D.C. Code § 1-620.21 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-620.21
§ 1-620.21. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Applicant” means a person who has filed a written employment application form to work for the Department of Human Services or the Department of Mental Health or has been tentatively selected for employment by either the Department of Human Services or the Department of Mental Health to work as a high potential risk employee.
(2) Repealed.
(3) Repealed.
(4) “High potential risk employee” means any Department of Mental Health or Department of Human Services employee who has resident care or custody responsibilities in a secured facility or who works in a residential facility.
(5) “Post-accident employee” means any Department of Mental Health or Department of Human Services employee who, while on duty, was involved in a vehicular or other type of accident resulting in personal injury or property damage, or both.
(6) “Probable cause” means a reasonable belief by a supervisor that an employee is under the influence of an illegal substance or alcohol such that the employee’s ability to perform his or her job is impaired.
(7) “Probable cause referral” means a referral, based on probable cause, for testing by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Mental Health for drug or alcohol use.
(8) “Random testing” means drug or alcohol testing taken by a Department of Mental Health or Department of Human Services employee at an unspecified time for the purposes of determining whether any Department of Mental Health or Department of Human Services employee has used drugs or alcohol and as a result is unable to satisfactorily perform his or her employment duties.
(9) “Residential facility” means a facility that provides a supervised and sheltered living environment for individuals who need such an environment because of their mental, familial, social, or other circumstances.
(10) “Secured facility” means a hospital or institution that is:
  (A) Leased, or owned by the District government;
  (B) Operated by the District government; and
  (C) Equipped and qualified to provide in-resident or in-patient care to detained or committed youth or persons with mental illness.
D.C. Code § 1-819.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-819.02
§ 1-819.02. Study of alternatives for financing Federal obligations.
Status: in_force

(a) In general. — As soon as practicable after August 5, 1997, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with an independent consultant to conduct a study of actuarial alternatives for financing the federal obligations assumed under this chapter, together with an analysis of the impact of each alternative on the federal budget. The Secretary and the District Government shall cooperate with the consultant and shall provide direct access to such information systems, records, documents, information, or data as will enable the consultant to conduct the study.
(b) Deadline. — The contract entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall require the consultant to report the results of the study not later than 12 months after August 5, 1997.
(c) No effect on Federal obligations. — Nothing in this section may be construed to affect any obligation of the Federal Government to make payments under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 1-301.153 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.153
§ 1-301.153. Marriage equality estate tax clarification.
Status: in_force

The Chief Financial Officer is directed to make the clarifying changes to all estate tax forms, filing instructions, and regulations necessary to make it clear that all married couples are eligible for estate tax deductions and exclusions, including the spousal exclusion of bequests, whether direct or through trusts, to a surviving spouse, regardless of whether such marriage is recognized under federal law.
D.C. Code § 1-623.09 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.09
§ 1-623.09. Beneficiaries of awards unpaid at death; order of precedence.
Status: in_force

(a) If an individual: (1) Has sustained disability compensable under § 1-623.07(a) ; (2) has filed a valid claim in his or her lifetime; and (3) dies from a cause other than the injury before the end of the period specified by the schedule; the compensation specified by the schedule that is unpaid at his or her death, whether or not accrued or due at his or her death, shall be paid:
  (A) Under an award made before or after the death;
  (B) For the period specified by the schedule;
  (C) To and for the benefit of the persons then in being within the classes and on the conditions and in proportions specified by this section; and
  (D) In the following order of precedence:
    (i) If there is no child, to the surviving spouse or domestic partner;
    (ii) If there are both a surviving spouse or domestic partner and a child or children, one-half to the surviving spouse or domestic partner and one-half to the child or children;
    (iii) If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, to the child or children;
    (iv) If there is no survivor in the above classes, to the parent or parents completely or partially dependent for support on the decedent, or to other completely dependent relatives listed by § 1-623.33 , or to both in proportions provided by rules and regulations; or
    (v) If there is no survivor in the above classes and no burial allowance is payable under § 1-623.34 , an amount not exceeding that which would be expendable under § 1-623.34 , if applicable, shall be paid to reimburse a person equitably entitled thereto to the extent and in the proportion that he or she has paid the burial expenses: Except, that a compensated insurer or other person obligated by law or contract to pay the burial expenses or a state or political subdivision or entity is deemed not equitably entitled to such reimbursement.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, payments under subsection (a) of this subsection, except for an amount payable for a period preceding the death of the employee, are at the basic rate of compensation for permanent disability specified by § 1-623.07 .
  (2) For an employee who would otherwise be an employee for purposes  of this subchapter whose date of hire was before January 1, 1980, or whose claim for compensation for disability or death was pending before December 29, 1994, payments under subsection (a) of this section, except for an amount payable for a period preceding the death of the employee, are at the basic rate of compensation for permanent disability specified by § 1-623.07 , even if at the time of death the employee was entitled to the augmented rate specified by § 1-623.10 .
(c) A surviving beneficiary under subsection (a) of this section, except one under sub-subparagraph (v) of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this section, does not have a vested right to payment and must be alive to receive payment.
(d) A beneficiary under subsection (a) of this section, except one under sub-subparagraph (v) of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this section, ceases to be entitled to payment on the happening of an event which would terminate his or her right to compensation for death under § 1-623.33 . When that entitlement ceases, compensation remaining unpaid under subsection (a) of this section is payable to the surviving beneficiary in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-350.10 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-350.10
§ 1-350.10. Consumer protection.
Status: in_force

The Central Collection Unit and any outside parties it engages to collect delinquent debt shall fully comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, approved September 20, 1977 (91 Stat. 874; 15 U.S.C. § 1692   et seq.), Chapter 39 of Title 28 [ § 28-3901 et seq.], and all other federal and District laws and rules that govern collection of delinquent debt.
D.C. Code § 1-604.02a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-604.02a
§ 1-604.02a. Pathway to government employment partnership program.
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Resources shall develop partnerships with schools and organizations, including District of Columbia Public Schools high schools and public charter high schools, adult education schools, and nonprofit organizations that prepare District residents for District high school diplomas or high school equivalency credentials, to foster employment applications from and the hiring of resident District graduates into District government employment. These partnerships may include:
(a) (1) Establishing a human resources recruiting unit or dedicating personnel to recruit current and future resident District graduates to internships, apprenticeships, and full-time employment in the District government;
  (2) A system for students to learn about and apply for District government apprenticeships and employment;
  (3) Paid internships in District government agencies;
  (4) Mentoring by District government employees;
  (5) Career exposure to a variety of District government jobs; and
  (6) Information on entry-level jobs, including how to prepare to be a qualified applicant and how to meet the suitability requirements outlined in Chapter 4 of Title 6-B of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (6-B DCMR § 400 et seq .).
D.C. Code § 1-819.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-819.01
§ 1-819.01. Coordination between Secretary, Trustee, and District Government.
Status: in_force

The Secretary, Trustee, and District Government shall carry out responsibilities under this chapter and under the contract in a manner which promotes the cost-effective and efficient administration of benefit payments under the District Retirement Programs, and in a manner which avoids unnecessary interruptions and delays in paying individuals the full benefits to which they are entitled under such Programs.
D.C. Code § 1-1102.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1102.04
§ 1-1102.04. Statement of organization of political committees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-309.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-309.03
§ 1-309.03. Single-member districts.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council shall, by act, establish single-member districts for each of the neighborhood commission areas in § 1-309.02 . Such districts shall be established in a timely manner following the receipt of alternate plans from the ward task forces on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, established by § 1-1041.01 . Each single-member district shall have a population of approximately 2,000 people, and shall be as nearly equal as possible. The boundaries of the single-member districts shall conform to the greatest extent possible with the boundaries of the census blocks which are established by the United States Bureau of the Census. Each advisory neighborhood commission area shall be located to the greatest extent possible within the boundaries of 1 election ward. An advisory neighborhood commission area may be located within 2 election wards if the location results from the limitations of census geography or if the location promotes a rational public policy, including, but not limited to, respect for the natural geography of the District, neighborhood cohesiveness, or the development of compact and contiguous areas. Upon adoption of the act establishing such districts, the Council shall cause a description of the boundaries of each such district to be published in the District of Columbia Register.
(b) The Council shall, by act after public hearing by the Council’s Committee of the Whole, make such adjustments in the boundaries of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission single-member districts and the Advisory Neighborhood Commission areas as are necessary as a result of population shifts and changes. Such adjustments shall be made in a timely manner following the receipt of alternative plans from the ward task forces on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, established by § 1-1041.01 . Any adjustments made less than 180 days prior to a regularly scheduled election shall not be effective for that election.
D.C. Code § 1-301.05 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.05
§ 1-301.05. Power conferred by §§ 1-301.01 to 1-301.04 as additional.
Status: in_force

The power and authorities conferred by §§ 1-301.01 to 1-301.04 are to be construed as in addition to and not by way of limitation of the powers now vested by law in the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 1-335.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-335.01
§ 1-335.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this part, the term:
(1) “Active Business Operations” means all Business Operations that are not Inactive Business Operations.
(2) “Business Operations” means engaging in commerce in any form in Sudan, including by acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce.
(3) “Company” means any sole proprietorship, for-profit or nonprofit organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity or business association, including all wholly-owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates of such entities or business associations, that exists for for-profit or nonprofit purposes.
(4) “Complicit” means taking actions during any preceding 20-month period which have directly supported or promoted the genocidal campaign in Darfur, including preventing Darfur’s victimized population from communicating with each other, encouraging Sudanese citizens to speak out against an internationally approved security force for Darfur, or actively working to deny, cover up, or alter the record on human rights abuses in Darfur.
(5) “Direct Holdings” in a company means all securities of that company held directly by the Public Fund or in an account or fund in which the Public Fund owns all shares or interests.
(6) “Government of Sudan” means the government in Khartoum, Sudan, which is led by the National Congress Party (formerly known as the National Islamic Front) or any successor government formed on or after October 13, 2006 (including the coalition National Unity Government agreed upon in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan. The term “Government of Sudan” shall not include the regional government of southern Sudan.
(7) “Inactive Business Operations” means the mere continued holding or renewal of rights to property previously operated for the purpose of generating revenues but not presently deployed for such purpose.
(8) “Indirect Holdings” in a company means all securities of that company held in an account or fund, such as a mutual fund, managed by one or more persons not employed by the Public Fund, in which the Public Fund owns shares or interests together with other investors not subject to the provisions of this part.
(9) “Marginalized Populations of Sudan” include the portion of the population in the Darfur region that has been genocidally victimized; the portion of the population of southern Sudan victimized by Sudan’s North-South civil war; the Beja, Rashidiya, and other similarly underserved groups of eastern Sudan; the Nubian and other similarly underserved groups in Sudan’s Abyei, Southern Blue Nile, and Nuba Mountain regions; and the Amri, Hamadab, Manasir, and other similarly underserved groups of northern Sudan.
(10) “Military Equipment” means:
  (A) Weapons, arms, military supplies, and equipment that readily may be used for military purposes, including radar systems or military-grade transport vehicles; or
  (B) Supplies or services sold or provided directly or indirectly to any force actively participating in armed conflict in Sudan.
(11) “Mineral Extraction Activities” include exploring, extracting, processing, transporting, or wholesale selling or trading of elemental minerals or associated metal alloys or oxides (ore), including gold, copper, chromium, chromite, diamonds, iron, iron ore, silver, tungsten, uranium, and zinc, and facilitating such activities, including by providing supplies or services in support of such activities.
(12) (A) “Oil-Related Activities” include:
    (i) Owning rights to oil blocks;
    (ii) Exporting, extracting, producing, refining, processing, exploring for, transporting, selling, or trading of oil;
    (iii) Constructing, maintaining, or operating a pipeline, refinery, or other oil-field infrastructure; and
    (iv) Facilitating such activities, including by providing supplies or services in support of such activities.
  (B) The mere retail sale of gasoline and related consumer products shall not be considered Oil-Related Activities.
(13) “Power Production Activities” means any Business Operations that involve a project commissioned by the National Electricity Corporation of Sudan or other similar Government of Sudan entity whose purpose is to facilitate power generation and delivery, including establishing power-generating plants or hydroelectric dams, selling or installing components for the project, providing service contracts related to the installation or maintenance of the project, and facilitating such activities, including by providing supplies or services in support of such activities.
(14) “Public Fund” means the assets of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, the Board of Trustees in charge of the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
(15) “Scrutinized Company” means a company, other than a Social Development Company which is not complicit in the Darfur genocide, that meets the criteria set forth in any of the following subparagraphs:
  (A) (i) The company has Business Operations that involve contracts with, or provision of supplies or services, to:
      (I) The Government of Sudan;
      (II) Companies in which the Government of Sudan has any direct or indirect equity share;
      (III) Government of Sudan-commissioned consortiums or projects; or
      (IV) Companies involved in Government of Sudan-commissioned consortiums or projects; and
    (ii) (I) (aa) More than 10% of the company’s revenues or assets linked to Sudan involve Oil-Related Activities or Mineral Extraction Activities;
        (bb) Less than 75% of the company’s revenues or assets linked to Sudan involve contracts with, or provision of Oil-Related or Mineral Extracting products or services to, the regional government of southern Sudan or a project or consortium created exclusively by that regional government; and
        (cc) The company has failed to take Substantial Action; or
      (II) (aa) More than 10% of the company’s revenues or assets linked to Sudan involve Power Production Activities;
        (bb) Less than 75% of the company’s Power Production Activities include projects whose intent is to provide power or electricity to the Marginalized Populations of Sudan; and
        (cc) The company has failed to take Substantial Action;
  (B) The company is complicit in the Darfur genocide;
  (C) The company supplies Military Equipment within Sudan, unless it clearly shows that the Military Equipment cannot be used to facilitate offensive military actions in Sudan or the company implements rigorous and verifiable safeguards to prevent use of that equipment by forces actively participating in armed conflict, including, through post-sale tracking of the equipment by the company, certification from a reputable and objective third party that the equipment is not being used by a party participating in armed conflict in Sudan, or sale of the equipment solely to the regional government of southern Sudan or any internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization.
(16) “Scrutinized Companies List” means a list of Scrutinized Companies compiled in accordance with § 1-335.02 .
(17) “Social Development Company” means a company whose primary purpose in Sudan is to provide humanitarian goods or services, including medicine or medical equipment, agricultural supplies or infrastructure, educational opportunities, journalism-related activities, information or information materials, spiritual-related activities, services of a purely clerical or reporting nature, food, clothing, or general consumer goods that are unrelated to Oil-Related Activities, Mineral Extraction Activities, or Power Production Activities.
(18) “Substantial Action” means:
  (A) Adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease Business Operations within one year and to refrain from any new Business Operations;
  (B) Undertaking significant humanitarian efforts on behalf of one or more Marginalized Populations of Sudan; or
  (C) Through engagement with the Government of Sudan, materially improving conditions for the genocidally victimized population in Darfur.
D.C. Code § 1-721 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / § 1-721
§ 1-721. Limitation on investment of Retirement Funds.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the assets of the Funds may not be invested in the following:
  (1) Interest-bearing bonds, notes, bills, or certificates of indebtedness of the government of the District of Columbia, the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the government of the State of Maryland, or the government of any political subdivision thereof, or of any entity subject to control by any such government or any combination of any such governments;
  (2) Obligations fully guaranteed as to the payment of both principal and interest by the government of the District of Columbia, the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the government of the State of Maryland, or the government of any political subdivision thereof, or of any entity subject to control by any such government or any combination of any such governments;
  (3) Real property in the District of Columbia, Virginia, or Maryland;
  (4) Loans, mortgages, bonds, notes, bills, or certificates of indebtedness secured, in whole or in part, by real property in the District of Columbia, Virginia, or Maryland;
  (5) Repealed.
(b) Until such time as the members of the Board are first selected and the Board certifies pursuant to § 1-711(h) that it is assuming responsibility for the Funds established by this chapter, the assets of such Funds may only be invested in the following:
  (1) Interest-bearing bonds, notes, bills, or certificates of indebtedness of the United States government, or obligations fully guaranteed as the payment of both principal and interest by the United States government; and
  (2) Interest-bearing certificates of deposit issued by national, state, or District of Columbia savings and loan institutions.
(c) (1) Any assets of the Funds invested after March 16, 1993, in stocks, securities, or other obligations of any institution or company doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with agencies or instrumentalities of Northern Ireland shall be invested to reflect advances to eliminate discrimination made by these institutions and companies pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.
  (2) The Mayor shall consider the following criteria, referred to as the MacBride Principles, to determine the advances to eliminate discrimination made by companies and institutions doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with agencies or instrumentalities of Northern Ireland:
    (A) Increasing the representation of individuals from under represented religious groups in the work force, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs;
    (B) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work;
    (C) Banning provocative religious or political emblems from the workplace;
    (D) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups;
    (E) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groups;
    (F) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria that discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin;
    (G) Developing training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees;
    (H) Establishing procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancement; and
    (I) Appointing senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of timetables to carry out affirmative action principles.
  (3) (A) On or before the 1st day of October of each year, the Mayor shall determine the existence of affirmative action taken by all institutions and companies doing business in or with Northern Ireland, in which Funds are or will be invested, in adhering to the MacBride Principles as enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection and provide an annual report of his or her findings for presentation to the Council, which report shall be made available for public inspection.
    (B) In making the determination pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Mayor may rely on reference sources, such as the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), in making a determination with respect to the affirmation action taken by the institutions and companies.
(d) The limitations on investments under subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any of the following investments; provided, that the Board has no discretionary authority for investment decisions in specific geographical regions or political subdivisions, and further provided, that not more than 25% of the interests in pooled or commingled real estate investment vehicles is held by the Fund in:
  (1) Pooled or commingled real estate investment vehicles;
  (2) Publicly-traded real estate investment trusts and real estate operating companies; or
  (3) Pooled or commingled real estate investment vehicles holding pass-through securities that contain mortgages, loans, bonds, notes and other similar instruments issued by private institutions, and that are guaranteed by the federal government or any of its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.30 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.30
§ 1-1163.30. Designation of legal defense depositories.
Status: in_force

