D.C. Code § 2-1402.11 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1402.11
§ 2-1402.11. Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(a) General. — It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the following acts, wholly or partially for a discriminatory reason based upon the actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking, credit information, or homeless status of any individual:
  (1) (A) By an employer. — To fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any individual; or otherwise to discriminate against any individual, with respect to his or hers compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, including promotion; or to limit, segregate, or classify his or hers employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or otherwise adversely affect his or hers status as an employee;
    (B) To fail to treat an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, a pregnancy-related or childbirth-related medical condition, breastfeeding, or a reproductive health decision, the same for all employment-related purposes, including receipt of benefits under fringe benefit programs, as an employee not so affected but similar in the employee's ability or inability to work, including the requirement that an employer shall treat an employee temporarily unable to perform the functions of the employee's job because of the employee's pregnancy-related condition in the same manner as it treats other employees with temporary disabilities; provided, that this subparagraph shall not be construed to require an employer to provide insurance coverage related to a reproductive health decision;
  (2) By an employment agency. — To fail or refuse to refer for employment, or to classify or refer for employment, any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual; or
  (3) By a labor organization. — To exclude or to expel from its membership, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual; or to limit, segregate, or classify its membership; or to classify, or fail, or refuse to refer for employment any individual in any way, which would deprive such individual of employment opportunities, or would limit such employment opportunities, or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee or as an applicant for employment; or
  (4) By an employer, employment agency or labor organization. — (A) To discriminate against any individual in admission to or the employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including an on-the-job training program;
    (B) To print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement, or use any publication form, relating to employment by such an employer, or to membership in, or any classification or referral for employment by such a labor organization, or to any classification or referral for employment by such an employment agency, unlawfully indicating any preference, limitation, specification, or distinction, based on the race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, genetic information, disability, political affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking, credit information, or homeless status of any individual.
    (C) To request or require a genetic test of, or administer a genetic test to, any individual as a condition of employment, application for employment, or membership, or to seek to obtain, obtain, or use genetic information of an employee or applicant for employment or membership.
    (D) To directly or indirectly require, request, suggest, or cause any employee to submit credit information, or use, accept, refer to, or inquire into an employee's credit information.
(b) Subterfuge. — It shall further be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the above said acts for any reason that would not have been asserted but for, wholly or partially, a discriminatory reason based on the actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, genetic information, disability, political affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking, credit information, or homeless status of any individual.
(b-1) [Medical marijuana to treat a disability. —] Not Funded.
(c) Accommodation for religious observance. — (1) It shall further be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to refuse to make a reasonable accommodation for an employee’s religious observance by permitting the employee to make up work time lost due to such observance, unless such an accommodation would cause the employer undue hardship. An accommodation would cause an employer undue hardship when it would cause the employer to incur more than de minimis costs.
  (2) Such an accommodation may be made by permitting the employee to work:
    (A) During the employee’s scheduled lunch time or other work breaks;
    (B) Before or after the employee’s usual working hours;
    (C) Outside of the employer’s normal business hours;
    (D) During the employee’s paid vacation days;
    (E) During another employee’s working hours as part of a voluntary swap with such other employee; or
    (F) In any other manner that is mutually agreeable to the employer and employee.
  (3) When an employee’s request for a particular form of accommodation would cause undue hardship to the employer, the employer shall reasonably accommodate the employee in a manner that does not cause undue hardship to the employer. Where other means of accommodation would cause undue hardship to the employer, an employee shall have the option of taking leave without pay if granting leave without pay would not cause undue hardship to the employer.
  (4) An employee shall notify the employer of the need for an accommodation at least 10 working days prior to the day or days for which the accommodation is needed, unless the need for the accommodation cannot reasonably be foreseen.
  (5) In any proceeding brought under this section, the employer shall have the burden of establishing that it would be unable reasonably to accommodate an employee’s religious observance without incurring an undue hardship, provided, however, that in the case of an employer that employs more than 5 but fewer than 15 full-time employees, or where accommodation of an employee’s observance of a religious practice would require the employee to take more than 3 consecutive days off from work, the employee shall have the burden of establishing that the employer could reasonably accommodate the employee’s religious observance without incurring an undue hardship; and provided further, that it shall be considered an undue hardship if an employer would be required to pay any additional compensation to an employee by reason of an accommodation for an employee’s religious observance. The mere assumption that other employees with the same religious beliefs might also request accommodation shall not be considered evidence of undue hardship. An employer that employs 5 or fewer full-time employees shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection.
