 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-303.42
§ 1-303.42. Expenditures for emergencies.
Status: in_force

When required by the public exigencies to meet conditions caused by emergencies such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, flood, fire, storm, and similar disasters, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia, is authorized to expend such amounts as may be necessary without regard to advertising provisions of § 2-225.05 .
D.C. Code § 1-742 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / § 1-742
§ 1-742. Liability for breach of fiduciary duty.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is a fiduciary with respect to a Fund who breaches any of the responsibilities, obligations, or duties imposed upon fiduciaries by this chapter shall be personally liable to make good to such Fund any losses to the Fund resulting from each such breach and to restore to such Fund any profits of such fiduciary which have been made through the use of assets of the Fund by the fiduciary and shall be subject to such other equitable or remedial relief as the court may deem appropriate, including removal of such fiduciary.
(b) No fiduciary shall be liable with respect to a breach of fiduciary duty under this chapter if such breach was committed before he became a fiduciary or after he ceased to be a fiduciary.
D.C. Code § 1-621.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-621.07
§ 1-621.07. Election of coverage.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless an employee or annuitant affirmatively waives health insurance coverage, each employee or annuitant shall enroll in 1 of the approved health benefit plans under § 1-621.05 either as an individual or for self and family or provide evidence satisfactory to the Mayor that the employee or annuitant is covered under another health benefit plan.
(b) If an employee or annuitant has a spouse or domestic partner who is an employee or annuitant, either spouse or domestic partner but not both may enroll for self and family, or each spouse or domestic partner may enroll as an individual. An individual shall not be enrolled as an employee or annuitant and also as a member of a family.
(c) An employee or an annuitant enrolled in a health benefit plan may change coverage by an application filed within 60 days of a change in family status or as otherwise permitted by rule promulgated by the Mayor.
(d) An employee or annuitant may transfer enrollment from one health benefit plan to another health benefit plan under § 1-621.05 as permitted by rules promulgated by the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 1-1162.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1162.07
§ 1-1162.07. Budget.
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of Government Ethics and the Director of Open Government, with approval by the Board, shall prepare and submit to the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of Columbia under part D of subchapter IV of Chapter 2 of this title [ § 1-204.41 et seq.] for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the operation of their respective offices for the year. All such estimates shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council for its action pursuant to §§ 1-204.46 and 1-206.03(c) , in addition to the Mayor’s recommendations.
(b) Before Fiscal Year 2013, upon the request of any member of the Board, the Mayor shall provide the Board with suitable office space in a publicly owned or leased building for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter. Furnishings, information technology services and equipment, and supplies to this office space shall also be provided upon request.
D.C. Code § 1-604.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-604.03
§ 1-604.03. Authority of the District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia may delegate their duties and functions under this chapter, in whole or in part, to employees under their respective jurisdictions.
D.C. Code § 1-207.12 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.12
§ 1-207.12. Certain delegated functions; functions of certain agencies.
Status: in_force

No function of the District of Columbia Council (established under Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967) or of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia which such District of Columbia Council or Commissioner has delegated to an officer, employee, or agency (including any body of or under such agency) of the District, nor any function now vested pursuant to § 501 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 in the District Public Service Commission, Zoning Advisory Council, Board of Zoning Adjustment, Office of the Recorder of Deeds, or Armory Board, or in any officer, employee, or body of or under such agency, shall be considered as a function transferred to the Council pursuant to § 1-204.04(a) . Each such function is hereby transferred to the officer, employee, or agency (including any body of or under such agency), to whom or to which it was delegated, or in whom or in which it has remained vested, until the Mayor or Council established under this chapter, or both, pursuant to the powers herein granted, shall revoke, modify, or transfer such delegation or vesting.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.06
§ 1-1163.06. Advisory opinions.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) On its own initiative, or upon receiving a request from a person listed below and within a reasonable time after its receipt, the Campaign Finance Board shall provide an advisory opinion regarding compliance with this chapter :
    (A) A public official;
    (B) A political committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee;
    (C) An official of a political party;
    (D) Any person required to or who reasonably anticipates being required to submit filings to the Campaign Finance Board under this subchapter ; or
    (E) Any other person under the jurisdiction of the Campaign Finance Board.