Each legal defense committee accepting contributions or making expenditures shall designate in the statement of organization required under § 1-1163.28 , one or more banks located in the District of Columbia as the legal defense depository or depositories of that legal defense committee. Each committee shall maintain a checking account or accounts at the depository or depositories and shall deposit any contributions received by the committee into that account or accounts. No expenditures may be made by a committee except by check drawn payable to the person to whom the expenditure is being made on that account.
D.C. Code § 1-131 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-131
§ 1-131. Application of honoraria limitations.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1-135 , the honoraria limitations imposed by part H of subchapter I of Chapter 11 of this title [repealed; see now § 1-1162.26 ] shall apply to a Senator or Representative elected pursuant to § 1-123(d)(1) , only if the salary of the Senator or Representative is supported by public revenues.
D.C. Code § 1-623.23 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.23
§ 1-623.23. Physical examinations.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee shall submit to examination by a medical officer of the District of Columbia government, or by a physician designated or approved by the Mayor, after the injury and as frequently and at the times and places as may be reasonably required. The employee may have a physician designated and paid by him or her present to participate in the examination.
(a-1) Each person who provides medical care or service under this subchapter shall utilize a standard coding system for reports and bills pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Mayor.
(a-2) Any medical care or service furnished or scheduled to be furnished under this subchapter shall be subject to utilization review. Utilization review may be accomplished prospectively, concurrently, or retrospectively. A decision on the medical care or service to the employee shall be made by the utilization review organization or individual within 60 days after the utilization review is requested. If the utilization review is not completed within 120 days of the request, the care or service under review shall be deemed approved. If the Mayor denies medical care or service because the medical care provider or claimant has not provided enough information for the utilization review process, the provider or claimant may request approval for the medical care or service again by providing new information.
  (1) In order to determine the necessity, character, or sufficiency of any medical care or service furnished or scheduled to be furnished under this subchapter and to allow for the performance of competent utilization review, a utilization review organization or individual used pursuant to this chapter shall be certified by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission.
  (2) When it appears that the necessity, character, or sufficiency of medical care or service to an employee is improper or that medical care or service scheduled to be furnished must be clarified, the Mayor, employee, or District of Columbia government may initiate review by a utilization review organization or individual.
  (3) If the medical care provider or employee disagrees with the opinion of the utilization review organization or individual, the medical care provider, or employee shall have the right to request reconsideration of the opinion by the utilization review organization or individual 60 calendar days from receipt of the utilization review report. The request for reconsideration shall be written and contain reasonable medical justification for the reconsideration.
  (4) Disputes between a medical care provider, employee, or District of Columbia government on the issue of necessity, character, or sufficiency of the medical care or service furnished, or scheduled to be furnished, or the fees charged by the medical care provider shall be resolved by the Mayor upon application for a hearing by the District of Columbia government, employee, or medical provider. The decision of the Mayor may be reviewed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The decision may be affirmed, modified, revised, or remanded in the discretion of the court. The decision shall be affirmed if supported by substantial competent evidence on the record.
  (5) The District of Columbia government shall pay the cost of a utilization review if the employee seeks the review and is the prevailing party.
(a-3) Medical care providers shall not hold employees liable for services rendered in connection with a compensable injury under this subchapter.
(b) An employee is entitled to be paid expenses incident to an examination required by the Mayor which, in the opinion of the Mayor, are necessary and reasonable, including transportation and loss of wages incurred in order to be examined. The expenses, when authorized or approved by the Mayor, are paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
(c) The Mayor shall fix the fees for examinations under this section by physicians not employed by or under contract to the District of Columbia government to furnish medical services to employees. The fees, when authorized or approved by the Mayor, are paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
(d) If an employee refuses to submit to or obstructs an examination, his or her right to compensation under this subchapter is suspended until the refusal or obstruction stops. Compensation is not payable while a refusal or obstruction continues, and the period of the refusal or obstruction is deducted from the period for which compensation is payable to the employee.
D.C. Code § 1-623.33 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.33
§ 1-623.33. Compensation in case of death.
Status: in_force

(a) If death results from an injury sustained in the performance of duty, the District of Columbia government shall pay a monthly compensation equal to a percentage of the monthly pay of the deceased employee in accordance with the following schedule:
  (1) To the surviving spouse or domestic partner, if there is no child, 50 percent;
  (2) To the surviving spouse or domestic partner, if there is a child, 45 percent and in addition 15 percent for each child not to exceed a total of 75 percent for the surviving spouse or domestic partner and children;
  (3) To the children, if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, 40 percent for 1 child and 15 percent additional for each additional child not to exceed a total of 75 percent, divided among the children, share and share alike;
  (4) To the parents, if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, or child, as follows:
    (A) Twenty percent, if 1 parent was wholly dependent on the employee at the time of death and the other was not dependent to any extent;
    (B) Twenty percent to each, if both were wholly dependent; or
    (C) A proportionate amount in the discretion of the Mayor if one or both were partly dependent. If there is a surviving spouse or domestic partner, or child, so much of the percentages are payable as, when added to the total percentages payable to the surviving spouse or domestic partner, and children, will not exceed a total of 75 percent;
  (5) (A) To the brothers, sisters, grandparents, and grandchildren, if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, child, or dependent parent, as follows:
      (i) Twenty percent, if one was wholly dependent on the employee at the time of death;
      (ii) Thirty percent, if more than one were wholly dependent, divided among the dependents, share and share alike; or
      (iii) Ten percent, if no one is wholly dependent but one or more is partly dependent, divided among the dependents, share and share alike; or
    (B) If there is a surviving spouse or domestic partner, child, or dependent parent, so much of the percentages are payable as, when added to the total percentages payable to the surviving spouse or domestic partner, children, and dependent parents, will not exceed a total of 75 percent.
(b) (1) The compensation payable under subsection (a) of this section is paid from the time of death until:
    (A) A surviving spouse or domestic partner dies, remarries, or enters into a domestic partnership;
    (B) A child, brother, sister, or grandchild dies, marries or enters into a domestic partnership, or becomes 18 years of age or, if over age 18 and incapable of self-support, becomes capable of self-support; or
    (C) A parent or grandparent dies, marries or enters into a domestic partnership, or ceases to be dependent.
  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, compensation payable to or for a child, a brother or sister, or grandchild that would otherwise end because the child, brother or sister, or grandchild has reached 18 years of age shall continue if he or she is a student as defined by § 1-623.01 at the time he or she reaches 18 years of age for so long as he or she continues to be such a student or until he or she marries. A surviving spouse or domestic partner who is entitled to benefits under this subchapter derived from more than one husband or wife shall elect one entitlement to be utilized.
(c) On the cessation of compensation under this section to or on the account of an individual, the compensation of the remaining individuals, entitled to compensation or the unexpired part of the period during which their compensation is payable is that which they would have received if they had been the only individuals entitled to compensation at the time of the death of the employee.
(d) When there are 2 or more classes of individuals entitled to compensation under this section and the apportionment of compensation under this section would result in injustice, the Mayor may modify the apportionment to meet the requirements of the case.
(e) In computing compensation under this section, the monthly pay is deemed not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-2 as provided in § 5332 of Title 5 of the United States Code or its equivalent as provided in subchapter XI of this chapter . The total monthly compensation may not exceed:
  (1) The monthly pay computed under § 1-623.14 , except for increases authorized by § 1-623.41 ; or
  (2) Seventy-five percent of the maximum monthly rate of basic pay for GS-15 as provided in § 5332 of Title 5 of the United States Code or its equivalent as provided in subchapter XI of this chapter for employees hired before January 1, 1980, or for employees who have a claim for compensation for disability pending on December 29, 1994, or 73% of the maximum monthly rate of basic pay for DS-12, Step 10 for employees hired after December 31, 1979, who make a claim for compensation for disability after December 29, 1994.
(f) Notwithstanding any funeral and burial expenses paid under § 1-623.34 , there shall be paid a sum of $200 to the personal representative of a deceased employee within the meaning of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of § 1-623.01 for reimbursement of the costs of termination of the decedent’s status as an employee of the District of Columbia government.
D.C. Code § 1-1506.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / § 1-1506.04
§ 1-1506.04. Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983.
Status: in_force

(Effective March 1, 1984)
Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on December 1, 1983, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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 Public Works (hereinafter Department). The Director shall have full authority over the Department and all functions and personnel assigned thereto, including the power to redelegate to other employees and officials of the Department such powers and authority as in the Director's judgment are warranted in the interest of efficiency and sound administration.
II. Purpose The mission of the Department of Public Works is to plan, provide and maintain the District's physical infrastructure. For purposes of this reorganization plan, the "District's physical infrastructure" shall mean those public physical structures, facilities and services which involve District Government functions essential to the quality of the District of Columbia's environment and transportation system and for which capital monies have been or will be expended.
III. Functions The functions to be assigned to the major organizational components of the Department shall be:
A. To develop policies and programs relating to mass transit including supporting the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (hereinafter WMATA) Board members, acting as liaison between WMATA and the District Government, administering the school transit subsidy and evaluating transit service and policy.
B. To develop policies and plans necessary to carry out the Department's mission including policy development, planning, capital programming, site acquisition, zoning review and regional liaison.
C. To ensure an adequate automated information support system to the Department's operations including systems operation; systems development; systems analysis; information equipment for telecommunications, word processing and copiers; and records management.
D. To provide basic support services for the functions required to be performed by the Department including personnel; materiel management involving procurement of general supplies and services (to the extent authorized by the Mayor), inventory, warehousing, supply and fuel distribution; and management/operations analysis.
E. To manage the finances of the Department in the areas of budget, finance, accounting, audit and control, payroll, and financial analysis.
F. To plan and provide for the maintenance of the public space in a safe, clean and healthful condition, including the maintenance and inspection of the public right-of-way and trees, coordination of the District's snow program and the ensurance of the proper and sanitary collection and disposal of refuse in an environmentally sound manner.
G. To ensure the provision, repair and maintenance of all District of Columbia non-emergency vehicles, including the control over the acquisition and inventory of same.
H. To plan, program, operate, manage, control and maintain public transportation facilities, systems and related programs to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and goods in the District including traffic management; parking management and enforcement; vehicle and driver licensing, registration and control.
I. To the extent authorized by the Mayor, plan, manage, and contract for the design, engineering and construction of the District's infrastructure including its solid waste, water and sewer facilities, streets, bridges, and buildings.
J. To operate and maintain District facilities in proper condition through the application of standards, the control of building systems and the provision of repair and improvement services. Concurrent authority for building repairs and improvement functions is included in Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1983 permitting a future transfer of all such functions and related resources and funds to the Department of Administrative Services.
K. To provide complete water and sewer utility systems including the provision of an adequate and potable water supply; water distribution, measurement and billing; the collection and treatment of sewage; and the construction and maintenance of all related facilities on a cost recovery basis.
L. To identify financial resources to be applied to public works programs, both operating and capital, and develop a plan for allocating the resources among public works programs.
IV. Transfer of Functions A. All of the functions of the Department of Transportation as set forth in Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975, dated July 25, 1975, shall be transferred to the Department, with the exception of the provision of the shuttle bus service established by Commissioner's Order No. 72-11, dated January 13, 1972, which shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the operational date established by the Department of Administrative Services Reorganization Plan approved by the Council.
B. The functions of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs related to the License Inspection Branch of the Business Inspection Division of the Business Regulation Administration as identified in Solid Waste Disposal Regulations 71-21, section 8-3:607 and 8-3:610, established pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, dated March 31, 1983, shall be transferred to the Department.
C. The functions of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs related to the Vector Control Branch and Neighborhood Improvement Branch of the Environmental Control Division, established pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, dated March 31, 1983, shall be transferred to the Department.
D. The functions of the Department of General Services related to the Bureau of Design and Engineering, Bureau of Construction Management, Bureau of Repairs and Improvements, the building engineer and mechanics' functions of the Bureau of Building Management and those capital functions of the Office of Programming, Management and Budget, established pursuant to Organization Order No. 69-96, dated March 7, 1969, shall be transferred to the Department. All other functions of the Department of General Services, established pursuant to Organization Order No. 69-96, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the operational date established by the approved reorganization plan for that Department.
E. The functions of the Department of Environmental Services as set forth in Commissioner's Order No. 71-255, dated July 27, 1971, shall be transferred to the Department, with the exception of the Office of Environmental Standards and Quality Assurance which shall be transferred to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs on the effective date of this Reorganization Plan.
V. Delegation and Redelegation of Authority Except as provided in Section IV of this Plan, the Director of the Department of Public Works is the successor to all authority delegated to the Director of the Department of Transportation, Director of the Department of Environmental Services, and the Director of the Department of General Services, and is authorized to act, either personally or through a designated representative, as a member of any committees, commissions, boards, or other bodies which presently include as a member the Director of the Department of Transportation, the Director of the Department of Environmental Services, or the Director of the Department of General Services.
VI. Other Transfers All positions, personnel, property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available relating to the functions set forth under Section IV above (other than those resources and funds to be transferred to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and the Department of Administrative Services) are hereby transferred to the Director of the Department of Public Works.
VII. Reorganization The Director of the Department of Public Works, in the performance of his or her duties and functions, is authorized to establish such organizational components within the Department with such specified functions as he or she deems appropriate.
VIII. Rescission A. All orders and parts of orders in conflict with any of the provisions of this plan are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed, except that any municipal regulations adopted or promulgated by virtue of the authority granted by such orders, shall remain in force until properly revised, amended or rescinded.
B. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Services are abolished as of the effective date established for this plan pursuant to Section IX below. The positions of Director, Department of Transportation and Director, Department of Environmental Services, are also abolished on the same date.
IX. Effective Date The provisions of this plan shall become effective pursuant to the promulgation of an executive order of the Mayor establishing the same no later than thirty (30) calendar days after this plan has been approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 422(12) of Public Law 93-198.
D.C. Code § 1-325.153 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.153
§ 1-325.153. Expenditures from Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Funding for an approved capital project may be provided through redirection in an approved budget and financial plan or through a reprogramming, pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 47 .
(b) Within 30 days of a request by the Mayor to reprogram the money in the Fund to an approved capital project, the Chief Financial Officer shall certify that the funds are available and the expenditure to support the project is in compliance with this part.
D.C. Code § 1-623.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.04
§ 1-623.04. Vocational rehabilitation.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall direct an individual with a permanent or temporary disability whose disability is compensable under this subchapter to undergo vocational rehabilitation. The Mayor shall provide for furnishing the vocational rehabilitation services. In providing for these services, the Mayor, insofar as practicable, shall use the services or facilities of the District of Columbia government. The cost of providing these services to individuals undergoing vocational rehabilitation under this section shall be paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
(b) Notwithstanding § 1-623.06 , individuals directed to undergo vocational rehabilitation by the Mayor, while undergoing such rehabilitation, shall receive compensation at the rate provided in §§ 1-623.05 and 1-623.10 , less the amount of any earnings received from remunerative employment other than employment undertaken pursuant to such rehabilitation.
(c) The initial vocational rehabilitation services provided pursuant to this section shall be for a period not to exceed 90 days after the claimant reaches maximum medical improvement and vocational rehabilitation is initiated.
(d) After the initial 90-day period has expired, the vocational rehabilitation services may be extended, at the discretion of the Mayor, for good cause shown, for incremental periods of 90 days, not to exceed one year from the initiation of the initial vocational rehabilitation plan.
D.C. Code § 1-307.69 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.69
§ 1-307.69. Emergency withdrawal.
Status: in_force