(c-1) Victims and family members of victims of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. — (1) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to do any of the acts prohibited in subsection (a) or (b) of this section based wholly or partially on the fact that:
    (A) An employee attended, participated in, prepared for, or requested leave to attend, participate in, or prepare for a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding relating to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking of which the employee or employee's family member was a victim, including meetings with an attorney or law enforcement officials;
    (B) An employee sought physical or mental health treatment or counseling relating to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking of which the employee or employee's family member was a victim; or
    (C) An individual caused a disruption at the employee's workplace or made a threat to an employee's employment, relating to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking of which the employee or employee's family member was a victim.
  (2) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to refuse to make a reasonable accommodation for an employee who is a victim or a family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking when an accommodation is necessary to ensure the person's security and safety, unless such an accommodation would cause the employer undue hardship.
  (3) (A) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to disclose any information related to an employee's status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking provided to the employer by the employee, including a statement or any other documentation, record, or corroborating evidence.
    (B) It shall not be a violation of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to make a disclosure that is:
      (i) Requested or voluntarily authorized in writing by the employee;
      (ii) Ordered by a court or administrative agency or otherwise required by law;
      (iii) Provided to a law enforcement agency;
      (iv) Necessary to protect other employees from imminent harm;
      (v) To the extent necessary, to provide a reasonable accommodation to the victim; or
      (vi) If the employee works in a private residence, necessary to protect residents at the employee's workplace from harm.
    (C) In the event of a disclosure, the employer shall notify the employee of the disclosure.
  (4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term:
    (A) "Reasonable accommodation" includes a transfer, reassignment, modified schedule, leave, changed work station, changed work telephone or email address, installed lock, assistance in documenting domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking that occurs in the workplace, or the implementation of another safety procedure in response to actual or threatened domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking.
    (B) "Undue hardship" means any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the employer, its financial resources, and the nature and structure of its operation.
(c-2) Harassment. – (1) It shall further be an unlawful discriminatory practice to engage in harassment based on one or more protected characteristics specified in subsection (a), including sexual harassment.
  (2) For purposes of this subsection:
    (A) "Harassment" means conduct, whether direct or indirect, verbal or nonverbal, that unreasonably alters an individual's terms, conditions, or privileges of employment or has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
    (B) "Sexual harassment" means:
      (i) Any conduct of a sexual nature or that is based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression that constitutes harassment as defined in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; and
      (ii) Sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other conduct of a sexual nature where submission to the conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment or where submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision affecting the individual's employment.
  (3) In determining whether conduct constitutes unlawful harassment under this subsection, a finder of fact shall consider the totality of the circumstances and view conduct based on multiple protected characteristics in totality, rather than in isolation. Conduct need not be severe or pervasive to constitute harassment and no specific number of incidents or specific level of egregiousness is required. The finder of fact shall consider the following factors; except, that this list shall not be considered exhaustive, and the presence or absence of any single factor shall not be determinative:
    (A) The frequency of the conduct;
    (B) The duration of the conduct;
    (C) The location where the conduct occurred;
    (D) Whether the conduct involved threats, slurs, epithets, stereotypes, or humiliating or degrading conduct; and
    (E) Whether any party to the conduct held a position of formal authority over or informal power relative to another party.
  (4) The finder of fact may find that conduct constitutes unlawful harassment regardless of the following circumstances:
    (A) The conduct consisted of a single incident;
    (B) The conduct was directed toward a person other than the complainant;
    (C) The complainant submitted to or participated in the conduct;
    (D) The complainant was able to complete employment responsibilities despite the conduct;
    (E) The conduct did not cause tangible physical or psychological injury;
    (F) The conduct occurred outside the workplace; or
    (G) The conduct was not overtly directed toward a protected characteristic.
(d) Prohibited acts that otherwise would constitute unlawful discriminatory practices based upon the credit information of an individual under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall not apply:
  (1) Where an employer is otherwise required by District law to require, request, suggest, or cause any employee to submit credit information, or use, accept, refer to, or inquire into an employee's credit information.