  (2) The Campaign Finance Board shall publish a concise statement of each request for an advisory opinion, without identifying the person seeking the opinion, in the District of Columbia Register within 20 days after its receipt. Comments upon the requested opinion shall be received by the Campaign Finance Board for a period of at least 15 days following publication. The Campaign Finance Board may waive the advance notice and public comment provisions, following a finding that the issuance of the advisory opinion constitutes an emergency necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, welfare, or trust.
(b) Advisory opinions shall be published in the District of Columbia Register within 30 days of their issuance; provided, that the identity of any person requesting an advisory opinion shall not be disclosed in the District of Columbia Register without his or her prior consent in writing. When issued according to rules of the Campaign Finance Board, an advisory opinion shall be deemed to be an order of the Campaign Finance Board.
(c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a transaction or activity undertaken by a person in reliance on an advisory opinion from the Campaign Finance Board is lawful if:
  (1) The person requested the advisory opinion;
  (2) The facts on which the opinion is based are full and accurate, to the best knowledge of the person; and
  (3) The person, in good faith, substantially complies with any recommendations in the opinion.
D.C. Code § 1-204.87 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.87
§ 1-204.87. Water pollution.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall annually estimate the amount of the District’s principal and interest expense which is required to service District obligations attributable to the Maryland and Virginia pro rata share of District sanitary sewage water works and other water pollution projects which provide service to the local jurisdictions in those states. Such amounts as determined by the Mayor pursuant to the agreements described in subsection (b) of this section shall be used to exclude the Maryland and Virginia share of pollution projects cost from the limitation on the District’s capital project obligations as provided in § 1-206.03(b) .
(b) The Mayor shall enter into agreements with the states and local jurisdictions concerned for annual payments to the District of rates and charges for waste treatment services in accordance with the use and benefits made and derived from the operation of the said waste treatment facilities. Each such agreement shall require that the estimated amount of such rates and charges will be paid in advance, subject to adjustment after each year. Such rates and charges shall be sufficient to cover the cost of construction, interest on capital, operation and maintenance, and the necessary replacement of equipment during the useful life of the facility.
D.C. Code § 1-819.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-819.06
§ 1-819.06. Full faith and credit.
Status: in_force

Federal obligations for benefits under this chapter are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
D.C. Code § 1-624.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-624.02
§ 1-624.02. Procedures.
Status: in_force

(a) Reduction-in-force procedures shall apply to the Career and Educational Services, except those persons separated pursuant to § 1-608.01a(b)(2) , and to persons appointed to the Excepted and Legal Services as attorneys and shall include:
  (1) A prescribed order of separation based on tenure of appointment, length of service including creditable federal and military service, District residency, veterans preference, and relative work performance;
  (2) One round of lateral competition limited to positions within the employee’s competitive level;
  (3) Priority reemployment consideration for employees separated;
  (4) Consideration of job sharing and reduced hours; and
  (5) Employee appeal rights.
(b) (1) For purposes of this subchapter, a veterans preference eligibility will be defined in accordance with federal law and regulations issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management;
  (2) Creditable service in determining length of service shall include all federal, District government, and military service otherwise creditable for Civil Service retirement purposes;
  (3) Performance ratings documented and approved which recognize outstanding performance shall serve to increase the employee’s service for reduction-in-force purposes by 4 years during the period the outstanding rating is in effect.  Performance ratings may not be changed subsequent to the establishment of retention registers and issuance of reduction-in-force notices; and
  (4) Employees serving on temporary limited appointments or having unacceptable performance ratings are not entitled to compete for retention.
(c) For purposes of this subchapter, each employee who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia shall have 3 years added to his or her creditable service for reduction-in-force purposes.  For purposes of this subsection only, a nonresident District employee who was hired by the District government prior to January 1, 1980, and has not had a break in service since that date, or a former employee of the United States Department of Health and Human Services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital who accepted employment with the District government effective October 1, 1987, and has not had a break in service since that date, shall be considered a District resident.
(d) A reduction-in-force action may not be taken until the employee has been afforded at least 15 days advance notice of such an action.  The notification required by this subsection must be in writing and must include information pertaining to the employee’s retention standing and appeal rights.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Education shall not require or permit non-school-based personnel or school administrators to be assigned or reassigned to the same competitive level as classroom teachers.