(a) An account holder may make an emergency withdrawal of his or her opportunity account funds in accordance with this section.
(b) An account holder may make an emergency withdrawal for:
  (1) Paying the costs of medical care or the expenses necessary to obtain medical care for the account holder or a spouse, domestic partner, father, mother, child, or dependent of the account holder;
  (2) Making a payment necessary to prevent the eviction of the account holder from the primary residence of the account holder or to prevent foreclosure on a mortgage for the primary residence of the account holder;
  (3) Making payments necessary to enable the account holder to meet necessary living expenses following loss of employment; and
  (4) Making health insurance premium payments in the event of a sudden, unexpected loss of income.
(c) Repealed.
(c-1) If an account holder makes an emergency withdrawal for the purposes set forth at subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section, the account holder shall withdraw only funds deposited by the account holder and shall not withdraw matching funds.
(c-2) If an account holder makes an emergency withdrawal for the purposes set forth at subsection (b)(1) of this section, the account holder shall withdraw only funds deposited by the account holder and shall not withdraw matching funds, unless the withdrawal is for a medical emergency.
(c-3) If an account holder makes an emergency withdrawal for the purposes set forth at subsection (b)(4) of this section, the account holder may withdraw funds deposited by the account holder and matching funds.
(d) An emergency withdrawal shall not be made unless authorized by an administering organization on a case-by-case basis.
(e) An account holder shall not be required to repay funds withdrawn from the opportunity account for an emergency withdrawal but shall resume making deposits into the opportunity account no later than 90 days after the emergency withdrawal. If the account holder fails to make a deposit no later than 90 days after the emergency withdrawal:
  (1) The account holder shall lose his or her matching funds and the matching funds shall be returned to the District of Columbia and administering organization in the same amounts as the matching funds were provided;
  (2) The account holder shall be removed from the opportunity account program; and
  (3) All funds deposited by the account holder into the opportunity account shall be returned to the account holder.
D.C. Code § 1-301.89b — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.89b
§ 1-301.89b. Attorney General notification on enforcement of laws.
Status: in_force

(a) An independent agency shall notify the Attorney General of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which the independent agency is a named party when the judicial or administrative proceeding includes a challenge to:
  (1) The legality of a District or federal statute or regulation;
  (2) The constitutionality of a final agency decision or any action taken by the independent agency; or
  (3) The statutory authority of the independent agency to act.
(b) An independent agency shall notify the Attorney General before commencing, or filing a pleading seeking leave to participate as a party or amicus curiae in, a judicial or administrative proceeding that includes a challenge as described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) An independent agency shall provide notice as required by this section as early as practicable, but in no event later than:
  (1) Seven business days after receiving notice of the judicial or administrative proceeding; or
  (2) If a challenge or potential challenge requiring notice under subsection (b) of this section arises during the course of a judicial or administrative proceeding, 3 business days after becoming aware of the challenge or potential challenge.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "independent agency" means any office, department, division, board, commission, or instrumentality of the District of Columbia government with respect to which the Mayor and the Council are not authorized by law to establish administrative procedures, and that is not represented by the Attorney General in a judicial or administrative proceeding in which the office, department, division, board, commission or instrumentality is participating as a named party or amicus curiae .  The term "independent agency" does not include the Council, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
D.C. Code § 1-555.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / § 1-555.03
§ 1-555.03. Maintenance of Fiscal Year 2020 salary schedules and benefits.
Status: repealed

*NOTE: This section was repealed by temporary legislation that will expire on June 16, 2022. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Permanent Version .*
Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-301.44a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.44a
§ 1-301.44a. Independence of legislative branch information technology.
Status: in_force

(a) No person, including an employee or contractor of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, or individual employed by or acting on behalf of an official of the Executive branch of the District of Columbia government, shall monitor, access, review, intercept, obtain, use, or disclose to any person or entity a record or electronic communication of a legislative branch agency without the prior express written consent of the Chairman of the Council or the District of Columbia Auditor for their electronic communications.
(b) For the purposes of this section and § 1-301.44b the term:
  (1) “Electronic communication” means any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, voice, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system, including electronic mail, telecommunications, and wireless or wired network communications.
  (2) “Legislative branch agency” means the Council of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Auditor.
(c) Persons violating this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both; provided, that this section shall not apply to the contents of any communication that has been disclosed publicly by the legislative branch agency.
D.C. Code § 1-1001.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1001.02
§ 1-1001.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The term “District” means the District of Columbia.
(2) The term “qualified elector” means a person who:
  (A) Is at least 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on or before the next general election;
  (B) Is a citizen of the United States; except, that this subparagraph shall not apply in a local election;
  (C) Has maintained a residence in the District for at least 30 days preceding the next election and does not claim voting residence or right to vote in any state, territory, or country; and
  (D) Repealed.
  (E) Has not been found by a court of law to be legally incompetent to vote.
(3) The term “Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Elections provided for by § 1-1001.03 .
(4) The term “ward” means an election ward established by the Council.
(5) The term “State Board of Education” means the State Board of Education established by § 38-2651 .
(6) The term “Delegate” means the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
(7) The term “felony” includes any crime committed in the District of Columbia referred to in §§ 1-1001.14 , 1-1162.32 , and 1-1163.35 .
(8) The term “Council” or “Council of the District of Columbia” means the Council of the District of Columbia established pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act [ § 1-201.01 et seq.].
(9) The term “Mayor” means the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia established pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act [ § 1-202.01 et seq.].
(9A) The term “Attorney General” or “Attorney General for the District of Columbia” means the Attorney General for the District of Columbia provided for by part D-i of subchapter I of Chapter 3 [ § 1-301.81 et seq.] and § 1-204.35 .
(10) The term “initiative” means the process by which the electors of the District of Columbia may propose laws (except laws appropriating funds) and present such proposed laws directly to the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia for their approval or disapproval.
(11) The term “referendum” means the process by which the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia may suspend acts, or some part or parts of acts, of the Council of the District of Columbia (except emergency acts, acts levying taxes, or acts appropriating funds for the general operating budget) until such acts or part or parts of acts have been presented to the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia for their approval or rejection.
(12) The term “recall” means the process by which the registered 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 the elected official's term.
(13) The term “elected official” means the Mayor, the Chairman and members of the Council, the Attorney General, members of the State Board of Education, the Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia, United States Senator and Representative, and advisory neighborhood commissioners of the District of Columbia.
(14) The term “printed” shall include any document produced by letterpress, offset press, photo reproduction, multilith, or other mass reproduction means.
(15) The term “proposer” means one or more of the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia, including any entity, the primary purpose of which is the success or defeat of a political party or principle, or any question submitted to vote at a public election by means of an initiative, referendum or recall as authorized in amendments numbered 1 and 2 to Title IV of the Home Rule Act (§§ 1-204.101 to 1-204.115 ). Such entities shall be treated as a political committee as defined in § 1-1161.01(44) for purposes of this subchapter.
(16) (A) The term “residence,” for purposes of voting, means the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. Principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which the person’s habitation is fixed and to which a person, whenever a person is absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence therefrom, regardless of the duration of the absence.
  (B) In determining what is a principal or primary place of abode of a person the following circumstances relating to the person may be taken into account:
    (i) Business pursuits;
    (ii) Employment;
    (iii) Income sources;
    (iv) Residence for income or other tax purposes;
    (v) Residence of parents, spouse, and children;
    (vi) Leaseholds;
    (vii) Situs of personal and real property; and
    (viii) Motor vehicle registration.
  (C) A qualified elector who has left the qualified elector's home and gone into another state or territory for a temporary purpose only shall not be considered to have lost the qualified elector's residence in the District.
  (D) If a qualified elector moves to another state or territory with the intention of making it the qualified elector's home, the qualified elector shall notify the Board, in writing, and shall be considered to have lost residence in the District.
  (E) No person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of absence while employed in the service of the District or the United States governments, while a student at any institution of learning, while kept at any institution at public expense, or while absent from the District with the intent to have the District remain the person's residence. If a person is absent from the District, but intends to maintain residence in the District for voting purposes, the person shall not register to vote in any other state or territory during his or her absence.
(17) The term “voter registration agency” means an office designated under § 1-1001.07(d)(1) and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to perform voter registration activities.
(18) The term “application distribution agency” means an agency designated under § 1-1001.07(d)(14) in whose office or offices mail voter registration applications are made available for general distribution to the public.
(19) The term “duly registered voter” means a registered voter who resides at the address listed on the Board’s records.
(20) The term “registered qualified elector” means a registered voter who resides at the address listed on the Board’s records.
(21) The term “qualified registered elector” means a registered voter who resides at the address listed on the Board’s records.
(22) The term “voting system” means:
  (A) The combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment, including the software, firmware, and documentation required to program, control, and support the equipment used to:
    (i) Define ballots;
    (ii) Cast and count votes;
    (iii) Report or display elections results; and
    (iv) Maintain and produce a permanent record; and
  (B) The practices and documentation used to:
    (i) Identify system components and versions of components;
    (ii) Test the system during its development and maintenance;
    (iii) Maintain records of system errors and defects;
    (iv) Determine necessary system changes after the initial qualification of the system; and
    (v) Provide voters with notices, instructions, forms, paper ballots, or other materials.
(23) The term “Help America Vote Act of 2002” means the Help America Vote Act of 2002, approved October 29, 2002 (116 Stat. 1666; 42 U.S.C. § 15301 et seq.).
(24) The term “gender identity or expression” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-1401.02(12A) .
(25) The term "election observers” means persons who witness the administration of elections, including individuals representing nonpartisan domestic and international organizations, including voting rights organizations, civil rights organizations, and civic organizations.
(26) The term "qualified petition circulator" means a person who is at least 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on or before the next general election and either:
  (A) A District resident; or
  (B) A resident of another jurisdiction who has registered with the Board as a petition circulator and consented to being subject to the subpoena power of the Board and the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the enforcement of subpoenas without respect to the individual’s place of residence.
(27) The term "digital voter service system" means a website or mobile application that allows an individual to do the following:
  (A) Apply to become a registered voter;
  (B) Change the individual's name, address, or party affiliation in the individual's existing voter registration record; and
  (C) Request a mail-in ballot.
(28) The term "DMV" means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(29) The term "mobile application" means specialized software, designed for a mobile device, in which electronic signatures are collected on an electronic petition.
(30) The term "mobile device" means a handheld, portable, wireless computing device, including a tablet computer or mobile phone.
(31) The term "polling place" shall have the same meaning as the term "Vote Center".
(32) The term "DOC" means the Department of Corrections.
(33) The term "automatic voter registration agency" means an agency designated under § 1-1001.07(c)(1) to automatically register qualified electors to vote.
(34) The term "local election" means:
  (A) An election for:
    (i) Mayor;
    (ii) Chairman or member of the Council;
    (iii) Attorney General;
    (iv) Member of the State Board of Education; or
    (v) Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner; or
  (B) An initiative, referendum, recall, or charter amendment measure on a District ballot.
(35) The term "ballot drop box" means a secured container in which a registered qualified elector may deposit a completed ballot.
(36) The term "mail-in ballot" means:
  (A) A physical ballot received by a registered qualified elector via mail; or
  (B) An alternate format ballot, such as a web-based ballot, that is accessible to registered qualified electors with disabilities and absent uniformed services and overseas voters.
(37) The term "Vote Center" means a centralized polling place at which registered qualified electors may vote, regardless of their address within the District; except, that only registered qualified electors in the care and custody of the Department of Corrections may vote at Vote Centers located in Department of Corrections facilities.
(38) "Active candidate" means a candidate who has not been defeated or elected and has not withdrawn their candidacy prior to election day pursuant to applicable law.
(39) "Highest-ranked active candidate" means the active candidate assigned a higher ranking than any other active candidates.
(40) "Inactive ballot" means a ballot on which no active candidate is ranked, contains an overvote at the highest ranking of active candidates, or contains 2 or more sequential skipped rankings before its highest-ranked active candidate.
(41) "Overvote" means an instance in which a voter has ranked more than one candidate at the same ranking.
(42) "Ranked choice voting" means a method of casting and tabulating votes whereby the voters rank candidates according to the order of their choice, and vote counting proceeds in rounds in which candidates are eliminated or elected.
(43) "Rank" means to assign a number to each candidate for an office corresponding to the voter's preference for that candidate relative to the other active candidates for that office, with the number "1" denoting the highest preference, followed by "2" and then "3" and then "4" and then "5."
(44) "Ranking" means the number assigned by a voter to a candidate to express the voter's choice for that candidate, with the number "1" denoting the highest ranking, followed by "2" and then "3" and then "4" and then "5".
(45) "Round" means an instance of the sequence of voting tabulation beginning with § 1-1001.08a(d) for any single-winner contest, § 1-1001.08a(e) for any general election for members of the Council at-large, and § 1-1001.08a(f) for any applicable presidential preference primary election.
(46) "Skipped ranking" means an instance of a voter leaving a ranking unassigned and ranking a candidate at a subsequent ranking.
(47) "Threshold for receiving delegates" means the percentage of votes necessary for a candidate to receive delegates in a presidential preference primary election conducted under § 1-1001.08a(f) .
(48) "Undervote" means a ballot that does not contain any candidates at any ranking in a particular contest.
D.C. Code § 1-309.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-309.08
§ 1-309.08. Boundary changes.
Status: in_force

(a) Petitions for changes in the boundaries of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission area or single-member district within any such area may be filed with the Council of the District of Columbia during the month of January of the year in which elections for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are to be held. Such petitions must be signed by at least 5 percent of the registered qualified electors of such Advisory Neighborhood Commission area.
(b) Upon certification by the Board to the Chairman of the Council that 5 percent of the registered qualified electors of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission have signed such a petition, the Council shall, after public hearing, accept or reject such petition.
(c) The Council shall accept or reject such a petition within 3 months after its receipt.
D.C. Code § 1-610.73 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-610.73
§ 1-610.73. Treatment of lateral law enforcement officers as police hired after September 30, 1987.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 1-610.74 a lateral law enforcement officer hired pursuant to § 1-610.72 shall be covered by the provisions of this chapter applicable to members of the Metropolitan Police Department hired after September 30, 1987.
D.C. Code § 1-331.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-331.04
§ 1-331.04. Mayor’s Official Residence Commission — composition; compensation; quorum.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall be composed of 9 voting members. Four public citizen members including the chairperson of the Commission shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council, 3 public citizen members shall be appointed by the Mayor, and 2 ex officio members shall be the District’s Chief Property Management Officer and Director of the Office of Planning who each may designate from time to time a staff representative to perform the ex officio member’s responsibilities. A majority of the members shall be required to be District residents. All appointments shall be made within 15 days of the October 21, 2000. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which its initial appointment was made.
(b) Each public citizen member of the Commission shall serve without compensation and shall not be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the Commission’s duties.
(c) The chairperson of the Commission, or the chairperson’s designated representative who shall be a member of the Commission, shall convene all meetings of the Commission. The chairperson shall convene the first meeting of the Commission not later than 15 days after all appointments have been made. The Commission shall meet not less often than once a month.
(d) A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted, but meetings and votes by teleconference or other electronic means shall be permitted. A written summary shall be prepared of all meetings at which a vote is taken, which shall be made available to the public upon request.
(e) The Commission may request from any department, agency, or instrumentality of the District government, including independent agencies and receiverships, any information necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. Each department, agency, instrumentality, independent agency, or receivership shall cooperate with the Commission and provide any information, in a timely manner, that the Commission requests to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
(f) The Mayor shall provide administrative and technical support, office space, staff, supplies, and other resources needed by the Commission to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
(g) The Commission may solicit, receive, accept, and expend contributions or grants from private or federal sources to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. Any Commission solicitation, receipt, acceptance, or expenditure of contributions or grants from private sources shall not be subject to appropriation. The Commission shall keep a record, available to the public for inspection, of all private contributions or grants and any substantial nongovernment in-kind contributions received. The record shall include the full name, address, and occupation or type of business of each donor.
(h) The Commission may enter into contracts, for which sufficient appropriations or other public or private funding is available and provided, with federal or state agencies, private firms, institutions, or individuals to conduct research or surveys, prepare appraisals or reports, or perform other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties.
(i) The Commission may establish such advisory groups, committees, or subcommittees, consisting of members or nonmembers, as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(j) No District laws, rules, or orders governing administrative procedures, conflict of interest, financial disclosure, employment, or procurement shall apply to the Commission in its expenditure of non-local funds, except as provided in this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 1-204.44 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.44
§ 1-204.44. Multiyear capital improvements plan.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall prepare and include in the annual budget a multiyear capital improvements plan for all agencies of the District which shall be based upon the approved current fiscal year budget and shall include:
(1) The status, estimated period of usefulness, and total cost of each capital project on a full funding basis for which any appropriation is requested or any expenditure will be made in the forthcoming fiscal year and at least 4 fiscal years thereafter, including an explanation of change in total cost in excess of 5% for any capital project included in the plan of the previous fiscal year;
(2) An analysis of the plan, including its relationship to other programs, proposals, or elements developed by the Mayor as the central planning agency for the District pursuant to § 1-204.23 ;
(3) Identification of the years and amounts in which bonds would have to be issued, loans made, and costs actually incurred on each capital project identified; and
(4) Appropriate maps or other graphics.
D.C. Code § 1-303.05 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-303.05
§ 1-303.05. Additional penalties for violation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to prescribe reasonable penalties of a fine not to exceed $300 or imprisonment not to exceed 10 days, in lieu of or in addition to any fine, or to prescribe civil fines or other civil sanctions for the violation of any building regulation promulgated under authority of § 1-303.04 , and any regulation promulgated under authority of § 1-303.01 , and any regulation promulgated under authority of § 1-303.03 .
D.C. Code § 1-307.87 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.87
§ 1-307.87. Plan of operation for the Agency.
Status: in_force