  (2) Where an employee is applying for a position as or is employed as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, as a special police officer or campus police officer appointed pursuant to § 5-129.02(a) , or in a position with a law enforcement function;
  (3) To the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia;
  (3A) To the District of Columbia Retirement Board;
  (4) Where an employee is required to possess a security clearance under District law;
  (5) To disclosures by District government employees of their credit information to the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability or the Office of the Inspector General, or to the use of such disclosures by those agencies;
  (6) To financial institutions, where the position involves access to personal financial information; or
  (7) Where an employer requests or receives credit information pursuant to a lawful subpoena, court order, or law enforcement investigation.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Credit information" means any written, oral, or other communication of information bearing on an employee's creditworthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, or credit history.
  (2) "Financial institution" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 26-551.02(18) .
  (3) "Inquire" means any direct or indirect conduct intended to gather credit information using any method, including application forms, interviews, and credit history checks.
D.C. Code § 2-1801.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 18 / § 2-1801.03
§ 2-1801.03. Administrative law judges and attorney examiners.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Chapter 18A of this title , the Mayor shall appoint 1 or more attorneys to serve as administrative law judges or attorney examiners to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Administrative law judges or attorney examiners shall have the following powers:
  (1) Presiding over hearings in contested matters under this chapter;
  (2) Compelling the attendance of witnesses by subpoena, administering oaths, taking the testimony of witnesses under oath, and dismissing, rehearing, and continuing cases;
  (3) Imposing sanctions for infractions under subchapter II of this chapter , including monetary fines, penalties, and hearing and inspection costs;
  (4) Suspending permits or licenses for the purpose of enforcing the payment of monetary fines, penalties, or hearing and inspection costs;
  (5) Permitting the payment of monetary fines, penalties, and hearing and inspection costs in excess of $50 in monthly installments over a period not greater than 6 months and allowing a fee of 1% per month of the outstanding amount owed by a respondent for the installment service;
  (6) Suspending all or part of any fine or penalty imposed on grounds of past compliance or past good faith attempts to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or upon condition that the respondent correct the infraction by a date certain; and
  (7) Sealing the premises where the conduct occurred which is the basis of the citation to enforce orders requiring the payment of monetary fines, penalties, or hearing and inspection costs.
(c) Each licensing or permitting authority or successor entity established by the laws and regulations amended by title IV may delegate to administrative law judges or attorney examiners, who are appointed pursuant to this section or pursuant to Chapter 18A of  this title [ § 2-1831.01 et seq.], the authority to conduct hearings pursuant to the laws and regulations and to recommend appropriate action, including denial, suspension, or revocation of any permit or license, to the licensing or permitting authority.
(d) Prior to assuming any duties or responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, administrative law judges or attorney examiners shall have completed an orientation or training course established by the Mayor or the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings for the purpose of familiarizing themselves with relevant rules, procedures, and substantive law.
(e) Administrative law judges and attorney examiners appointed pursuant to this section, or pursuant to Chapter 18A of this title [ § 2-1831.01 et seq.], may hear cases pursuant to Chapter 39 of Title 28 .
D.C. Code § 2-352.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-352.01
§ 2-352.01. Office of Contracting and Procurement; authority.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) There is established as an independent agency the Office of Contracting and Procurement, which shall be administered by the Chief Procurement Officer. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, OCP, through the CPO, shall have the exclusive authority to administer the provisions of this chapter.
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, until October 1, 2015, the following agencies, through their chief procurement officers, shall exercise the duties of the CPO for their respective agencies:
    (A) The Department of Disability Services; and
    (B) The Department of Behavioral Health, if a court order no longer requires the agency to be exempt from the CPO’s authority.
  (4) The CPO may delegate contracting authority to employees of an agency, including OCP, or another instrumentality.
  (5) Agencies and instrumentalities subject to this chapter shall determine their requirements for goods and services and administering awarded contracts.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the following agencies shall not be subject to the authority of the CPO, but shall conduct procurements in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
  (1) The Office of the Chief Financial Officer;
  (1A) The Tax Revision Commission, pursuant to § 2-354.07 ;
  (1B) The Office of the Attorney General;
  (2) The University of the District of Columbia;
  (3) The District of Columbia Housing Authority, except as otherwise provided in § 6-219 ;
  (4) The District of Columbia Public Library;
  (5) The District of Columbia Public Schools;
  (6) The Child and Family Services Agency, until such time as a court order no longer requires the agency to be exempt from the CPO’s authority;
  (7) Repealed;
  (8) The Public Service Commission;
  (9) The Office of the People’s Counsel;
  (10) The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council;
  (11) The Department of General Services; and
  (12) The Criminal Code Reform Commission.