D.C. Code § 1-511 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / § 1-511
§ 1-511. Review of personnel practices.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia Department of Human Resources shall conduct a comprehensive review of all regulations, policies, and  standard operating procedures under its control to ensure compliance with all local and federal laws.
(b) On or before March 1, 2012, and every 3 months thereafter until this review is complete, the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources shall report to the Council on the status of this review, the components that have been completed, the components that remain outstanding, and the projected timeline for completion of this project.
D.C. Code § 1-611.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-611.01
§ 1-611.01. Classification policy; grade levels; publication required; public hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) The classification of all positions in the Career, Educational, Legal, Excepted, and the Management Supervisory Services will be accomplished in accordance with the following policy:
  (1) Individual positions will be grouped and identified by classes and grades, in accordance with their duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements and shall be indexed and cross referenced in the incumbent classification and compensation system; and
  (2) The principle of equal pay for substantially equal work will be supported.
(b) The grade levels of all positions in the Career, Educational, Legal, Excepted, and the Management Supervisory Services shall be based on the consideration of applicable factors, such as knowledge and skills required by the positions; supervisory controls exercised over the work; guidelines used; complexity of the work; scope and effect of the work; personal contacts; purpose of contacts; physical demands of the positions; and work environment.
(c) Classification systems or proposals developed under the authority of this subchapter shall be published in the District of Columbia Register at least 60 days prior to their proposed effective date. The Mayor or the Board of Education or the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall hold, as provided in this subchapter, a public hearing on all such proposals he, she, or it has published in the District of Columbia Register prior to his, her, or its adoption of a classification system or amendment to such system; provided, that the classification system or systems in effect on December 31, 1979, shall remain in effect until the adoption of a classification system or systems pursuant to § 1-611.02 or § 1-611.11 .
D.C. Code § 1-103 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-103
§ 1-103. Officers of corporation.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the members of the Council of the District of Columbia shall be deemed and taken as officers of such corporation.
D.C. Code § 1-204.72 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.72
§ 1-204.72. Borrowing in anticipation of revenues.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — In anticipation of the collection or receipt of revenues for a fiscal year, the Council may by act authorize the issuance of general obligation notes for such fiscal year, to be known as revenue anticipation notes.
(b) Limit on aggregate notes outstanding. — The total amount of all revenue anticipation notes issued under subsection (a) of this section outstanding at any time during a fiscal year shall not exceed 20% of the total anticipated revenue of the District for such fiscal year, as certified by the Mayor under this subsection. The Mayor shall certify, as of a date which occurs not more than 15 days before each original issuance of such revenue anticipation notes, the total anticipated revenue of the District for such fiscal year.
(c) Permitted outstanding duration. — Any revenue anticipation note issued under subsection (a) of this section may be renewed. Any such note, including any renewal note, shall be due and payable not later than the last day of the fiscal year during which the note was originally issued.
(d) Effective date of authorization acts; payments not subject to appropriation. — (1) Effective date. — Notwithstanding § 1-206.02(c)(1) , any act of the Council authorizing the issuance of revenue anticipation notes under subsection (a) of this section shall take effect:
    (A) if such act is enacted during a control year (as defined in § 47-393(4) ), on the date of approval by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority; or
    (B) if such act is enacted during any other year, on the date of enactment of such act.
  (2) Payments not subject to appropriation. — Section 1-204.46(c) shall not apply to any amount obligated or expended by the District for the payment of the principal of, interest on, or redemption premium for any revenue anticipation note issued under subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-811.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-811.06
§ 1-811.06. Termination of Federal Supplemental Fund.
Status: in_force

Effective upon the transfer of the assets of the Federal Supplemental Fund to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund under § 1-817.03 :
(1) The Federal Supplemental Fund shall terminate; and
(2) Any duty imposed on any person with respect to the Federal Supplemental fund shall terminate.
D.C. Code § 1-201.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-201.02
§ 1-201.02. Purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the retention by Congress of the ultimate legislative authority over the nation’s capital granted by article I, § 8, of the Constitution, the intent of Congress is to delegate certain legislative powers to the government of the District of Columbia; authorize the election of certain local officials by the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia; grant to the inhabitants of the District of Columbia powers of local self-government; modernize, reorganize, and otherwise improve the governmental structure of the District of Columbia; and, to the greatest extent possible, consistent with the constitutional mandate, relieve Congress of the burden of legislating upon essentially local District matters.