(a) The captive manager shall submit to the Risk Officer a plan of operation for the Agency that has been approved by the Commissioner and any amendments to the plan necessary or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable, and equitable administration of the Agency.
(b) The plan of operation shall:
  (1) Become effective upon approval in writing by the Commissioner and the Risk Officer;
  (2) Establish procedures for the operation of the Agency;
  (3) Establish procedures for health centers to qualify to purchase medical malpractice insurance from the Agency;
  (4) Establish procedures for offering gap coverage for the District’s Federally Qualified Health Centers;
  (4A) Repealed.
  (5) Establish procedures, under the management of the Risk Officer, for the payment of administrative expenses;
  (6) Establish procedures for adjustment and payment of claims made under the policies issued by the Agency, including procedures for administrative review and resolution of disputes arising over such claims;
  (7) Establish procedures for tail coverage to health centers purchasing medical malpractice liability coverage through the Agency;
  (8) Develop standards for the level of subsidies that shall be provided to health centers to offset premiums due to the Agency;
  (9) Establish rules, conditions, and procedures for facilitating the reinsurance of risks of participating health centers;
  (10) Establish risk management standards to which the health centers shall adhere and auditing procedures for the compliance of risk management standards by health centers;
  (11) Establish underwriting guidelines for policyholders; and
  (12) Provide for other matters as may be necessary and proper for the execution of the Risk Officer’s and the captive manager’s respective powers, duties, and obligations under this part.
D.C. Code § 1-1001.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1001.03
§ 1-1001.03. Board of Elections — Created; composition; term of office; vacancies; reappointment; designation of Chairman.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a District of Columbia Board of Elections (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Board”), to be composed of 3 members, no more than 2 of whom shall be of the same political party, appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council. Members shall be appointed to serve for terms of 3 years, except the members 1st appointed under this subchapter. One member shall be appointed to serve for a 1-year term, 1 member shall be appointed to serve for a 2-year term, and 1 member shall be appointed to serve for a 3-year term, as designated by the Mayor.
(b) Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the person is filling.
(c) A member may be reappointed, and, if not reappointed, the member shall serve until the member's successor has been appointed and qualifies.
(d) The Mayor shall, from time to time, designate the Chairperson of the Board.
D.C. Code § 1-1041.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1041.01
§ 1-1041.01. Establishment of ward task forces on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
Status: in_force

(a) Each member of the Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) elected from a ward shall appoint a broadly-based ward task force on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (“ward task force”) for his or her ward.
(b) In appointing the members of a ward task force, each Councilmember shall give full consideration to assuring fair representation for all racial and ethnic minorities, women, and geographical areas in his or her ward.
(c) Each member of a ward task force shall be a registered voter and resident of the ward for which his or her ward task force is appointed.
(d) Each member of the Council elected at-large and the Chairman of the Council may appoint a person to each ward task force.
(e) Ward task force members shall serve until the ward task force files its final report with the Council unless the Council, by resolution, extends the term of the ward task force.
(f) Each ward task force member shall serve without compensation.
D.C. Code § 1-350.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-350.08
§ 1-350.08. Reciprocal agreements.
Status: in_force

The Central Collection Unit may enter into reciprocal agreements for the collection of delinquent debts with any state, local, or municipal government.
D.C. Code § 1-623.40 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.40
§ 1-623.40. Administration.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-623.26 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.26
§ 1-623.26. Subpoenas; oaths; examination of witnesses.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, on any matter within his or her jurisdiction under this subchapter, shall have the authority to:
(1) Issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of 100 miles of the District of Columbia;
(2) Administer oaths;
(3) Examine witnesses; and
(4) Require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence.
D.C. Code § 1-819.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-819.07
§ 1-819.07. Severability of provisions.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
D.C. Code § 1-137.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-137.02
§ 1-137.02. Home Rule Act 40th Anniversary Celebration and Commemoration Commission. [Expired.].
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 1-325.301 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.301
§ 1-325.301. Destination DC Marketing Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Destination DC Marketing Fund (“Fund”), which shall be established under the auspices of and administered by Destination DC, and which shall be used by Destination DC for the purposes of marketing the District.
(b) The amount of $1.5 million shall be deposited into the Fund from the settlement the District obtained with online travel companies to recover unpaid hotel-room taxes, only upon approval of the settlement by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, District of Columbia v. Expedia, Inc., et al., Nos. 14-CV-308, 14-CV-309.
(c) (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 § 1-301.201 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.201
§ 1-301.201. Establishment of the Office of Resilience and Recovery.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an Office of Resilience and Recovery ("ORR") within the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. ORR shall develop short- and long-term action plans and strategies to promote the adaptation and resilience of the District's economy, communities, infrastructure, and natural resources in response to shocks and chronic stresses, including natural or human-made challenges that threaten the District, monitor the District's resilience readiness, and provide guidance and assistance to District agencies and community organizations to develop and implement resilience measures.
(b) ORR shall be headed by a Chief Resilience Officer ("CRO"), appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council pursuant § 1-523.01(a) . The CRO shall be a full-time position, for which annual compensation shall be fixed in accordance with subchapter X-A of Chapter 6 of this title . The CRO shall have such staff as is appropriated in an approved budget and financial plan or provided through federal or private grants.
(c) The CRO shall:
  (1) Lead the District's efforts to build and implement the District's resilience action plans and strategies;
  (2) Review and update the District's resilience action plans and strategies, including the Resilient DC initiative, annually;
  (3) Provide guidance and assistance to District agencies and community organizations to develop and implement resilience measures;
  (4) Publish an annual progress report by October 1 to be submitted to the Mayor and Council that provides an update on the District's progress in the areas of sustainability and resiliency;
  (5) Develop and track metrics to measure the District's resilience readiness;
  (6) Develop strategies to build partnerships between the District and the private sector that promote and further the District's resilience readiness, including climate adaption to prevent and recover from natural disasters;
  (7) Respond to recommendations and policy statements from the Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency, established by § 8-181.02 ;
  (8) Collaborate with other Chief Resilience Officers to achieve common goals, leverage experiences, and share strategies;
  (9) Develop a communications strategy for the District's resilience efforts, including creating an online campaign to build public awareness of climate adaption and resilience planning; and
  (10) Perform other relevant duties as the Mayor may assign.
D.C. Code § 1-622.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-622.08
§ 1-622.08. Death claims; order of precedence; viatical settlements.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1) of this section, the amount of group life insurance in force for an employee or annuitant at the date of the employee or annuitant death shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to the person or persons surviving at the date of the death of the employee or annuitant, in the following order of precedence:
  (1) To the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee or annuitant in a signed and witnessed writing executed and filed before death;
  (2) If there is no designated beneficiary, to the widow or widower of the employee or annuitant;
  (3) If none of the above, to the child or children of the employee or annuitant and descendants of a deceased child or children by representation;
  (4) If none of the above, to the parents or parent of the employee or annuitant;
  (5) If none of the above, to the duly appointed personal representative of the estate of the employee or annuitant; or
  (6) If none of the above, to the other next of kin of the employee or annuitant under the laws of the domicile of the employee or annuitant at the date of death.
(a-1) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the Mayor, each policy purchased pursuant to § 1-622.05 shall provide that an insured employee or former employee who is terminally ill may make a viatical settlement, which is an irrevocable assignment of all the employee’s or former employee’s incidents of ownership in the policy. The assignment shall automatically cancel any designation of beneficiary the insured person might have made, and the insured person shall no longer have the right to designate a beneficiary. The assignee shall assume the right to convert the insurance when the insured employee’s employment circumstances would have provided this option to the insured employee.
  (2) The assignment shall exclude accidental dismemberment insurance and family optional insurance.
(b) If no claim has been filed by any of the persons set forth in subsection (a) of this section or an assignee pursuant to subsection (a-1) of this section within 4 years of the date of death of an employee or annuitant, then the funds shall be deposited into the General Fund of the District of Columbia to be kept for safekeeping and disbursed in accordance with Chapter 1 of Title 41 .
D.C. Code § 1-1305 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / § 1-1305
§ 1-1305. Surveyor’s office to be legal office of record of plats and subdivisions.
Status: in_force

The Office of the Surveyor of the District shall be the legal office of record of the plats and subdivisions of all private property in the District of Columbia and of all property belonging to the District of Columbia. The copies of all records of the division of squares and lots made between the public and the original proprietors and all plats, papers, books, maps, and records now in the Office of the Surveyor shall remain therein.
D.C. Code § 1-301.43 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.43
§ 1-301.43. Obstruction of Council proceedings and investigations; penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever, corruptly or by threat or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any witness in any proceeding pending before the Council, or in connection with any inquiry or investigation being had by the Council, or any committee of the Council, or any joint committee of the Council; or whoever injures any party or witness in his person or property on account of his attending or having attended such proceeding, inquiry, or investigation, or on account of his testifying or having testified to any matter pending therein; or whoever willfully removes from any place, conceals, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means falsifies any documentary material which is the subject of a subpoena lawfully issued by the Council, or any committee of the Council; or whoever, corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which such proceeding is being had before the Council, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which such inquiry or investigation is being had by the Council, or any committee of the Council, or any joint committee of the Council; shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
D.C. Code § 1-616.53 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-616.53
§ 1-616.53. Grievances.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor, the District of Columbia Board of Education, and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall issue rules and regulations providing procedures for the prompt handling of grievances of employees and applicants for employment.  The grievance system shall be made known to all employees and shall provide for an alternative dispute resolution mechanism.  The grievance system shall provide for the expeditious adjustment of grievances and complaints.
(b) Except when an employee is grieving a disciplinary action pursuant to § 1-616.52 , no employee or applicant shall present a grievance pursuant to this section more than 45 days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, after the date that the employee knew or should have known of the act or occurrence that is the subject of the grievance.
D.C. Code § 1-608.51a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-608.51a
§ 1-608.51a. Establishment of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b) , the Council establishes the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, within the executive branch of the District of Columbia government. The office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Mayor and serve at the Mayor’s pleasure.
(b) (1) The purposes of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel shall include:
    (A) Coordinating the hiring, compensation, training, and resolution of significant personnel-related issues for subordinate agency counsel in conjunction with agency directors;
    (B) Providing legal and policy advice to the Mayor and executive branch;
    (C) Resolving interagency legal issues for the Mayor;
    (D) Overseeing the representation of agencies in investigative matters before the executive branch of the federal government, Congress, or the Council of the District of Columbia; and
    (E) Supervising outside counsel in matters where the Office of the Attorney General is recused from a matter or otherwise not available.
  (2) The Director shall employ attorneys and support staff to assist in carrying out the purposes of the office. At least one staff member shall have as one of his or her primary duties the management of issues arising from subordinate agency general counsel-related matters.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the provisions of §§ 1-301.89 and 1-301.90 .
D.C. Code § 1-1061.11 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1061.11
§ 1-1061.11. Federal write-in absentee ballot.
Status: in_force

A covered voter may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot measures in an election described in § 1-1061.03 .
D.C. Code § 1-1511.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / § 1-1511.01
§ 1-1511.01. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1992.
Status: in_force

(Approved July 2, 1992)
Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on July 2, 1992, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter, District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(12) [ § 1-204.22 ]).
I. Establishment An Unclaimed Property Unit is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the Government of the District of Columbia, under the supervision and control of the District of Columbia Controller within the Office of the District of Columbia Controller of the Office of Financial Management. The Unclaimed Property Unit hereby established, and the functions and personnel assigned thereto, shall constitute an organizational unit of the Office of the District of Columbia Controller.
II. Purpose The Unclaimed Property Unit is established in the Office of the District of Columbia Controller, under the supervision and control of the District of Columbia Controller, for the purpose of more efficiently operating the Government of the District of Columbia. To effect the enhancement of the District government's efficiency, the Unclaimed Property Unit will be aligned with the Office of the District of Columbia Controller, the office that is responsible for the District's financial management and control and that maintains the District's official accounts.
III. Functions All of the duties and functions of the Unclaimed Property Unit in the Department of Finance and Revenue established under The District of Columbia Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, as amended, effective March 5, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-160; D.C. Code, sec. 42-201 [ § 41-101 ] et seq.) ("the Act"), the rules issued pursuant thereto and Mayor's Order 81-82, dated March 27, 1981, 28 DCR 1740 (April 17, 1981) which delegated to the Department of Finance and Revenue, the Mayor's authority to administer the Act and to issue rules are hereby transferred to the Office of the District of Columbia Controller within the Office of Financial Management.
IV. Transfers All positions, property, records and funds relating to the duties and functions transferred in this plan are hereby transferred to the Office of the District of Columbia Controller.
V. Organization The District of Columbia Controller of the Office of the District of Columbia Controller is authorized to organize the personnel and property transferred herein within any organizational unit as he or she deems appropriate to fulfill the functions transferred by this plan.
VI. Abolishment The existing Unclaimed Property Unit within the Department of Finance and Revenue is hereby abolished.
VII. Rescission All orders and parts of orders in conflict with any of the provisions of this plan are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed, except that any rules or regulations adopted or promulgated by virtue of the authority granted by such orders, shall remain in force until properly revised, amended or rescinded.
VIII. Effective Date This Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1992 shall become effective on a date to be specified by an executive order of the Mayor issued no later than 30 calendar days after this plan has been approved in accordance with the requirements of section 422(12) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(12) [ § 1-204.22 ]), and section 5(c) of the Governmental Reorganization Procedures Act of 1981, effective October 17, 1981 (D.C. Law 4-42; D.C. Code, sec. 1-299.4(c) [ § 1-315.04 ]).
D.C. Code § 1-630.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-630.01
§ 1-630.01. Policy; agency may not require bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) No agency may require or obtain surety bonds for any employee in connection with the performance of official duties.
(b) The personal financial liability to the District government of such employees and personnel is not affected by reason of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Whenever the following occurs: (1) It is necessary to restore or otherwise adjust the account of an accountable officer or his or her agent for any loss to the District due to the fault or negligence of that officer or agent; and (2) the head of that agency determines that the amount of the loss is uncollectable, such amount shall be charged to the appropriation of funds available for the expenses of the accountable function at the time the restoration or adjustment is made. The restoration or adjustment does not affect the personal financial liability of that officer or agent on account of the loss.
(d) The restorations and adjustments provided for by subsection (c) of this section shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations issued by the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 1-611.57 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-611.57
§ 1-611.57. Council action.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the draft act and report from the Commission as required by § 1-611.54 , the Chairman shall introduce the proposed legislation at the next legislative session. The Council shall hold a public hearing on the legislation within 6 months of its introduction.
D.C. Code § 1-752 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / § 1-752
§ 1-752. Application of procedure.
Status: in_force

(a) The procedure established by this subchapter shall apply to any participant or beneficiary who has a claim for benefits denied under the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund, established by § 1-712 ; the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund, established by § 1-713 ; and the District of Columbia Judges’ Retirement Fund, established by § 1-714 .
(b) The procedure established by this subchapter shall apply to claims for benefits denied after March 1, 1982.
D.C. Code § 1-622.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-622.02
§ 1-622.02. Benefit program study.
Status: in_force

Within 18 months after March 3, 1979, the Mayor shall transmit a study to the Council concerning development of a program of disability income protection to be made available to employees through collective bargaining and a program of low cost legal services for employees.
D.C. Code § 1-515.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / § 1-515.06
§ 1-515.06. Reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) By December 1 of each year, the Mayor shall submit to the Council an annual report detailing for the previous fiscal year and for each District government entity:
    (A) The names of all new employees in District government and for each the:
      (i) Pay schedule;
      (ii) Position title; and
      (iii) Jurisdiction of residence;
    (B) The percent of new hires who are District residents;
    (C) The name, position title, pay schedule, and description of hardship circumstances of any employee who received a waiver in the previous year pursuant to § 1-515.05 ; and
    (D) The name, position title, and action taken with the reason for action taken, if any, for any incumbent employee who failed to maintain the residency requirements of §§ 1-515.02 and 1-515.03 , Chapter 6 of this title , or other relevant District law during the calendar year.
  (2) The Mayor shall integrate into each subordinate agency's annual performance objectives the target percentage of new hires and the target percentage of all employees who are District residents.
  (3) The Mayor shall integrate all reports received pursuant to subsection (b) of this section into the report submitted to the Council pursuant to this subsection.
(b) [] By November 1 of each year, each independent agency, board, commission, instrumentality, and other District government entity shall submit to the Mayor an annual report detailing for the previous fiscal year:
    [(1)] The names of all new employees and for each the:
      [(A)] Pay schedule;
      [(B)] Position title; and
      [(C)] Jurisdiction of residence;
    [(2)] The percent of new hires who are District residents;
    [(3)] The name, position title, pay schedule, and description of hardship circumstances of any employee who received a waiver in the previous year pursuant to § 1-515.05 ; and
    [(4)] The name, position title, and action taken with the reason for action taken, if any, for any incumbent employee who failed to maintain the residency requirements of §§ 1-515.02 and 1-515.03 , Chapter 6 of this title , or other relevant District law during the fiscal year.
D.C. Code § 1-301.73 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.73
§ 1-301.73. Rates for public vehicles to be fixed by Mayor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-623.25 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-623.25
§ 1-623.25. Misbehavior at proceedings.
Status: in_force