(c) The Office of the Attorney General and the Inspector General may contract for the services of accountants, lawyers, and other experts when they determine and state in writing that good reason exists why the services should be procured independently of the Chief Procurement Officer.
(d) Except regarding agencies exempted in § 2-351.05(c) and subsection (b) of this section and roads, bridges, other transportation systems, and facilities and structures appurtenant to roads, bridges, and other transportation systems, the Department of General Services shall have procurement authority for:
  (1) Construction and related services under subchapter VI of this chapter ; and
  (2) Facilities maintenance and operation services, real estate asset management services, utility contracts, and security services, as set forth in § 10-551.02(5) .
(e) Except as otherwise provided in § 2-351.05(b) , the CPO may review and monitor procurements, including for construction and related services under subchapter VI of this chapter , by any agency, instrumentality, employee, or official exempt under this chapter or authorized to procure independently of OCP.
(f) The CPO may conduct procurements and award contracts on behalf of any agency exempt under this chapter or authorized to procure independently of OCP, when requested by the agency to do so. In conducting procurements or awarding contracts, the CPO shall comply with the requirements of this chapter , except as provided in § 2-272.01(e) .
D.C. Code § 2-1103 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / § 2-1103
§ 2-1103. Priority projects.
Status: in_force

The Congress further declares that, in carrying out the policy pursuant to § 2-1102 for the attainment of the objective established by § 2-1101 , priority should be given to the solution, on a unified metropolitan basis, of the problems of water supply, sewage disposal, and water pollution and transportation.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.33k — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.33k
§ 2-1217.33k. Maintenance of documents.
Status: in_force

Copies of the specimen bonds and of the final Financing Documents and Closing Documents shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 2-219.33 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-219.33
§ 2-219.33. Establishment of the Office of First Source Compliance.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b) , the Council establishes, as of October 1, 2008, the Office of First Source Compliance, as a single administrative unit within the Department of Employment Services, to enforce, monitor, and ensure compliance with part A of this subchapter [ § 2-219.01 et seq.], by each beneficiary of government-assisted projects in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 2-1402.102 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1402.102
§ 2-1402.102. Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for a long-term care facility or staff to do any of the following to an individual because of an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV status:
  (1) Deny an individual admission to a long-term care facility;
  (2) Refuse to transfer a resident, or forcibly transfer a resident, to another long-term care facility;
  (3) Discharge or evict a resident from a long-term care facility;
  (4) Deny a request by a resident to share a room with another resident;
  (5) Where rooms are assigned by gender, assign or reassign a transgender; resident to a room that is not accordance with the resident's gender identity or expression or refuse to assign a transgender resident to a room in accordance with that resident's gender identity or expression, unless at the resident's request;
  (6) Require a resident to show personal identification documentation or otherwise require a resident to provide evidence of their sex or gender to gain entrance to a restroom or other sex-segregated facility or setting that is available to other residents of the same gender identity or expression;
  (7) Knowingly refuse to use a resident's preferred name or pronouns after being clearly informed of the resident's preferred name or pronouns;
  (8) Deny a resident the right to clothing, accessories, or cosmetics, or to engage in grooming practices consistent with the resident's gender identity or expression that are permitted for other residents of the same gender identity or expression;
  (9) Deny or restrict a resident's right to privacy or free association with other residents or visitors, including the right to consensual expressions of intimacy or sexual relations; or
  (10) Deny or restrict a resident from accessing appropriate medical or nonmedical care or refuse to provide a resident medical or nonmedical care that unreasonably demeans the resident's dignity or causes avoidable discomfort.
(b) (1) Staff not involved in providing direct care to a resident shall not be present during the resident's physical examination or the provision of personal care to the resident if the resident is partially or fully unclothed without the express permission of the resident or the resident's representative.
  (2) A long-term care facility shall use doors, curtains, screens, or other effective visual barriers to provide privacy for a resident whenever they are partially or fully unclothed.