(b) Congress further intends to implement certain recommendations of the Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District of Columbia and take certain other actions irrespective of whether the charter for greater self-government provided for in subchapter IV of this chapter is accepted or rejected by the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 1-207.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.01
§ 1-207.01. Referendum.
Status: in_force

On a date to be fixed by the Board of Elections, not more than five months after December 24, 1973 a referendum (in this part referred to as the “charter referendum”) shall be conducted to determine whether the registered qualified electors of the District accept the charter set forth in subchapter IV of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 1-135 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-135
§ 1-135. Application of Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act.
Status: in_force

All provisions of the District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act, subchapter III of Chapter 11A of this title , which apply to the election of and service of the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall apply to persons who are candidates or elected to serve as United States Senators and United States Representative pursuant to this initiative.
D.C. Code § 1-1162.05c — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1162.05c
§ 1-1162.05c. Director of Open Government.
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of Open Government shall:
  (1) Issue advisory opinions pursuant to § 2-579(g) ;
  (2) Provide training related to the Open Meetings Act pursuant to § 2-580 ; and
  (3) Pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to implement the provisions of the Open Meetings Act .
(b) The Office of Open Government may bring suit to enforce the Open Meetings Act pursuant to subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
(c) (1) If an advisory opinion regarding the Open Meetings Act is issued by the Director of Open Government pursuant to a request for an advisory opinion, the requesting employee or public official may appeal the opinion for consideration by the Board.
  (2) If the Director of Open Government issues an advisory opinion regarding the Open Meetings Act on his or her own initiative, any person aggrieved by the opinion may appeal the opinion for consideration by the Board.
(d) The Office of Open Government may issue advisory opinions on the implementation of subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 1-333.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-333.08
§ 1-333.08. Authority for transporting children of certain employees in District-owned vehicles.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to utilize District-owned vehicles for transportation of children of employees of the District of Columbia government residing at Children’s Center between Children’s Center and Laurel, Maryland.
D.C. Code § 1-1001.08a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1001.08a
§ 1-1001.08a. Ranked choice voting.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter , beginning with the June 2026 primary election and for all subsequent elections thereafter, ranked choice voting as provided for by this section shall be used for each primary, special, and general election involving 3 or more qualified candidates for electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Mayor, Attorney General, Chairman of the Council, Delegate to the House of Representatives, members of the Council, members of the State Board of Education, United States Senator, United States Representative, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, or any other elected official as defined in § 1-1001.02(13) .
(b) Each ballot shall allow a voter to rank up to 5 candidates, including a write-in candidate, or as many candidates as there are in the contest if fewer than 5.
(c) Each ballot shall contain instructions informing the voter of the following, subject to usability testing and modification by the Board based on ballot design and voting machine capability:
  (1) That the voter may rank candidates in the order of the voter's preference;
  (2) That the voter may rank as many candidates as the voter wishes, up to 5 candidates;
  (3) How to properly mark the ballot and indicate the voter's candidate rankings;
  (4) That assigning a lower ranking to a candidate will not harm the chances of candidates whom the voter assigned higher rankings; and;
  (5) That the voter should not give more than one candidate the same ranking, rank a candidate more than once, or skip a ranking.