If an individual does the following: (1) Disobeys or resists a lawful order or process in proceedings under this subchapter before the Mayor or his or her representative; or (2) misbehaves during a hearing or so near the place of hearing as to obstruct it, the Mayor or his or her representative shall certify the facts to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Court, in a summary manner, shall hear the evidence as to the acts complained of and, if the evidence warrants, punish the individual in the same manner and to the same extent as for a contempt committed before the Court, or commit the individual on the same conditions as if the forbidden act has occurred with reference to the process of or in the presence of the Court.
D.C. Code § 1-632.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-632.01
§ 1-632.01. Continuation of personnel rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) All personnel rules and regulations, issued under appropriate authority on or before the date that this section becomes effective as provided in subsection (b) of § 1-636.02 , shall continue in full force and effect until superseded by a provision of this chapter. All administrative directives of whatever name issued by any personnel authority or the Chiefs of the Metropolitan Police Department or the District of Columbia Fire Department in effect on the date that this section becomes effective as provided in subsection (b) of § 1-636.02 shall remain in effect until superseded by a provision of this chapter. Such existing rules and regulations may be amended in accordance with existing provisions of law.
(b) Persons employed by the District of Columbia government after March 3, 1979, shall be appointed under existing authority until the provisions of this chapter become effective.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.31 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.31
§ 1-1163.31. Reports of receipts and expenditures by legal defense committees.
Status: in_force

(a) The treasurer of each legal defense committee shall file with the Director of Campaign Finance, and with the applicable principal campaign committee, reports of receipts and expenditures on forms to be prescribed or approved by the Director of Campaign Finance. The reports shall be filed within 30 days after the committee’s organization and every 30 days thereafter in each year. The reports shall be complete as of a date as prescribed by the Director of Campaign Finance, which shall not be more than 5 days before the date of filing, except that any contribution of $200 or more received after the closing date prescribed by the Director of Campaign Finance for the last report required to be filed before the election shall be reported within 24 hours after its receipt.
(b) Each report under this section shall disclose:
  (1) The amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period;
  (2) The full name and mailing address (including including the occupation, employer, and the principal place of business, if any) of each person who has made one or more contributions to or for a committee within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $50 or more, together with the amount and date of the contributions;
  (3) The total sum of individual contributions made to or for a committee or candidate during the reporting period and not reported under paragraph (2) of this subsection;
  (4) Each loan to or from any person within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or values of $50 or more, together with the full names and mailing addresses (including including the occupation, employer, and the principal place of business, if any) of the lender and endorsers, if any, and the date and amount of the loans;
  (5) The total sum of all receipts by or for a committee during the reporting period;
  (6) The full name and mailing address (including including the occupation, employer, and the principal place of business, if any) of each person to whom expenditures have been made by a committee or on behalf of a committee within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or value of $10 or more;
  (7) The total sum of expenditures made by a committee during the calendar year;
  (8) The amount and nature of debts and obligations owed by or to the committee, in a form as prescribed by the Director of Campaign Finance; and
  (9) Other information as may be required by the Director of Campaign Finance.
(c) The reports to be filed under subsection (a) of this section shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they relate, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a previous report during such year, only the unchanged amount need be carried forward. If no contributions or expenditures have been accepted or expended during a calendar year, the treasurer of the legal defense committee shall file a statement to that effect.
D.C. Code § 1-631.08 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-631.08
§ 1-631.08. Exchange of official personnel information.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1-628.01 and 1-631.02 , shall enter into an agreement with the United States Civil Service Commission for the exchange of official personnel information, to the extent mutually agreed upon, between the District and federal government in accordance with limitations imposed by this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 1-328.04a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-328.04a
§ 1-328.04a. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to implement § 1-328.04 .
D.C. Code § 1-205.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-205.01
§ 1-205.01. Duties of the Mayor, Council, and Federal Office of Management and Budget.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-325.225 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.225
§ 1-325.225. Authorization for grant-managing entity.
Status: in_force

The grant-managing entity shall be required to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the District of Columbia government. The MOU shall set forth certain administrative requirements for the grant-managing entity to abide by when it obtains District funds and awards subgrants involving District funds, and will clarify and reaffirm the grant-managing entity's responsibility and obligation with respect to District funds, including the monitoring of the use of District funds.
D.C. Code § 1-301.74 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.74
§ 1-301.74. Authority to fix certain licensing and registration fees.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and empowered to fix from time to time, in accordance with § 1-301.75 , the fees authorized to be charged by §§ 3-1623 [repealed], 3-1711 [repealed], 3-2019 [repealed], 3-2114 [repealed], 3-2115 [repealed], 3-2124 [repealed], 3-2127 [repealed], 3-2128 [repealed], 3-2905 [repealed], 3-2920 [repealed], 3-2301.04 [repealed], 3-2301.06 [repealed], 3-2301.08 [repealed], 3-2414 [repealed], 3-2418 [repealed], 3-2505 [repealed], 3-2609 [repealed], 3-2610 [repealed], 47-2886.13 , 3-2704 [repealed], 47-2712 , 47-2718 and 47-2843 [repealed].
D.C. Code § 1-1163.19 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.19
§ 1-1163.19. Aggregate and individual contribution limits of exploratory committees.
Status: in_force

(a) Exploratory committees shall not receive aggregate contributions in excess of:
  (1) $200,000 for a Mayoral exploratory committee;
  (1A) $150,000 for an Attorney General exploratory committee;
  (2) $150,000 for a Chairman of the Council exploratory committee;
  (3) $100,000 for an at-large member of the Council exploratory committee;
  (4) $50,000 for a Ward Councilmember or at-large member of the State Board of Education exploratory committee; and
  (5) $20,000 for a ward member of the State Board of Education exploratory committee.
(b) No person, including a business contributor, may make contributions in excess of:
  (1) $2,000 for a Mayoral exploratory committee;
  (1A) $1,500 for an Attorney General exploratory committee;
  (2) $1,500 for a Chairman of the Council exploratory committee;
  (3) $1,000 for an at-large member of the Council exploratory committee;
  (4) $500 for a Ward Councilmember or at-large member of the State Board of Education exploratory committee; and
  (5) $200 for a ward member of the State Board of Education exploratory committee.
D.C. Code § 1-903.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / § 1-903.04
§ 1-903.04. Payments from retirement funds.
Status: in_force

(a) The Retirement Board shall determine the amount of any payments for annuities or other retirement or disability benefits (including refunds and lump-sum payments) required to be made from the trust assets of the Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund or the Teachers’ Retirement Fund. The Retirement Board shall make the payments from the appropriate fund.
(b) Once authorized pursuant to the appropriation process, the Retirement Board may make payments from the Funds sufficient to cover the cost of the management of the assets and the reasonable and necessary administrative expenses of the Retirement Board, including trustee and staff compensation, and liability insurance.
D.C. Code § 1-301.158 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-301.158
§ 1-301.158. Chief Financial Officer collection of fees and processing costs.
Status: in_force

(a) For any payment made by credit card or other electronic payment method, the Chief Financial Officer may impose any fee or processing cost related to the transfer or payment method.
(b) The Office of the Chief Financial Officer may promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-610.53 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-610.53
§ 1-610.53. Executive Service pay plan.
Status: in_force

(a) A person appointed to a position in the Executive Service shall be appointed at the level on the DX Schedule or DX Public Safety Schedule designated for the subordinate agency to which he or she is appointed, and shall receive a salary set at any amount within the salary range for that level that the Mayor determines to be appropriate.
(b) The salary of any person holding an appointment to a position in the Executive Service may, at any time, be increased or decreased by the Mayor, at his or her sole discretion, to any other salary within the salary range for the level occupied.
(c) The salary of an employee in the Executive Service who is temporarily assigned to a position at a higher or lower level on the DX Schedule or DX Public Safety Schedule shall be set, at the discretion of the Mayor, at any rate within the salary range of the level to which the employee is temporarily assigned or the salary range of the level of the position from which officially appointed.
(d) A person paid from the DX Schedule shall not be entitled to premium pay.
D.C. Code § 1-315.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-315.02
§ 1-315.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter the term:
(1) “Agency” means any office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the District government, required by law or by the Mayor or Council to administer any law or any rule adopted under the authority of a law. The term “agency” does not include: The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, those agencies identified in §§ 1-1001.03 , 3-302 , 6-621.01 , 1-204.95 [repealed] and 34-801 , or the Executive Office of the Mayor as defined in this subchapter.
(2) “Reorganization” is the process described in § 1-315.03 .
(3) “Executive Office of the Mayor” means those offices or agencies expressly established to provide managerial, budgetary, personnel, secretarial, planning, informational, and special assistance to the Mayor in carrying out the Mayor’s administrative functions in the management of the District government. The term “Executive Office of the Mayor” does not include the Office of Personnel established by § 1-604.02 .
(4) “Rule” means the whole or any part of any Mayor’s, Council’s, or agency’s statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy, or to describe the organization, procedure, or practice requirement of the Mayor, Council, or of any agency.
(5) “Boards and commissions” means bodies established by law or by order of the Mayor consisting of appointed members to perform a trust or execute official functions on behalf of the District government.
D.C. Code § 1-207.31 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.31
§ 1-207.31. Services between United States government and District government.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-615.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-615.04
§ 1-615.04. Public employees as fiduciaries for consumer protection.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, “consumer protection law” shall include any law intended to protect, or which does in fact protect, individual consumers from unfair, deceptive, or misleading acts or practices; or the nondisclosure of product quality, weight, size, or performance. Any employee who administers, enforces, or implements any health, safety, environmental, or consumer protection law, or any rules and regulations promulgated for the enforcement of such laws, is a fiduciary to any individual or class of individuals intended to be protected, or who are in fact protected, from injury or harm, or risk of injury or harm, by laws, rules and regulations, and, as a fiduciary, is obligated to protect such individual or class of individuals.
(b) Any individual or class of individuals may commence a civil action on his or her or their own behalf against any employee or employees in any agency for breach of a fiduciary duty upon showing that said employee or employees by his or her or their acts or omissions has or have exposed said individual or class of individuals to an injury or harm, or risk of injury or harm, from which they are to be protected by the employee or employees. Such action may be brought in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia, through the Corporation Counsel, shall defend any employee or employees against whom such action is commenced. Such employee or employees may, however, at his or her or their option, provide for his or her or their own defense.
(c) If the Court finds that any employee or employees have breached their fiduciary duty by any act or omission or by any series of acts or omissions, the Court shall do the following:
  (1) Order performance or cessation of performance, as appropriate; and
  (2) Take any other appropriate action, including the assessment of fines not to exceed $1,000, against any employee or employees within the agency who has or have breached the duties of the fiduciary relationship.
D.C. Code § 1-325.41 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.41
§ 1-325.41. Schools Modernization Fund established.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a dedicated fund within the General Fund of the District of Columbia, as a separate budget line item, to be known as the Schools Modernization Fund. The fund shall be a revolving, nonlapsing fund, which shall consist of the following distinct accounts:
  (1) The Debt Service account, the funds of which shall be solely used to pay the debt service on revenue bonds issued in accordance with this part, and which shall be funded through:
    (A) Local funds;
    (B) Federal funds;
    (C) Federal grant funds;
    (D) Any grants, gifts, or subsidies from public or private sources for the repair or renovation of District schools;
    (E) Any return on investment of the assets of the Debt Service account, including interest thereon; and
    (F) Such other funds as may be authorized to be deposited; and
  (2) The Bond Revenue account, the funds of which shall be solely used to pay for the repair or renovation of District schools.
(b) Funds deposited in the Schools Modernization Fund shall not revert to the fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of any fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in this section, subject to authorization by Congress.
D.C. Code § 1-207.21 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.21
§ 1-207.21. Powers of the President during transitional period.
Status: in_force

The President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to take such action during the period following the date of the enactment of this chapter and ending on the date of the first meeting of the Council, by Executive Order or otherwise, with respect to the administration of the functions of the District government, as he deems necessary to enable the Board of Elections properly to perform its function under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 1-204.103 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-204.103
§ 1-204.103. Submission of measure at election.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics shall submit an initiative measure without alteration at the next general, special, or primary election held at least 90 days after the measure is received. The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics shall hold an election on a referendum measure within 114 days of its receipt of a petition as provided in § 1-204.102 . If a previously scheduled general, primary, or special election will occur between 54 and 114 days of its receipt of a petition as provided in § 1-204.102 , the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics may present the referendum at that election.
D.C. Code § 1-611.13 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-611.13
§ 1-611.13. Pay setting for fire fighters, police officers and teachers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and September 30, 1980.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall ascertain the average percentage increase to be used by the President of the United States in adjusting rates of pay (to be effective October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, respectively) under § 5305(a)(2) of Title 5 of the United States Code, or whether the President of the United States intends to submit to the United States Congress an alternative plan with respect to pay adjustments under § 5305(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code, and the contents of the alternative plan of the President of the United States.
  (2) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall then adjust the rates of pay in each class and service step on the salary schedule in § 5-541.01(a) and in § 38-1963 [repealed], on the 1st pay period after October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, respectively, to reflect the average percentage increase given to General Schedule employees. If the alternative plan of the President of the United States becomes effective as provided in § 5305 of Title 5 of the United States Code, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall adjust the rates of pay to reflect the average percentage increase given to General Schedule employees under such alternative plan. If the alternative plan of the President of the United States is disapproved by the United States Congress, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall adjust such rates of pay to reflect the average percentage increase of the Presidential adjustments of rates of pay under 5 U.S.C. § 5305(m).
  (3) The adjustments in the rates of pay made by the Mayor of the District of Columbia under this section shall be effective on and payable for the 1st day of the 1st pay period beginning on or after October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, respectively, or the effective date of the alternative plan of the President of the United States, whichever is later.
(b) The rates of pay, which become effective under this section, shall be the rates of pay for each class and service step concerned, as if those rates had been set by statute, and shall remain in effect until amended by the Council of the District of Columbia.
(c) The rates of pay established under this section shall supersede and render inapplicable those corresponding rates of pay set prior to the effective date of the rates of pay set under this section.
(d) The rates of pay that take effect under this section shall be published in the District of Columbia Register.
(e) (1) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by reason of the amendments made by this chapter only in the case of an individual in the service of the District of Columbia government, the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, or of the United States (including service in the armed forces of the United States) on the effective date of this section: Except, that such retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid:
    (A) To any employee covered by this section who retired during the period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st pay period which began on or after October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, respectively, or the effective date of the alternative plan of the President of the United States, whichever is later, and ending on the effective date of this chapter for services rendered during such period; and
    (B) In accordance with the provisions of subchapter VIII of Chapter 55 of Title 5 of the United States Code (relating to settlement of accounts of deceased employees), for services rendered during the period beginning on the 1st pay period which began on or after October 1, 1978, or October 1, 1979, respectively, or the effective date of the alternative plan of the President of the United States, whichever is later, and ending on the effective date of this chapter by any such employee who dies during such period.
  (2) For the purpose of this subsection, service in the armed forces of the United States in the case of an individual relieved from training and service in the armed forces of the United States, or discharged from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such individual to a position in or under the municipal government of the District of Columbia.
  (3) For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for which an individual is eligible under the provisions of Chapter 87 of Title 5 of the United States Code (relating to government employees’ group life insurance), all changes in rates of compensation or salary which result from the enactment of this chapter shall be held and considered to be effective as of the effective date of this chapter.
(f) The process, as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, whereby the salaries of the District of Columbia police, fire fighters, and teachers are adjusted in accordance with the rates of pay for federal General Schedule employees, shall be in effect only for the period commencing on October 1, 1978, and ending on September 30, 1980.
D.C. Code § 1-911.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / § 1-911.03
§ 1-911.03. Alienation of benefits.
Status: in_force

Benefits of the retirement programs provided for in this chapter shall not be assigned or alienated, except to the extent expressly permitted by this chapter or by another applicable law and with respect to a domestic relations order that substantially meets all of the requirements of section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code  , as determined solely by the Retirement Board.
D.C. Code § 1-739 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / § 1-739
§ 1-739. Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

Whoever willfully violates any provision of this subchapter (other than §§ 1-735 and 1-738 ), or any regulation or order issued under any such provision, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, except that in the case of such a violation by a person not an individual, such person shall be fined not more than $100,000.
D.C. Code § 1-605.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-605.04
§ 1-605.04. Publication of decisions.
Status: in_force

The Board shall cause a copy of each order, decision, or opinion rendered by it to be published in the District of Columbia Register within 60 days of its issuance.
D.C. Code § 1-307.26 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.26
§ 1-307.26. Expiration date.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 1-1406 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / § 1-1406
§ 1-1406. Applicability.
Status: in_force

Sections 1-1402 and 1-1403 shall not apply to the Council of the District of Columbia, the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children, or the Office of the Attorney General; provided, that the Council may enter into written agreements with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer to coordinate the operations of its electronic communications.
D.C. Code § 1-903.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / § 1-903.01
§ 1-903.01. Retirement fund for police officers and fire fighters.
Status: in_force

(a) The Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund shall continue in existence and shall be the fund into which the following deposits shall be made, which shall constitute the assets of the fund:
  (1) Any employee contribution amount paid after June 30, 1997, to the Retirement Board pursuant to § 5-741 or § 5-704(e)(1) or § 5-706(a) , respectively;
  (2) Any amount appropriated by the District government for the fund in accordance with § 1-905.02 ;
  (3) Any return on investment of the assets of the fund; and
  (4) The amount derived from the $1.275 billion of designated assets provided for pursuant to § 1-807.03 .
(b) After the 30-day period following October 1, 1997, or after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which funds are first appropriated to the Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund for Fiscal Year 1998, whichever is later, all payments of annuities and other retirement and disability benefits (including refunds and lump-sum payments) under the Police and Firemen’s Retirement Act shall be made from the Fund (except for any such payment which is made to an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service, or to a beneficiary of any such officer or member).
D.C. Code § 1-1515.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / § 1-1515.01
§ 1-1515.01. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1998.
Status: in_force