  (3) A resident or resident's representative shall be informed of and have the right to refuse an examination, observation, or treatment by staff when the primary purpose is educational or informational rather than due to a medical need. A refusal shall not diminish the resident's access to care for the primary purpose of diagnosis or treatment.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to the extent that they are incompatible with any professionally reasonable clinical judgment and where the staff provides written documentation of the basis for that clinical judgment to the resident or the resident's representative.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or excuse noncompliance with any provision of applicable federal or District law.
D.C. Code § 2-361.04a — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-361.04a
§ 2-361.04a. Vendor portal.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall establish and maintain on the Internet a publicly accessible website containing a portal which shall, at a minimum:
  (1) Show payments made by the District of Columbia government to contractors, searchable by purchase order number, invoice number, check number, voucher number, or any combination of the aforementioned necessary to identify a particular payment; and
  (2) Allow for electronic submission of invoices to the District by a contractor.
(b) The website may require registration to view payments to contractors shown pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, but such registration shall not require the viewer to supply any identifying information except for the viewer's name, email address, and password.
(c) This section shall apply to payments made by, and invoices submitted to, any agency that manages financial transactions through systems maintained by the Chief Financial Officer.
D.C. Code § 2-401 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 4 / § 2-401
§ 2-401. Service of process.
Status: in_force

In suits commenced after June 20, 1874, against the District of Columbia, process may be served on the Mayor of the District of Columbia, until otherwise provided by law.
D.C. Code § 2-1831.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 18A / § 2-1831.02
§ 2-1831.02. Establishment of Office of Administrative Hearings.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings is established as an independent agency within the executive branch of the District of Columbia government in the form and manner prescribed by this chapter. The Office shall be responsible for the administrative adjudication of all cases to which this chapter applies.
(b) The Office shall commence operations on the day that begins the first pay period after 180 days following Council confirmation of the individual who will serve as the first Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office. On or after March 6, 2002, the Mayor may issue an executive order appointing an acting Chief Administrative Law Judge, pending his or her confirmation, and may authorize him or her to plan for the implementation of this chapter, including the commencement of operations of the Office.
(c) (1) (A) If the Office begins operations after October 1, 2003, the Chief Financial Officer shall make intra-district transfers, on a quarterly basis, to the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Board of Appeals and Review, the Child and Family Services Agency, and the Department of Motor Vehicles for the continuing costs of their adjudication functions during Fiscal Year 2004. The intra-district transfer shall be calculated as a pro rata share of the funds and full-time equivalent positions that each agency, respectively, transferred to the Office for its Fiscal Year 2004 baseline budget prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Any amount so transferred shall remain a portion of the Office’s baseline budget for any succeeding fiscal year.
    (B) In calculating any pro rata share for the Board of Appeals and Review, the Chief Financial Officer shall exclude from consideration any period that occurs, in whole or in part, during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004. The Chief Financial Officer shall also make an intra-district transfer to the Office’s budget of any unused funds in the Fiscal Year 2004 budget of the Board of Appeals and Review, as of the date that the Office commences operations in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) All funding and full-time equivalent position authority associated with the administrative adjudication functions of any agency to which this chapter becomes applicable on October 1, 2004, shall be transferred from that agency on or before the date that this chapter becomes applicable to that agency.
  (4) All property associated with the administrative adjudication functions of any agency to which this chapter becomes applicable shall be transferred to the Office on or before the date that this chapter becomes applicable to that agency.
(d) Any hearing officer in an agency covered by this chapter shall be subject to all rights, privileges, and requirements of this chapter, but his or her position and related costs shall continue to be funded by his or her originating agency until personnel authority, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, revenues, and other funds associated with an agency’s carrying out the functions assigned to the Office under authority of this chapter are lawfully transferred to the Office.
(e) The Office shall be subject to Unit A of Chapter 3 of this chapter , subchapter IX-A of Chapter 2 of this chapter , Chapter 14 of Title 1 , and Chapter 10 of Title 10 .