(d) In any single contest conducted by ranked choice voting, other than a general election for at-large members of the Council and any presidential preference primary election conducted under subsection (f) of this section, each ballot shall count as one vote for the highest-ranked active candidate on that ballot. Tabulation shall proceed in rounds, with each round proceeding sequentially as follows:
  (1) If a candidate has a majority of votes among active candidates in a round of tabulation, that candidate shall be elected or nominated, and tabulation shall be complete; or
  (2) If no candidate has a majority of votes among active candidates in a round of tabulation:
    (A) The active candidate with the fewest votes shall be defeated;
    (B) Each vote for the defeated candidate shall be transferred to each ballot's next-ranked active candidate; and
    (C) A new round of tabulation shall begin with the step set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(e) In any general election contest for at-large members of the Council, in which there shall be 2 winners, each ballot shall count as one vote for the highest-ranked active candidate on that ballot. Tabulation shall proceed in rounds, with each round proceeding sequentially as follows:
  (1) If there are 2 or fewer active candidates, the candidates shall be elected, and tabulation shall be complete; or
  (2) If there are more than 2 active candidates:
    (A) The active candidate with the fewest votes shall be defeated;
    (B) Each vote for the defeated candidate shall be transferred to each ballot's next-ranked active candidate; and
    (C) A new round of tabulation shall begin with the step set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(f) In any presidential preference primary election in which delegates are awarded to multiple candidates on a proportional basis, each ballot shall count as one vote for the highest-ranked active candidate on that ballot. Tabulation shall proceed in rounds, with each round proceeding sequentially as follows:
  (1) If the percentage of total votes cast for each active candidate is above the party's threshold for receiving delegates, then tabulation shall be complete; or
  (2) If there are any active candidates whose percentage of the vote total is below the party's threshold for receiving delegates:
    (A) The active candidate with the fewest votes shall be defeated;
    (B) Each vote for the defeated candidate shall be transferred to each ballot's next-ranked active candidate; and
    (C) A new round of tabulation shall begin with the step set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(g) In any presidential preference primary election that awards delegates to a single candidate on a winner-take-all basis, tabulation shall proceed under subsection (d) of this section.
(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a political party from allocating delegates according to its own rules.
(i) In any round of tabulation in a contest conducted by ranked choice voting:
  (1) An inactive ballot shall not count for any candidate; and
  (2) An undervote shall not count for any candidate.
(j) If 2 or more active candidates are tied for the fewest votes and tabulation cannot continue until one such candidate is eliminated, the candidate to be eliminated shall be determined by lot immediately under an automated procedure to be established by the Board. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (l) of this section, if 2 or more candidates are tied for the greatest number of votes and the tie must be broken to determine the winner or nominee, that tie shall be resolved pursuant to § 1-1001.10(c) .
(k) (1) If there are fewer than 3 qualified candidates on the ballot in a primary, general, or special election for electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Mayor, Attorney General, Chairman of the Council, Delegate to the House of Representatives, members of the Council other than those covered by paragraph (2) of this subsection, members of the State Board of Education, United States Senator, United States Representative, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, or any other elected official as defined in § 1-1001.02(13) , that election shall not be conducted by ranked choice voting. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (l) of this section, in such elections, the ballot shall allow voters to select a single candidate, and the candidate receiving the most votes shall be nominated or elected.
  (2) If there are fewer than three qualified candidates on the ballot in a general election for at-large members of the Council, that election shall not be conducted by ranked choice voting. In such elections, the ballot shall allow voters to select 2 candidates, and the 2 qualified candidates receiving the most votes shall be elected.
(l) If the appointment of presidential electors following any general election for President of the United States is governed by the § 1-1051.01 , then, in any general election for President and Vice President of the United States using ranked choice voting:
  (1) The certification of the appointment of electors shall be made in accordance with the provisions of § 1-1051.01 ;
  (2) The final determination of the presidential vote count reported and certified to the States that have enacted § 1-1051.01 , for purposes of the Act, shall be:
    (A) In an election using ranked choice voting pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the votes received in the final round of tabulation by each slate of candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States that received votes in the final round of tabulation; or
    (B) In an election not using ranked choice voting pursuant to subsection (k) of this section, the votes received by each slate of candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States; and
  (3) If two or more slates of candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States are tied for the greatest number of votes, the tie shall remain unresolved.
(m) The Board shall issue such regulations as are necessary to conduct elections using ranked choice voting.
D.C. Code § 1-307.42 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.42
§ 1-307.42. Employer obligations.