I. PURPOSE The purpose of this reorganization plan is to consolidate into one agency, the operation and administration of the child support enforcement program pursuant to Pub. L. 93-647 ("Title IV-D" of the Social Security Act), Pub. L. 98-378 and Pub. L. 100-485, and District of Columbia law relating to the establishment of paternity and support and the enforcement of support obligations. Under this Reorganization Plan, the Office of Corporation Counsel which performs the legal functions related to the child support program, will, upon the effective date of this Reorganization Plan, directly administer the District's Title IV-D Program previously performed by the Department of Human Services.
II. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of the Office of Paternity and Child Support Enforcement, within the Department of Human Services, are hereby transferred to the Office of the Corporation Counsel.
III. ESTABLISHMENT (a) There is hereby established in the Office of the Corporation Counsel a new Child Support Division which shall be comprised of the current Child Support Section (within the OCC Family Services Division) and the Office of Paternity and Child Support Enforcement, Department of Human Services.
  (b) The Office of Corporation Counsel:
    (1) shall be the state agency for purposes of applying for and receiving federal funds for the operations of the Title IV-D program relating to the establishment of paternity and support and the enforcement of support obligations. Toward that end, the Office shall take all steps necessary for the submission and approval of the District of Columbia State Plan under the Title IV-D and any plan amendments.
    (2) shall be responsible for representing the interest of the District in all legal matters relative to establishing and enforcing support orders in all Title IV-D cases; and
    (3) shall coordinate and enter into such cooperative agreements as necessary with other District government agencies engaged in child support enforcement activities, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human Services, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Health, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.
IV. OTHER TRANSFERS All positions, personnel, property, records, equipment, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available, or to be made available, that relate primarily to the functions set forth in Part II above are hereby transferred to the Office of the Corporation Counsel.
V. REALIGNMENT FOLLOWING REORGANIZATION The Corporation Counsel, in the performance of duties and functions transferred by this Reorganization Plan, is authorized to establish such organizational components with such specified functions as he/she deems appropriate.
VI. ABOLISHMENT The Office of Paternity and Child Support Enforcement within the Commission on Social Services, Department of Human Services, is hereby abolished.
VII. EFFECTIVE DATE This Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1998 in all its parts shall become effective pursuant to the promulgation of an executive order of the Mayor establishing the same after this plan has been approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 422(12) of the Home Rule Act (D.C. Code § 1-242(12) [ § 1-204.22 ]) and section 161 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, Public Law 105, 100, approved November 19, 1997.
D.C. Code § 1-1001.06a — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1001.06a
§ 1-1001.06a. Establishment of the Election Reform Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Election Reform Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Board and shall be used for the purpose of implementing the Omnibus Election Reform Amendment Act of 2009 [ D.C. Law 18-103 ]. On or about October 1, 2009, the Chief Financial Officer shall deposit $300,000 into the Fund.
(b) 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 authorization by Congress.
(c) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-1163.17 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / § 1-1163.17
§ 1-1163.17. Specific requirements for reports of receipts and expenditures by political committees.
Status: in_force

(a) Each report submitted to the Director of Campaign Finance pursuant to the requirements set forth in § 1-1163.09 shall also disclose the name and address of each political committee or candidate from which the reporting committee or the candidate received, or to which that committee or candidate made, any transfer of funds, together with the amounts and dates of all transfers.
(b) In the case of reports filed by a political committee or political action committee on behalf of initiative, referendum, or recall under this section, as applicable, the reports shall be filed on the dates that the Campaign Finance Board may by rule prescribe.
D.C. Code § 1-1231.30 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12A / § 1-1231.30
§ 1-1231.30. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, approved June 30, 2000 (114 Stat. 464; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq. ), but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)) of that act, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)) of that act.
D.C. Code § 1-307.25 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.25
§ 1-307.25. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 1-805.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / § 1-805.01
§ 1-805.01. Determination of eligibility for and amount of Federal benefit payments made by Trustee.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of a District Retirement Program or any other law, rule, or regulation, the Trustee:
(1) Shall determine whether an individual is eligible to receive a Federal benefit payment under this chapter;
(2) Shall determine the amount and form of an individual’s Federal benefit payment under this chapter; and
(3) May recoup or recover, or waive recoupment or recovery of, any amounts paid under this chapter as a result of errors or omissions by the Trustee, the District Government, or any other person.
D.C. Code § 1-1509.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / § 1-1509.01
§ 1-1509.01. Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1988.
Status: in_force

(Effective October 8, 1988)
Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on July 14, 1988, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the Charter of the District of Columbia.
I. Purpose This plan changes the name of the Educational Institution Licensure Commission to the Education Licensure Commission and transfers the function of licensing and otherwise regulating proprietary schools from the Director, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to the Education Licensure Commission.
II. Change of Name The Education Institution Licensure Commission, established by § 3 of the D.C. Law 1-104, the Education Licensure Commission Act of 1976, D.C. Code § 31-1603 [ § 38-1303 ], is hereby renamed the Education Licensure Commission.
III. Transfer of Functions The functions with respect to proprietary schools vested in the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs by Council Regulation No. 71-30, as amended, 16 DCMR § 1200 et seq., Commissioner's Order 71-458 (December 28, 1971), Mayor's Order 78-42 (February 17, 1978), Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, and Mayor's Order 83-92 (April 7, 1983) are hereby transferred to the Education Licensure Commission.
IV. Organization The Mayor is authorized to organize the personnel and property of the Commission to fulfill the functions transferred by this plan.
V. Effective Dates This Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1988 shall become effective pursuant to the promulgation of an executive order of the Mayor establishing the same no later than thirty (30) calendar days after this plan has been approved in accordance with § 422(12) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, D.C. Code § 1-242(12) [ § 1-204.22 ].
D.C. Code § 1-306.41 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-306.41
§ 1-306.41. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part shall not apply to the following applicants:
(1) An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase for a development that includes, on or adjacent to the site of the development, an amount of housing that is equal to the amount that would be calculated pursuant to the formula set forth in § 1-306.33(2)(C) ;
(2) An applicant whose development obtains no additional commercial office space as a result of obtaining a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase;
(3) An applicant for a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase who represents a federal government agency, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation;
(4) An applicant who obtains additional commercial office space pursuant to the variance provisions of the Zoning Regulations;
(5) An applicant whose approved street or alley closing was decided by the Council, or whose approved zoning density increase was decided by the Zoning Commission, prior to October 6, 1994;
(6) An applicant who obtains a zoning density increase for a development that already is subject to a housing, retail, arts, or historic preservation requirement pursuant to the zoning regulations set forth in the Downtown Development District; or
(7) An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase for a development about which the Council, in its legislation that approves of the street or alley closing, or the Zoning Commission, in its order that approves of the zoning density increase, makes all of the following findings after a public hearing, for which prior notice of a request for this exemption was provided to each affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission and in the District of Columbia Register, and during which the burden of proof is upon the applicant to justify granting this exemption:
  (A) The development associated with the street or alley closing or zoning density increase is located within an area designated in the text or map of the Comprehensive Plan as a development opportunity area, a production and technical employment area, or a new or upgraded commercial center; and
  (B) Imposition of no housing requirement or a housing requirement that is less stringent than the requirement imposed by this part is necessary to implement objectives and policies set forth in this Plan for that designated area, which otherwise would likely not be achieved.
D.C. Code § 1-627.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-627.06
§ 1-627.06. Special rules governing the assignment of employees from private sector organizations to the District.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements set forth in § 1-627.05 , the requirements in this section shall apply to all written agreements in which an employee of a private sector organization is assigned to work for a District government agency.
(b) Prior to entering into an agreement to assign a private sector employee to a District agency, the head of the agency shall prepare a written determination and findings explaining why the agency cannot use other District government personnel or procurement policies or procedures to secure the professional services that would be provided through the agreement. The head of the District agency shall not enter into an agreement for interagency personnel exchange with a private sector organization unless the Director of Personnel (or the Chief Technology Officer, in the case of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer) or the independent personnel authority certifies in writing that the agency has exhausted every effort to recruit its human resource needs through standard recruitment practices or fill its professional needs through standard procurement procedures without success. The Director of Personnel (or the Chief Technology Officer, in the case of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer) or the independent personnel authority shall retain a copy of the determination and findings as part of the official file for the agreement.
(c) The agreement which contains the terms and conditions for the payment or reimbursement of salary, benefits, and other expenses to the private sector organization shall provide that:
  (1) The private sector organization shall not receive compensation in a manner to earn a profit from the assignment of its personnel to the District agency;
  (2) An individual assigned to the District government from a private sector organization may receive compensation and fringe benefits equal to those he or she would have received from the private sector organization in the absence of the assignment to the District agency and in no event shall the individual receive greater compensation or fringe benefits than he or she would have received from the private sector organization in the absence of the assignment to the District agency; and
  (3) The District agency shall reimburse the private sector organization by paying for the documented salary; the cost of applicable fringe benefits including payroll taxes, social security, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation insurance, health insurance, pensions, Federal Insurance Contributions Act payments; and general and administrative costs calculated in accordance with subsection (f) of this section, except that in the case of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, general and administrative costs shall include reasonable overhead costs and shall be calculated by the Chief Technology Officer (as determined under such criteria as the Chief Technology Officer independently deems appropriate subject to the review of the City Administrator, including a consideration of standards used to calculate general, administrative, and overhead costs for off-site employees found in Federal law and regulation and in general private industry practice).
(d) The private sector organization shall certify the accuracy of the cost of the salary, fringe benefits, and general and administrative costs included in the reimbursement agreement. The District agency shall reserve the right to audit those costs under the circumstances and methods it deems appropriate.
(e) A former District government employee shall be prohibited, for a period of 2 years after his or her separation from District government employment, from participating in a personnel exchange agreement between the District government and a private sector organization.
(f) Not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2002), the Chief Technology Officer shall prepare and submit to the Council and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a report describing all agreements entered into by the Chief Technology Officer under this section which are in effect during the fiscal year.
(g) Within 90 days of April 28, 2001, the Director of Personnel shall issue regulations governing the allowable reimbursement of general and administrative costs for the employees of private sector organizations assigned to work for a District agency. In developing the regulations, the Director of Personnel shall review standards used to calculate general and administrative costs for off-site employees found in federal law and regulation, and District of Columbia procurement regulations, and shall incorporate those standards into the implementing regulations for this subchapter as the Director deems appropriate.
(h) For the purpose of this section, the term:
  (1) “General and administrative costs” means any management, financial, or other expense which is incurred by or allocated to a business unit and which is for the general management and administration of the business unit as a whole.
  (2) “Off-site employee” means an employee who is detailed or assigned to the work site of another organization.
D.C. Code § 1-1151.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1151.02
§ 1-1151.02. Reports of exploratory committees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-606.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-606.06
§ 1-606.06. Mediation and settlement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office shall develop a mediation program. Matters involving the following adverse actions shall undergo mediation through the program:
  (1) The removal;
  (2) The reduction in grade;
  (3) The suspension of 10 days or more;
  (4) The placement on enforced leave lasting 10 days or more; and
  (5) Any other appeal the Hearing Examiner considers appropriate for mediation.
(b) Settlement of the dispute may be raised by the Hearing Examiner with the parties at any time. If the parties agree to a settlement without a decision on the merits of the case, a settlement agreement, prepared and signed by all parties, shall constitute the final and binding resolution of the appeal, and the Hearing Examiner shall dismiss the appeal with prejudice.
D.C. Code § 1-207.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.02
§ 1-207.02. Board of Elections authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Elections shall conduct the charter referendum and certify the results thereof as provided in this part.
(b) Notwithstanding the fact that such section does not otherwise take effect unless the charter is accepted under this subchapter, the applicable provision of part E of this subchapter shall govern the Board of Elections in the performance of its duties under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 1-1001.09 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1001.09
§ 1-1001.09. Secrecy required; place of voting; watchers; challenged ballots; assistance in marking ballot or operating voting machine; more than 1 vote prohibited; unopposed candidates; availability of regulations at Vote Centers; deposit, inspection, and destruction of ballots.
Status: in_force