D.C. Code § 2-1217.104 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.104
§ 2-1217.104. Bond details.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to take any action reasonably necessary or appropriate in accordance with this subchapter in connection with the preparation, execution, issuance, sale, delivery, security for, and payment of the bonds of each series, including, but not limited to, determinations of:
  (1) The final form, content, designation, and terms of the bonds, including a determination that the bonds may be issued in certificated or book-entry form;
  (2) The principal amount of the bonds to be issued and denominations of the bonds;
  (3) The date or dates of issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds, and the maturity date or dates of the bonds;
  (4) The terms under which the bonds may be paid, optionally or mandatorily redeemed, accelerated, tendered, called, or put for redemption, repurchase, or remarketing before their respective stated maturities;
  (5) Provisions for the registration, transfer, and exchange of the bonds and the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed bonds;
  (6) The creation of any reserve fund, sinking fund, or other fund with respect to the bonds;
  (7) The time and place of payment of the bonds;
  (8) Procedures for monitoring the use of the proceeds received from the sale of the bonds to ensure that the proceeds are properly applied to one or more Qualifying Schools and used to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter;
  (9) Actions necessary to qualify the bonds under blue sky laws of any jurisdiction where the bonds are marketed; and
  (10) The terms and types of credit enhancement under which the bonds may be secured.
(b) The bonds shall contain a legend, which shall provide that the bonds are special obligations of the District, are without recourse to the District, are not a pledge of, and do not involve the faith and credit or the taxing power of the District, do not constitute a debt of the District, and do not constitute lending of the public credit for private undertakings as prohibited in § 1-206.02(a)(2) .
(c) The bonds shall be executed in the name of the District and on its behalf by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, and attested by the Secretary of the District of Columbia by the Secretary’s manual or facsimile signature. The Mayor’s execution and delivery of the bonds shall constitute conclusive evidence of the Mayor’s approval, on behalf of the District, of the final form and content of the bonds.
(d) The official seal of the District, or a facsimile of it, shall be impressed, printed, or otherwise reproduced on the bonds.
(e) The bonds of any series may be issued in accordance with the terms of a trust instrument to be entered into by the District and a trustee and may be subject to the terms of one or more agreements entered into by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-204.90(a)(4) .
(f) The bonds may be issued at any time or from time to time in one or more issues and in one or more series.
D.C. Code § 2-827 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / § 2-827
§ 2-827. Effective period of regulations and licenses; publication of regulations; penalties.
Status: in_force

The regulations and licenses authorized by this chapter shall be in full force and effect only during the inaugural period. Such regulations shall be published in 1 or more of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia and no penalty prescribed for the violation of any such regulation shall be enforced until 5 days after such publication. Any person violating any regulation promulgated by the Council of the District of Columbia under the authority of this chapter shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days. Each and every day a violation of such regulation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and the penalty prescribed shall be applicable to each such separate offense.
D.C. Code § 2-1208.31 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1208.31
§ 2-1208.31. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter , the term:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Small and Local Business Development, established by subchapter IX-A of Chapter 2 of this title .
(2) "District-based business" or "DBB" means a maker that:
  (A) Maintains its primary office in the District;
  (B) Possesses a current license pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 ;
  (C) Has certified that either the majority owners are District residents or 51% or more of its employees are District residents; and
  (D) Is registered with the Department.
(3) "Fund" means the Made in DC Fund established by § 2-1208.33 .
(4) "Innovation Space and Marketplace" means studio space together with sales gallery space, space with high-end shared equipment, and classrooms that would be available to local makers on a low-cost membership basis.
(5) "Made in DC" means the brand name developed under the Made in DC program, established by § 2-1208.32 , which may be used by a maker who is registered with the Department as a DBB to promote a product that has been:
  (A) Created, manufactured, or assembled in the District; and
  (B) Approved by the Department.
(6) "Maker" means an individual, including an artisan or craftsperson, or a business, who creates, manufactures, or assembles a product through a process involving intellectual property, ingredients, raw materials, or other components.
(7) "Program" means the Made in DC program established by § 2-1208.32 .
D.C. Code § 2-354.09 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-354.09
§ 2-354.09. Auctions.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The CPO may procure goods or services through reverse auction via the Internet when it is determined that the reverse auction bidding method is the most effective method for the District.
  (2) The CPO may place any requirement for a good or service on an established Internet reverse auction exchange that would allow any bidder to competitively bid down the price of that good or service over a set period of time established by the CPO.
  (3) The CPO may establish an online auction for the purposes of executing reverse auction transactions on behalf of the District.
(b) (1) The CPO may dispose of or sell surplus goods through standard auction via the Internet.