Status: in_force

Where a parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health coverage, which is available through the parent’s employer, the employer shall:
(1) Permit the parent to enroll under family coverage any child who is otherwise eligible for coverage without regard to any enrollment restrictions;
(2) Enroll the child under family coverage upon application by the child’s other parent, or by the District of Columbia agency administering either the Medicaid program or the child support enforcement program pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 through 669), if the parent is enrolled but fails to make application to obtain coverage of the child;
(2A) Enroll the child and the employed parent under family coverage upon application by the child’s other parent, or by the District of Columbia agency administering either the Medicaid program or the child support enforcement program pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), if the employed parent is not enrolled and the health insurance plan requires the employed parent’s enrollment for the child to be eligible;
(3) Not disenroll or eliminate coverage of any such child unless the employer is provided satisfactory written evidence that:
  (A) The court order is no longer in effect;
  (B) The child is or will be enrolled in comparable coverage which will take effect no later than the effective date of disenrollment;
  (C) The employer has eliminated family health coverage for all its employees; or
  (D) The employer no longer employs the parent and the parent has not elected to continue coverage through a plan offered by the employer for post-employment health insurance coverage for dependents;
(4) Subject to §§ 46-251.07 and 46-251.08 , withhold from the employee’s compensation the employee’s share (if any) of premiums for health coverage and to pay this amount to the insurer, except that the maximum amount so withheld may not exceed the maximum amount to be withheld under § 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b));
(5) Upon receipt of a court or administrative order that has directed the parent to provide health insurance coverage for the child, provide the insurer with the order for health insurance coverage and inform the insurer that the order operates to enroll the child in the coverage; and
(6) Upon receipt of a medical support notice issued by the IV-D agency under § 46-251.02 , comply with the provisions of §§ 46-251.04 , 46-251.07 , and 46-251.08 .
D.C. Code § 1-628.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-628.02
§ 1-628.02. Agreements required.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall enter into an agreement with the United States Civil Service Commission to carry out the purposes of subchapters XXI, XXII, and XXVI of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 1-325.181 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.181
§ 1-325.181. West End Library and Fire Station Maintenance Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the West End Library and Fire Station Maintenance Fund ("Maintenance Fund"),which shall be used solely to fundthe expenses of providing: supplemental maintenance service; common-area maintenance service; insurance; and capital improvements for the West End Library and West End Fire Station (collectively, the "Operating Expenses"). The Maintenance Fund shall supplement such other sums as are annually appropriated for the operation of branch libraries and fire stations, including the West End Library and West End Fire Station, and shall be used solely to ensure that both facilities are maintained in a manner that is consistent with the high-quality conditions of the larger buildings of which they are a part. The Maintenance Fund shall be used first to pay for the Operating Expenses, before other District funds are used, but the Maintenance Fund shall not be used otherwise to supplant local funds typically appropriated for the operation of branch libraries and fire stations.
(b) (1) In fiscal years ending before October 1, 2027, the Chief Financial Officer shall deposit into the Fund 85% of the Deed Transfer and Recordation Taxes attributable to the new buildings constructed on Lots 836, 837, and 855 in Square 37 (or such successor record or assessment and taxation lots as may be created through future subdivision or creation of condominium units).
  (2) In fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2027, the Chief Financial Officer shall deposit into the Fund 70% of the Deed Transfer and Recordation Taxes attributable to the new buildings constructed on Lots 836, 837, and 855 in Square 37 (or such successor record or assessment and taxation lots as may be created through future subdivision or creation of condominium units).
(c) All funds deposited into the Fund, and any interest earned on those funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section without regard to fiscal year limitation, subject to appropriation.
(d) (1) The Department of General Services, in close consultation with the District of Columbia Public Library, shall manage the Maintenance Fund.  To the extent that monies are needed to pay for the Operating Expenses, in addition to the Maintenance Fund, for the West End Library and the West End Fire Station, the additional monies appropriated for that purpose shall be allocated between the West End Library and West End Fire Station based upon each facility's respective proportionate share of the total annual aggregate Operating Expenses, as jointly determined by the Chief Librarian of the District of Columbia Public Library and the Director of the Department of General Services.
  (2) The Mayor shall submit to the Council, as a part of the annual budget, a requested appropriation for expenditures from the Fund. This request shall be prepared for the Mayor by the Department of General Services working in close consultation with the District of Columbia Public Library. The appropriation for expenditures from the Maintenance Fund shall be depicted as a separate activity within the budget of the Department of General Services. Any monies received but not expended in a given fiscal year shall be retained by the Fund.
(e) The Fund shall be audited annually by the Inspector General, who shall transmit the audit report to the Mayor and Council no later than 90 days after close of the fiscal year. The annual audit shall include:
  (1) The assets, liabilities, fund balance, revenue, and expenditures of the Fund;
  (2) A detailed accounting of the Fund’s expenditures; and
  (3) Identification of any Fund expenditures that were not permitted under the law.