(a) Voting in all elections shall be secret.
(a-1) The District of Columbia Public Schools system shall be closed to instruction on election day for District primary and general elections in order to facilitate voting in its facilities, beginning with the 2024 primary election.
(b) (1) Repealed.
  (2) The Board shall permit any duly registered voter to vote by mail-in ballot, for any reason, under such rules as the Board may issue.
  (3) Repealed.
  (4) The Board shall permit a registered qualified elector to vote at any Vote Center, regardless of the registered qualified elector's current residence address within the District.
(b-1) (1) For each primary and general election, the Board shall designate no fewer than 8 Vote Centers to be used for early voting, with at least one early Vote Center available in a central location within each election ward.
  (2) At each Vote Center used for early voting, the Board shall allow persons to vote in person for a period of not more than 12 days before election day; provided, that no early voting shall occur on a holiday.
  (3) The Department of General Services shall assist the Board in identifying appropriate locations for Vote Centers to be used for early voting.
  (4) The Chief Technology Officer shall assist the Board in ensuring that each Vote Center to be used for early voting maintains a secure network environment with the Board’s office.
  (5) Repealed.
  (6) The Board shall issue rules implementing this subsection.
(b-2) The Board may provide blank ballots by fax, e-mail, or other electronic means to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters in federal elections.
(c) Any candidate or group of candidates may, not less than 2 weeks prior to such election, petition the Board for credentials authorizing watchers at 1 or more Vote Centers and at the place or places where the vote is to be counted for the next election during voting hours and until the count has been completed. The Board shall formulate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this subchapter to prescribe the form of watchers’ credentials, to govern the conduct of such watchers, and to limit the number of watchers so that the conduct of the election will not of the election will not be unreasonably obstructed. Such rules and regulations should provide fair opportunity for watchers for all candidates or groups of candidates to challenge prospective voters whom the watchers believe to be unqualified to vote, to question the accuracy in the vote count, and otherwise to observe the conduct of the election at the Vote Center and the counting of votes.
(c-1) The Board shall issue rules for granting access to the electoral process, including access to Vote Centers, ballot tabulation centers, and other similar locations, to election observers. The rules shall consider the need to avoid disruption and crowding in Vote Centers and ballot tabulation centers and the need to ensure that all questions posed by observers should be answered as fully, accurately, and cooperatively as possible. Election observers shall be allowed uniform and nondiscriminatory access to all stages of the election process, including the certification of election technologies, early and mail-in voting, and vote tabulation. The Board shall issue a public notice with respect to any denial of a request by any election observer for access to any Vote Center for purposes of observing an election. The notice shall be issued not later than 24 hours after the denial.
(d) (1) A registered voter may challenge another voter’s status as a qualified elector of the District of Columbia by stating in writing the name of the person challenged, the basis for the challenge, and the evidence provided to support the challenge. The challenger shall sign an affidavit, declaring under penalty of perjury, that the challenge is based upon substantial evidence which the challenger believes in good faith shows that the person challenged is not a qualified elector of the District. After receiving a challenge or making a challenge, the site coordinator or other official in charge of the Vote Center shall give the challenged voter an opportunity to respond.
  (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, a voter shall not be challenged solely on the basis of characteristics or perceived characteristics not directly related to the challenged voter’s status as a registered qualified elector, including race, color, religion, sex, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, matriculation status, political affiliation, or physical disability. The Board may remove a site coordinator or void the credentials of an authorized watcher, or refer the matter for prosecution as a violation of § 1-1001.12 , if the Board determines that the site coordinator or the watcher has violated the provisions of this paragraph.
  (3) The site coordinator shall review the evidence presented and shall affirm the challenge if the site coordinator finds that it is based on substantial evidence specific to the voter being challenged and probative of the challenged voter’s status as a qualified elector. The site coordinator shall deny the challenge if the site coordinator finds that the challenge is not based on substantial evidence that is specific to the voter being challenged and probative of the challenged voter’s status as a qualified elector. The site coordinator shall record the decision and the rationale for the decision on a form provided by the Board.
  (4) If the site coordinator denies the challenge, the site coordinator shall inform the challenger that the challenger may appeal the decision to the Board and shall give the challenger copies of the rules regarding challenges and appeals to the Board. Any appeal of the site coordinator's decision to deny the challenge shall be made either before the challenged voter casts a regular ballot, or before either the challenger or the challenged voter leaves the Vote Center, whichever is earlier. If the challenger does not appeal the site coordinator's decision to deny the challenge, the challenged voter shall cast a regular ballot.
  (5) If the challenger appeals the site coordinator's decision to deny the challenge, the site coordinator shall state the facts of the case to the Board’s hearing officer, who is authorized to rule on the appeal for the Board. A Board member, the Board’s Executive Director, or the Board’s chief voter registration official may serve as the Board’s hearing officer for the appeal. The site coordinator shall contact the hearing officer by telephone. The hearing officer shall ensure that the hearing is recorded, and shall take testimony under oath from the challenger, the person challenged, the site coordinator, and any witnesses to the challenge who wish to testify. Each person who testifies before the hearing officer shall state for the record their:
    (A) Name as recorded on the Board’s voter registration list;
    (B) Residence address, mailing address, and telephone number; and
    (C) Role in the challenge.
  (6) The hearing officer shall receive evidence and testimony pursuant to paragraph (5) of this subsection and then shall close the hearing. The hearing officer shall review all of the evidence presented pertaining to the challenge and make a decision regarding the appeal, based on the hearing officer's determination of whether the challenger has presented substantial evidence that is specific to the voter being challenged and probative of the challenged voter’s status as a qualified elector. The recording of the hearing shall be transcribed and shall serve as the official case record along with the written documentation of the site coordinator's initial decision to deny the challenge.
  (7) The hearing officer shall notify the site coordinator of the hearing officer's decision on the appeal of the unsuccessful challenge, and the site coordinator shall notify each party of the hearing officer's decision. If the hearing officer affirms the site coordinator's decision to deny the challenge, the challenged voter shall cast a regular ballot. The site coordinator shall inform the challenger of the challenger's right to appeal the decision of the Board hearing officer to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If the hearing officer overturns the site coordinator's decision to deny the challenge, the challenged voter shall be allowed to vote only by casting a paper ballot marked "challenged" in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph (8) of this subsection.
  (8) If the site coordinator affirms the challenge made at the Vote Center, or if the Board's hearing officer overturns the decision of the site coordinator to deny a challenge, the site coordinator shall allow the person to vote only by casting a paper ballot marked "challenged" and shall provide the voter with written notification of the voter's right of appeal pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Challenged ballots shall be segregated, and no challenged ballot shall be counted until the challenge has been removed pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The site coordinator shall not allow the challenged voter to cast a "challenged" ballot unless the voter signs an affidavit swearing or affirming, under penalty of perjury, that the voter is a qualified registered elector in the District of Columbia who resides in the precinct for which the ballot is to be cast, and if applicable, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission single-member district in which the ballot is to be cast.
(d-1) Any individual who alleges that their name has been erroneously omitted from the list of registered voters, or alleges that their name, address or party affiliation is erroneously printed on the list of registered voters, shall be permitted to cast a ballot. Ballots so cast shall be placed in a sealed envelope. The outside of the envelope shall contain the signature of the voter and such information as the Board deems necessary to determine that the individual is qualified to have the vote counted. The official in charge of the Vote Center shall provide the voter with written notification of appeal rights as provided in subsection (e) of this section, should the Board determine that the voter is not qualified to vote in the election.
(d-2) Any individual who votes in a federal election as a result of a court order or other order that extends the time established for closing the polls by a District law in effect 10 days before the date of that election shall vote in that election by casting a special ballot. Any ballot cast under this subsection shall be separated and held apart from other special ballots not affected by the order.
(e) (1) A voter’s signing of a challenged or special ballot envelope shall be deemed as the filing of an appeal by the voter of the refusal by the Board’s chief voter registration official to permit the voter to vote during early voting or on election day by regular ballot, and a waiver of personal notice from the Board of any denial or refusal to a later count of the challenged or special ballot. The Board shall review all available evidence pertaining to the eligibility of each voter casting a challenged or special ballot, and shall make a preliminary decision about whether to count or to reject each challenged or special ballot based on its review of the available evidence.
  (2) The Board shall maintain a toll-free telephone service during regular business hours for any person who has voted by a challenged or special ballot to learn the Board’s preliminary decision whether to count or reject the person's ballot and the reason for each decision.
  (3) If the Board has made a preliminary determination that a challenged ballot shall not be counted, it shall afford the challenged voter an opportunity to contest that determination in a hearing before the Board. The hearings authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall take place no earlier than 8 days and no later than 10 days after that election. The Board shall inform the voter of the date scheduled for the hearing and the manner by which the voter may learn the Board's final decision to count or reject the voter's challenged ballot. The notice shall be in writing and shall be provided to the voter at the time of voting. At the hearing, the voter may appear and testify. The Board shall make a final determination within one day after the date of the hearing. The voter may appeal the decision of the Board to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia within one business day after the date of the Board's decision. The decision of the court shall be final and not appealable.
  (4) If the Board has determined that a special ballot shall not be counted, it shall afford the voter an opportunity to contest that determination in a hearing held before the Board no earlier than 8 days and no later than 10 days after any election held pursuant to this subchapter. The Board shall inform the voter in writing, at the time of voting, of the date scheduled for the hearing and the manner by which the voter may learn whether the Board has decided to count or reject the voter's special ballot. The Board shall make a final determination within one day after the date of the hearing. The voter may appeal the decision of the Board to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia within one business day after the date of the Board's decision. The decision of the court shall be final and not appealable.
(f) If a qualified elector is unable to record the qualified elector's vote by marking the ballot or operating the voting machine an official of the Vote Center shall, on the request of the voter, enter the voting booth and comply with the voter’s directions with respect to recording the qualified elector's vote. Upon the request of any such voter, a second official of the Vote Center shall also enter the voting booth and witness the recordation of the voter’s directions. The official or officials shall in no way influence or attempt to influence the voter’s decisions, and shall tell no one how the voter voted. The official in charge of the voting place shall make a return of all such voters, giving their names and disabilities.
(g) (1) No person shall vote more than once in any election nor shall any person vote in a primary or party election held by a political party other than that to which the person has declared themselves to be a member.
  (2) A name written on a ballot in any election shall not be counted as valid unless the individual whose name is written on the ballot has complied with the requirements of § 1-1001.08(r) .
(h) In the event that the total number of candidates of one party nominated to an office or group of offices of that party pursuant to § 1-1001.08(a) does not exceed the number of such offices to be filled, the Board may, prior to election day and, notwithstanding the provisions of § 1-1001.08(c) , declare the candidates so nominated to be elected without opposition, in which case the fact of their election pursuant to this subsection shall appear for the information of the voters on any ballot prepared by the Board for their party for the election of other candidates in the same election.
(i) Copies of the regulations of the Board with respect to voting shall be made available to prospective voters at each Vote Center.
(j) The Board shall receive the ballots cast and deposit them in a secure place where they shall be safely kept for 22 months. Inspection of such ballots shall be made in accordance with regulations of the Board. Whenever the ballots shall have remained in the custody of the Board for 22 months, and no election contest or other proceeding is pending in which the ballots may be needed as evidence, the Board may destroy such ballots.
(j-1) Upon the conclusion of voting at any Vote Center, the Board shall post a summary count of votes cast at the Vote Center. The summary shall be posted in a conspicuous place that can be seen from the outside of the Vote Center immediately upon completion of voting.
(j-2) Site coordinators shall prepare a summary log that indicates the number of:
  (1) Votes cast in a Vote Center;
  (2) Persons who have signed in;
  (3) Voter-verifiable records that arrived at [a] Vote Center before the polls opened;
  (4) Used voter-verifiable records; and
  (5) Unused voter-verifiable records.
(k) (1) Each voting system used in an election in the District occurring after January 1, 2012, shall:
    (A) Meet or exceed the voting system standards set forth in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, approved October 29, 2002 (116 Stat. 1666; 42 U.S.C. § 15301 et seq.), or be federally certified;
    (B) Create a voter-verifiable record of all votes cast;
    (C) Be capable without further modification of creating, storing, and exporting an anonymous separate machine record of each voter-verifiable record, showing each choice made by the voter; and
    (D) Meet any additional standards established by the Board; provided, that the standards shall not conflict with those set forth in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, approved October 29, 2002 (116 Stat. 1666; 42 U.S.C. § 15301 et seq.).
  (2) The voter-verifiable record shall be permanent and capable of being inspected for the purpose of audits and recounts. A voter-verifiable record need not be a paper ballot. A satisfactory voter-verifiable record shall include:
    (A) A paper ballot prepared by the voter for the purpose of being read by a precinct-based optical scanner;
    (B) A paper ballot prepared by the voter to be mailed, whether mailed from a domestic or an overseas location; and
    (C) A paper ballot created through the use of a ballot marking device.
  (3) The Board shall adopt voting system standards and review the standards on a biennial basis.
(l) The Board, through the Office of Contracting and Procurement, shall purchase voting system equipment under a competitive-bidding procedure that includes the following conditions:
  (1) A provision to place a copy of the software source code for the voting system, and related documents, in escrow with an independent third-party evaluator selected by the vendor and the Board;
  (2) A warranty provision that requires that the vendor:
    (A) Promptly and fully disclose any flaw, defect, or vulnerability in the voting system of which the vendor is aware or becomes aware; and
    (B) (i) Remedy any flaw, defect, or vulnerability in the voting system identified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph at no cost to the District; or
      (ii) If the flaw, defect, or vulnerability in the voting system cannot be remedied:
        (I) Replace the voting system or the affected part of the voting system or provide an equivalent voting system at no cost to the District; or
        (II) Reimburse the District for the full purchase price of the voting system or for the value of the affected part of the voting system, plus any costs incurred by the District as a result of the flaw, defect, or vulnerability;
  (3) A most-favored customer provision that ensures that the District receive pricing terms that are at least as favorable as those received by any other customer, except for the federal government, during the term of the contract and during any extensions or renewals of the contract; and
  (4) A provision that incorporates the requirements of § 1-1001.09a(k) .
D.C. Code § 1-1307 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / § 1-1307
§ 1-1307. Records of divisions of squares and lots.
Status: in_force

All records, or copies thereof, of the divisions of squares and lots heretofore made between the public and the original proprietors, or which are authorized by this chapter, shall be kept in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, and the Surveyor shall put up, label, index, and preserve all the maps, charts, plats, plans, and other drawings and papers relating to the District of Columbia or which appertain to his office, and which may come to his office for deposit, record, or otherwise.
D.C. Code § 1-1404 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / § 1-1404
§ 1-1404. Transfers.
Status: in_force

All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the Chief Information Officer in the Office of the City Administrator pursuant to § 2-327.01 [repealed], or to the Department of Administrative Services for the information technology and telecommunications purposes and functions set out in Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1983, effective March 1, 1984, are hereby transferred to the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
D.C. Code § 1-743 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / § 1-743
§ 1-743. Exculpatory provisions; insurance.
Status: in_force

(a) Any provision in an agreement or instrument which purports to relieve a fiduciary from responsibility or liability for any responsibility, obligation, or duty under this subchapter shall be void as against public policy.
(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude:
  (1) The Board from purchasing insurance for its fiduciaries or for itself to cover liability or losses occurring by reason of the act or omission of a fiduciary, if such insurance permits recourse by the insurer against the fiduciary in the case of a breach of a fiduciary obligation by such fiduciary;
  (2) A fiduciary from purchasing insurance to cover liability under this subchapter from and for his own account; or
  (3) An employee organization from purchasing insurance to cover potential liability of one or more persons who serve in a fiduciary capacity with regard to the Fund from which the annuities and other retirement and disability benefits of the members of such employee organization are paid.
D.C. Code § 1-307.43 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-307.43
§ 1-307.43. Recoupment of amounts spent on child medical care.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may garnish wages, salary, or other employment income of, and intercept, in accordance with procedures set forth in § 47-1812.11 [repealed], any amounts from District of Columbia tax payable to, any person who:
  (1) Is required by court or administrative order to provide coverage of the cost of health services to a child who is eligible for Medicaid; and
  (2) Has received payment from a third party for the costs of such services, but has not used the payments to reimburse either the other parent or guardian of the child or the provider of the services.
(b) A garnishment or tax intercept effectuated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be effected only to the extent necessary to reimburse the District of Columbia Medicaid agency for its cost under the state plan, but claims for current and past due child support shall take priority over these claims.
D.C. Code § 1-1021.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1021.02
§ 1-1021.02. Issuance of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The Board of Elections and Ethics shall issue rules and regulations to effect the provisions of this act, in accordance with the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act ( § 2-501 et seq.).
D.C. Code § 1-333.06 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-333.06
§ 1-333.06. Appropriations for printing schedules or lists of supplies and materials.
Status: in_force

No part of any appropriation for the District of Columbia, except for public schools, shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of supplies and materials for the furnishing of which contracts have been or may be awarded.
D.C. Code § 1-607.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-607.04
§ 1-607.04. Employee selection procedures — Statement of purpose.
Status: in_force

The Council believes that properly validated and standardized employee selection procedures can significantly contribute to the implementation of nondiscriminatory personnel policies, as required by this subchapter. It is also recognized that professionally developed tests, when used in conjunction with other tools of personnel assessment and complemented by sound programs of job design, may aid significantly in the development and maintenance of an efficient work force and in the utilization and conservation of human resources.
D.C. Code § 1-636.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-636.02
§ 1-636.02. Effective date provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of subchapters IX (except §§ 1-609.04 , 1-609.07 , and 1-609.09 ) and X of this chapter, subsection (a) of § 1-605.01 , subsection (a) of § 1-606.01 and § 1-606.02 shall become effective 15 days after March 3, 1979.
(b) The provisions of § 1-632.01 shall become effective on March 3, 1979.
(c) The provisions of § 1-611.09 shall become effective on March 3, 1979: Provided, however, that such provisions shall only apply to the Mayor, Chairman and members of the Council taking the oath of office after January 1, 1979.
(d) The provisions of § 1-617.17 shall become effective on September 1, 1978, and shall apply to all negotiations for compensation as authorized under § 1-617.16 for compensation to be paid on and after January 1, 1980.
(e) The provisions of § 1-611.13 shall become effective on March 3, 1979, apply retroactively to compensation to be paid as provided therein after September 30, 1978, and expire on September 30, 1980: Provided, however, that if a collective bargaining agreement concerning compensation is entered into between appropriate personnel authorities (management) and recognized labor organizations for employees of the Metropolitan Police Department, the District of Columbia Fire Department, or the District of Columbia Board of Education which supersedes the provisions of § 1-611.13 , such provisions shall expire on the day after the date that the agreement’s terms commence.
(f) The Office of Employee Appeals and the Public Employee Relations Board shall each issue rules and regulations for the conduct of their respective business, as provided in §§ 1-604.04(f) and 1-606.02(a)(5) , and §§ 1-604.04(e) and 1-605.02(11) , respectively, within 180 days of their appointment.
(g) The provisions of § 1-605.02(11) shall be effective on the date following the day that the members of the Public Employee Relations Board have been appointed: Provided, however, that employees of the Public Employee Relations Board shall provide staff support to the Board of Labor Relations from the date of its taking office.
(h) The provisions of subchapters I, II, III, IV, VII, XV, XVIII, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXV of this chapter, and §§ 1-625.01 and 1-625.02 shall become effective on April 1, 1979, or on the 60th day following March 3, 1979, whichever is later.
(i) The provisions of subchapters V, VI, XVI, and XVII of this chapter and § 1-632.03(2) shall become effective 60 days after the date that rules and regulations are issued by the respective Office of Employee Appeals and the Public Employee Relations Board.
(j) The provisions of subchapters VIII, VIII-A, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XIX, and XXIV of this chapter shall become effective on January 1, 1980: Provided, however, that any earlier date contained within such subchapters shall be effected.
(k) The provisions of §§ 1-609.04 , 1-609.07 , and 1-609.09 shall become effective on January 1, 1980.
(l) The provisions of this section shall become effective on March 3, 1979.
(m) The provisions of subchapter XXXII of this chapter shall become effective as follows:
  (1) Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (a) of § 1-632.02 shall become effective on January 1, 1980;
  (2) Paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (a) of § 1-632.02 shall become effective as provided in subsection (i) of this section;
  (3) Paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (a) of § 1-632.02 shall become effective as provided in subsection (h) of this section;
  (4) Section 1-632.03 shall become effective on January 1, 1980;
  (5) Sections 38-101 [repealed], 38-105 [repealed], 38-802, 38-1963 note, 38-1968, 38-1202.04, 38-1202.06, and 38-1204.05 shall become effective on January 1, 1980;
  (6) Sections 1-207.61, 1-333.07, 1-321.01, 1-333.09, 1-1217, 1-207.33, 1-207.52, 1-1001.04 to 1-1001.06, 1-1011.01, 1-1031.01, 1-1031.02, 1-1103.01, 2-1201.04, 2-1312, 2-1604, 2-1605, 3-1612 [repealed], 3-327 [repealed], 3-604, 3-606, 3-2903 [repealed], 3-2301.08 [repealed], 47-2886.08, 3-3616 [repealed], 4-105, 6-101.03, 6-641.13, 6-902, 6-301.13 [repealed], 7-2205, 7-503.02, 10-212, 25-104, 29-101.120, 29-301.93, 38-1304, 38-1305, 39-205, 44-708, 44-1919 [repealed], 48-902.13, 32-807, 32-1402, 39-105, 50-2201.03, 50-2608, 50-1216, 34-801, 34-804, 34-806, 42-1203 [repealed], 42-1204 [repealed], 42-1723 [repealed], 51-113, 47-113, 47-825 [repealed], 47-2409, and Organization Order No. 127 shall become effective on January 1, 1980;
  (7) Sections 1-1105.01, 1-1106.01, and 1-1106.02 shall become effective as provided in subsection (a) of this section;
  (8) Section 1-633.06 shall become effective on March 3, 1979;
  (9) Subsection (a) of § 1-632.07 shall become effective as provided in subsection (i) of this section;
  (10) Subsection (d) of § 1-632.07 shall become effective on January 1, 1980;
  (11) Sections 4-838 [repealed], 4-839 [repealed], and 31-1501a [repealed] shall become effective as provided in subsection (d) of this section;
  (12) Subsections (b) and (c) of § 1-632.07 shall become effective on March 1, 1980;
  (13) Section 1-632.08 shall become effective on March 3, 1979; and
  (14) Section 1-632.03(a) and (c) shall become effective on January 1, 1980.
(n) Notwithstanding any other subsection of this section, any personnel authority or agency vested with authority to issue rules and regulations pursuant to § 1-604.04 may issue such rules and regulations prior to the effective date of such authority.
(o) Persons performing personnel functions to be transferred to the Office of Personnel under the authority of § 1-604.07 shall be transferred no later than 90 days after the Office is created.
D.C. Code § 1-1171.04 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11B / § 1-1171.04
§ 1-1171.04. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

A violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation of the Code of Conduct as defined in § 1-1161.01(7) , and shall be enforceable by the Board in accordance with Chapter 11A of this title [ § 1-1161.01 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 1-328.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-328.03
§ 1-328.03. Voting rights and statehood grants.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia may issue competitive grants to promote voting rights and statehood in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 1-207.41 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / § 1-207.41
§ 1-207.41. Holding Office in the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-325.42 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.42
§ 1-325.42. Budget submission requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall submit to the Council, as part of the annual budget, a requested appropriation of local funds for the Schools Modernization Fund, including a description of estimated expenditures.
(b) The appropriation of local funds to, or the existence of retained funds in, the Schools Modernization Fund shall not replace local funding that otherwise would be directed to the capital budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools.
D.C. Code § 1-336.02 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-336.02
§ 1-336.02. Identification of companies.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days after March 21, 2009, the public fund shall make its best efforts to identify all scrutinized companies in which the public fund has direct or indirect holdings. Such efforts shall include reviewing and relying, as appropriate in the public fund’s judgment, on publicly available information regarding companies that have invested more than $20 million in any given year since August 5, 1996, in Iran’s petroleum energy sector, including information provided by nonprofit organizations, research firms, international organizations, and government entities.
(b) On or before the 1st meeting of the public fund held 90 days after March 21, 2009, the public fund shall compile a list of all scrutinized companies entitled “Scrutinized Companies With Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List”.
(c) The public fund shall update and make publicly available annually the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List.
D.C. Code § 1-137.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / § 1-137.03
§ 1-137.03. Staffing. [Expired.].
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 1-333.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-333.07
§ 1-333.07. Authority to grant additional compensation.
Status: in_force

Authority is hereby granted to the Secretary of the Interior and the President of the United States, in their discretion, to grant additional compensation at rates not to exceed those prevailing without regard to the provisions of §§ 1341, 1342 and 1349 to 1351 and subchapter II of Chapter 15 of Title 31, United States Code, additional compensation at rates not to exceed those prevailing in the District of Columbia for similar or comparable employment to each employee in or under the National Capital Parks and the Executive Mansion Grounds, whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time by a wage board, or whose compensation is fixed without reference to Chapter 51 and subchapter III of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code relating to the classification of government employees and related matters, or whose compensation is limited or fixed specifically by the provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1952.
D.C. Code § 1-1061.07 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / § 1-1061.07
§ 1-1061.07. Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot.
Status: in_force

(a) A covered voter who is registered to vote in the District may apply for a military-overseas ballot using either the regular absentee ballot application on the form prescribed by the Board or the federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent.
(b) A covered voter who is not registered to vote in the District may use a federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent to apply to register to vote under § 1-1061.06 and for a military-overseas ballot.
(c) The Board shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in § 1-1061.04(c) is capable of accepting the submission of both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military-overseas ballot application sent to the Board. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other method approved under federal law to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
(d) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the Board by the 7th day before the election.
(e) To receive the benefits of this subchapter, a covered voter must inform the Board that the voter is a covered voter. Methods of informing the Board that a voter is a covered voter include:
  (1) The use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee ballot;
  (2) The use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; and
  (3) The inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered voter.
(f) This subchapter does not preclude a covered voter from voting with a regular absentee ballot as authorized by the Board.
D.C. Code § 1-1231.29 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12A / § 1-1231.29
§ 1-1231.29. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of this chapter with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
D.C. Code § 1-325.371 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-325.371
§ 1-325.371. Ward 7 and Ward 8 Entrepreneur Grant Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Ward 7 and Ward 8 Entrepreneur Grant Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Department of Small and Local Business Development ("Department") in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) In Fiscal Year 2018, $300,000 from local appropriations shall be deposited into the Fund.
(c) (1) Money in the Fund shall be used to provide grants to support the establishment or expansion of small businesses in Ward 7 and Ward 8.
  (2) No single grant shall exceed $10,000.
(d) (1) To qualify for a grant, the proposed or existing small business shall have:
    (A) A location in Ward 7 or Ward 8;
    (B) Fewer than 5 full-time employees;
    (C) Ward 7 or Ward 8 residents representing more than 50% of the ownership of the proposed or existing small business; and
    (D) A clear and deliverable business plan demonstrating the proposed use of the grant.
  (2) A grant shall support startup or expansion efforts, including product or service development, market research, customer development, licensing, prototyping, providing engineering design, leasing equipment, providing professional services, such as accounting, tax, and legal services or capital-asset management, or such other activity that the Department determines is consistent with the purposes of this section.
(e) The money deposited into the Fund 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.
(f) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this section.
D.C. Code § 1-1104.03 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / § 1-1104.03
§ 1-1104.03. Constituent services.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 1-610.63 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / § 1-610.63
§ 1-610.63. Life insurance benefits.
Status: in_force

Executive Service employees shall be covered by the provisions of subchapter XXII of this chapter , except that any Executive Service employee, whether covered by federal life insurance benefits (pursuant to § 1-622.01 ) or District life insurance benefits (pursuant to § 1-622.03 ), may receive additional coverage for himself or herself, not to exceed twice the rate of that employee’s  basic pay. The cost of that coverage shall be borne solely by the District government.
D.C. Code § 1-523.01 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / § 1-523.01
§ 1-523.01. Mayoral nominees.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) The Mayor shall nominate persons to serve as subordinate agency heads in the Executive Service established by subchapter X-A of Chapter 6 of this title [ § 1-610.51 et seq.], subject to the advice and consent of the Council, within 180 calendar days of the date of the establishment of the subordinate agency or the date of a vacancy. A nomination shall be submitted to the Council for a 90-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the nomination by resolution within this 90-day review period, the nomination shall be deemed confirmed.
  (1) If the Mayor fails to nominate a person within 180 days of the establishment of the subordinate agency vacancy or the date of vacancy, no District funds may be expended to compensate any person serving in the position.
  (2) The Mayor may designate an acting subordinate agency head, but this designation shall not suspend the requirements of this section, or the provisions of § 1-610.59(a) .
(b) The Mayor shall not appoint board or commission members to serve in a position that the law requires to be filled by Mayoral appointment with the advice and consent of the Council.
(c) No person shall serve in a hold-over capacity for longer than 180 days after the expiration of the term to which he or she was appointed, in a position that is required by law to be filled by Mayoral appointment with the advice and consent of the Council including to positions on boards and commissions.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not be affected by any provision in subchapter VI of Chapter 3 of this title [ § 1-315.01 et seq.].
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council, for a 90-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess, nominations to the boards and commissions listed in this subsection. If the Council does not approve by resolution within the 90-day period a nomination to these boards or commissions, the nomination shall be deemed disapproved.
  (1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, established by § 25-104(a) ;
  (2) The District of Columbia Board of Library Trustees, established by § 39-104 ;
  (3) The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, established by § 38-1202.01 ;
  (4) The Board of Zoning Adjustment, established by § 6-641.07 ;
  (5) The Police Complaints Board, established by § 5-1104 ;
  (6) The Contract Appeals Board, established by § 2-360.01 ;
  (7) The District of Columbia Board of Elections, established by § 1-1001.03 ;
  (8) The Commission on Human Rights, established by § 2-1404.01 ;
  (9) Repealed.
  (10) The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors, established by § 42-2702.02 ;
  (11) Repealed.
  (12) Repealed.
  (13) The Historic Preservation Review Board, established by Mayor’s Order 83-119, issued May 6, 1983 (30 DCR 3031) in accordance with § 6-1103 ;
  (14) The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors, established by § 9-1006(e) ;
  (15) Repealed;
  (16) The Office of Employee Appeals, established by § 1-606.01 ;
  (17) The Public Employee Relations Board, established by § 1-605.01 ;
  (18) The Public Service Commission, established by § 34-801 ;
  (19) The Rental Housing Commission, established by § 42-3502.01 ;
  (20) The Washington Convention and Sports Authority Board of Directors, established by § 10-1202.05 ;
  (21) The Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors, established by § 34-2202.04 ;
  (22) The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, established by § 6-621.01 ;
  (23) Repealed.
  (24) Repealed.
  (25) Repealed;
  (26) Repealed;
  (27) The Board of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, as established by § 6-203.01 ;
  (28) Repealed;
  (29) Homeland Security Commission, established by § 7-2271.02 ;
  (30) Repealed.
  (31) The Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, established by § 1-1162.02 ;
  (32) Commission on the Arts and Humanities, established by § 39-203 ;
  (33) The Board of Directors of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission established by Article III.B of § 9-1109.11 ;
  (34) The Green Finance Authority;
  (35) The Housing Production Trust Fund Board, established by § 42-2802.01 ;
  (36) The Clemency Board, established by § 24-481.03 ; and
  (37) The Campaign Finance Board, established by § 1-1163.02 .
  [(38)] The Corrections Information Council, established by § 24-101.01 ;
  [(39)] The District of Columbia Sentencing Commission, established by § 3-101(a) ; and
  (40) Use of Force Review Board, established by § 5-353.01 .
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council, for a 45-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess, nominations to the boards and commissions listed in this subsection. The Council shall be deemed to have approved a nomination under this subsection if during the 45-day period, no member introduces a resolution disapproving the nomination. If a member introduces a resolution disapproving the nomination within the 45-day period, the Council shall have an additional 45 days, excluding days of Council recess, to disapprove the nomination by resolution, or it will be deemed approved.
  (1) The Apprenticeship Council, established by § 32-1402 ;
  (2) The Armory Board, established by § 3-302 ;
  (3) Repealed;
  (4) The Board of Dentistry, established by § 3-1202.01 ;
  (5) The Board of Medicine, established by § 3-1202.03 ;
  (6) The Board of Nursing, established by § 3-1202.04 ;
  (7) Repealed.
  (8) The Board of Psychology, established by § 3-1202.11 ;
  (9) Repealed.
  (10) The Child Support Guideline Commission, established by § 16-916.02 ;
  (11) Repealed;
  (12) The District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission, established by § 3-604 ;
  (13) The Multistate Tax Commission, established by § 47-441 ;
  (14) The Public Access Corporation Board of Directors, established by § 34-1253.02 ;
  (15) The Board of Real Estate, established by § 47-2853.06(h) ;
  (16) Repealed;
  (17) The Board of Dietetics and Nutrition, established by § 3-1202.02 ;
  (18) The Board of Occupational Therapy, established by § 3-1202.06 ;
  (19) The Board of Optometry, established by § 3-1202.07 ;
  (20) The Board of Pharmacy, established by § 3-1202.08 ;
  (21) The Board of Physical Therapy, established by § 3-1202.09 ;
  (22) The Board of Podiatry, established by § 3-1202.10 ;
  (23) The Board of Social Work, established by § 3-1202.12 ;
  (24) The Board of Professional Counseling, established by § 3-1202.13 ;
  (25) The Board of Respiratory Care, established by § 3-1202.14 ;
  (26) The Board of Massage Therapy, established by § 3-1202.15 ;
  (27) The Board of Chiropractic, established by § 3-1202.16 ;
  (28) The Statewide Health Coordinating Council, established by § 44-403 ;
  (29) The Board of Barber and Cosmetology, established by § 47-2853.06(c) ;
  (30) The Board of Real Estate Appraisers, established by § 47-2853.06(g) ;
  (31) Repealed;
  (32) The Board of Funeral Directors, established by § 47-2853.06(f) ;
  (33) Repealed;
  (34) Repealed;
  (35) The Board of Veterinary Examiners for the District of Columbia,  established by § 3-505 [repealed];
  (36) Reserved;
  (37) The Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture, established by § 47-2853.06(a) ;
  (38) The Board of Accountancy, established by § 47-2853.06(b) ;
  (39) The Board of Industrial Trades, established by § 47-2853.06(d) ;
  (40) The Board of Professional Engineering, established by § 47-2853.06(e) ;
  (41) The Housing and Community Development Reform Commission, established by § 6-1032 ;
  (42) The Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development, established by § 2-1373 ;
  (43) Repealed.
  (44) Repealed;
  (45) Repealed;
  (46) The Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Commission, established by § 3-1352 ;
  (47) The Commission on African Affairs, established by § 2-1393 ;
  (48) The Science Advisory Board to the Department of Forensic Sciences, established by § 5-1501.11 ;
  (49) The Commission on African-American Affairs, established by § 3-1441 ;
  (50) Repealed;
  (51) Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund Advisory Committee, established by § 1-621.51 ;
  (52) The Commission on Fathers, Men, and Boys, established pursuant to § 3-731 ;
  (53) The Commission on Health Equity, established by § 7-756.01 ;
  (54) Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee, established by § 32-1412.01 ;
  (55) The District of Columbia State Athletics Commission, established pursuant to Chapter 26A-i of Title 38 ;
  (56) The Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes, established pursuant to subchapter III-B of Chapter 15 of Title 2 ;
  (57) The Adult Career Pathways Task Force, established by § 32-1661 ;
  (58) The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, established by subchapter I of Chapter 12B of Title 3 ;
  (59) Repealed.
  (60) The Maternal Mortality Review Committee, established by § 7-671.02 ;
  (61) The Child Fatality Review Committee, established by § 4-1371.03 ;
  (62) The Violence Fatality Review Committee, established by § 5-1431.01 ;
  (63) The Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, established by § 16-1052 ;
  (64) Expired;
  (65) The Commission on Nightlife and Culture established pursuant to § 3-664(a) ;
  (66) Repealed.
  (67) The Students in the Care of D.C. Coordinating Committee established pursuant to subchapter VIII of Chapter 15 of Title 2 ;
  (68) The Commission on Fashion Arts and Events, established by § 3-651 ;
  (69) The Perinatal and Infant Health Advisory Committee, established by § 7-858.05 ;
  (70) The Commission on Poverty, established by [ § 3-641.02 ];
  (71) Repealed.
  (72) Board of Rehabilitative Therapies established by § 3-1202.23 ;
  (73) Board of Acupuncture, Chiropractic, and Naturopathic Physicians established by § 3-1202.24 ; and
  (74) The Office of District Waterways Management, established by § 8-191.01(a) ; and
  (75) The Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizens Affairs.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor shall directly appoint members to boards and commissions, without the advice and consent of the Council, to the boards and commissions not contained in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
(h) This section shall not apply to positions on boards and commissions that are designated by law for the Mayor, his or her designee, or another member of the executive branch or his or her designee.
D.C. Code § 1-306.33 — DC Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / § 1-306.33
§ 1-306.33. Housing linkage policies — Requirements.
Status: in_force

The policies established in support of the housing linkage objective are as follows:
(1) Except as provided in § 1-306.41 , whenever the Council approves a discretionary and otherwise appropriate street or alley closing which results in the provision of additional commercial office space, or whenever the Zoning Commission approves a discretionary and otherwise appropriate zoning density increase which results in the provision of additional commercial office space, the applicant who obtains the additional commercial office space shall be required to comply with the following housing requirement:
  (A) The applicant shall construct or rehabilitate housing that is affordable to low- and moderate- income households in the District, the minimum amount of which shall be calculated by the formula set forth in paragraph (2) of this section, which shall be dedicated to use for affordable housing for no fewer than 20 years, and which shall be developed in accordance with the schedule set forth in § 1-306.43 ; or
  (B) The applicant shall contribute funds, the minimum amount of which shall be calculated by the formula set forth in § 1-306.36 , to a housing trust fund in accordance with the schedule set forth in § 1-306.34 .
(2) Except as provided in § 1-306.34 , if the applicant agrees to construct or rehabilitate the affordable housing, then the total square footage of the affordable housing that the applicant shall be required to construct or rehabilitate shall be as follows:
  (A) Not less than 1/4 of the total square footage of the additional commercial office space, if the required affordable housing is located on or adjacent to the site of the additional commercial office space;
  (B) Not less than 1/3 of the total square footage of the additional commercial office space, if the required affordable housing is located off or not adjacent to the site of the additional commercial office space, and if the housing is located within the advisory neighborhood commission area where the additional commercial office space is located or within an area designated on an enacted land use map of the Comprehensive Plan as a housing opportunity area; or
  (C) Not less than 1/2 of the total square footage of the additional commercial office space, if the required affordable housing is located in any other area of the District.