  (2) The CPO may place any surplus goods on an established standard auction exchange on the Internet that would allow any person, excluding any employee of the disposing District agency, to competitively acquire surplus personal property or goods from the District.
  (3) The CPO may establish a standard auction exchange on the Internet for the purpose of executing standard auction transactions on behalf of the District government.
D.C. Code § 2-1009 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / § 2-1009
§ 2-1009. Acquisition of land — Authorization.
Status: in_force

Said Commission or a majority thereof is authorized and directed to acquire such lands as in its judgment shall be necessary and desirable in the District of Columbia and adjacent areas in Maryland and Virginia, within the limits of the appropriations made for such purposes, for suitable development of the National Capital park, parkway, and playground system. Said Commission is authorized to acquire such lands by purchase when they can be acquired at prices reasonable in the judgment of said Commission, otherwise by condemnation proceedings, such proceedings to acquire lands within the District of Columbia to be in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 30, 1890, 26 Stat. 412, ch. 837, the Chief of Engineers of the Army being, for the purposes of this chapter, hereby clothed with all the power vested by the said Act of August 30, 1890, in the Board thereby created. Said Commission is hereby authorized to acquire such lands, located in Maryland or Virginia, either by purchase or condemnation proceedings, by such arrangements as to acquisition and payment for the lands as it shall determine upon by agreement with the proper officials of the States of Maryland and Virginia. In the selection of lands to be acquired the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts shall be requested. The designation of all lands to be acquired by condemnation, all contracts for purchase of lands, and all agreements between said Commission and the officials of the States of Maryland and Virginia shall be subject to the approval of the President of the United States.
D.C. Code § 2-140 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / § 2-140
§ 2-140. Notice of attempted residential service.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days after April 11, 1986, the Mayor shall issue rules establishing a system under which agencies of the District of Columbia government which provide the services enumerated in this section to residents of the District of Columbia upon request shall notify the requestor that a service cannot be provided. The rules shall provide for notice pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and for notice to be left, if possible, (1) by being pushed under the internal door on the premises of the requestor, (2) by being pushed through a mail slot in the internal door on the premises of the requestor, or (3) as a last resort, in any manner on the premises of the requestor that offers a reasonable assurance that it will remain there until retrieved by the resident.
(b) The rules shall provide a system under which the following information shall be made available to the residents: The name of the agency, the name of the individual attempting to provide the service, the date and time of the attempt to complete the requested service, the reason the service could not be delivered, and a telephone number that the resident can call to reschedule service.
(c) The services covered by this section shall include bulk trash collection, tree trimming, alley cleaning, leaf collection, inspections for alleged housing code violations, and any other service included in the rules issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(d) All rules issued pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the Council for a 45-day review period.
(e) The Council may, by resolution, approve or disapprove the rules, in whole or in part, within the 45-day review period. If the Council, by resolution, does not approve or disapprove the regulations before the expiration of the 45-day review period, the regulations shall become effective at the expiration of the 45-day review period.
D.C. Code § 2-1511 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1511
§ 2-1511. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this subchapter is held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter shall not be affected.
D.C. Code § 2-1215.71 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1215.71
§ 2-1215.71. Establishment of BIDs not limited.
Status: in_force

The listing of specifically authorized BIDs in part B of this subchapter shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of a BID in another area pursuant to the terms of this subchapter; provided, that any BID taxes, or BID tax increases, not authorized in part B of this subchapter (whether as adopted or amended by act of Council) shall not become effective until the effective date of an act of Council which makes such BID taxes effective.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.40l — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.40l
§ 2-1217.40l. Maintenance of documents.
Status: in_force

Copies of the specimen bonds and of the final Financing Documents and Closing Documents shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 2-301.05f — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-301.05f
§ 2-301.05f. Direct voucher payments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1213.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1213.03
§ 2-1213.03. Establishment of Financial Assurance Fund.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 2-1105 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / § 2-1105
§ 2-1105. “Washington metropolitan region” defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term “Washington metropolitan region” includes the District of Columbia, the Counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in the State of Maryland, the Counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the Cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
D.C. Code § 2-303.18 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-303.18
§ 2-303.18. Termination of contracts.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1501 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1501
§ 2-1501. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Youth” means those residents of the District of Columbia between the ages of 13 and 17, inclusive.
(2) “Children” means those residents of the District of Columbia ages 12 and under.
(3) “Neighborhood planning council” means the structure designated for adult and youth participation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs for children and youth, pursuant to Commissioner’s Order No. 68-219, March 25, 1968, subject to modifications made by the Mayor pursuant to § 2-1503.01 .
(4) “Councilmember” means any person 13 years and over who lives within the geographic area of a neighborhood planning council who has registered his/her name, address, and telephone number with that particular council.
(5) “Council of chairpersons” means the body of assembled chairpersons of each of the neighborhood planning councils.
(6) “Office,” “Director,” and other such terms mean the Office of Youth Advocacy, established in § 2-1504 , and further specified in other parts of this subchapter.
(7) “Division,” “Director,” and other such terms mean the Division of Community-Based Programs for Children and Youth of the Department of Recreation, established in § 2-1503 , and further specified in other parts of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 2-1219.26 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1219.26
§ 2-1219.26. No taxing power.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1411.04 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1411.04
§ 2-1411.04. 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 Department of Human Rights and Local Business Development for the human rights functions set out in Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1989, effective November 1, 1989, are hereby transferred to the Office.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.37f — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.37f
§ 2-1217.37f. Bond details.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to take any action reasonably necessary or appropriate in accordance with this subpart in connection with the preparation, execution, issuance, sale, delivery, security for, and payment of the Bonds of each series, including, but not limited to, determinations of:
  (1) The final form, content, designation, and terms of the Bonds, including a determination that the Bonds may be issued in certificated or book-entry form;
  (2) The principal amount of the Bonds to be issued and denominations of the Bonds;
  (3) The rate or rates of interest or the method for determining the rate or rates of interest on the Bonds;
  (4) The date or dates of issuance, sale, and delivery of, and the payment of interest on, the Bonds, and the maturity date or dates of the Bonds;
  (5) The terms under which the Bonds may be paid, optionally or mandatorily redeemed, accelerated, tendered, called, or put for redemption, repurchase, or remarketing before their respective stated maturities;
  (6) Provisions for the registration, transfer, and exchange of the Bonds and the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Bonds;
  (7) The creation of any reserve fund, sinking fund, or other fund with respect to the Bonds;
  (8) The time and place of payment of the Bonds;
  (9) Procedures for monitoring the use of the proceeds received from the sale of the Bonds to ensure that the proceeds are properly applied and used to accomplish the purposes of the Home Rule Act and this subpart ;
  (10) Actions necessary to qualify the Bonds under blue sky laws of any jurisdiction where the Bonds are marketed; and
  (11) The terms and types of any credit enhancement under which the Bonds may be secured.
(b) The Bonds shall contain a legend, which shall provide that the Bonds are special obligations of the District, are without recourse to the District, are not a pledge of, and do not involve, the faith and credit or the taxing power of the District (other than the Available Tax Increment, the Available Increment, and any other taxes and fees allocated to the Bryant Street TIF Fund), do not constitute a debt of the District, and do not constitute lending of the public credit for private undertakings as prohibited in § 1-206.02(a)(2) .
(c) The Bonds shall be executed in the name of the District and on its behalf by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, and attested by the Secretary of the District of Columbia by the Secretary's manual or facsimile signature.
(d) The official seal of the District, or a facsimile of it, shall be impressed, printed, or otherwise reproduced on the Bonds.
(e) The Bonds of any series may be issued in accordance with the terms of a trust instrument to be entered into by the District and a trustee or paying agent to be selected by the Mayor, and may be subject to the terms of one or more agreements entered into by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-204.90(a)(4) .
(f) The Bonds may be issued at any time or from time to time in one or more issues and in one or more series.
(g) The Bonds are declared to be issued for essential public and governmental purposes.  The Bonds, the interest thereon, and the income therefrom, and all funds pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the Bonds, shall at all times be exempt from taxation by the District, except for estate, inheritance, and gift taxes.
(h) The District pledges, covenants, and agrees with the holders of the Bonds that, subject to the provisions of the Financing Documents, the District will not limit or alter the revenues pledged to secure the Bonds or the basis on which such revenues are collected or allocated, will not impair the contractual obligations of the District to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the Bonds, will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the Bonds, and will not modify, in any way, the exemptions from taxation provided for in this subpart , until the Bonds, together with interest thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders of the Bonds, are fully met and discharged. This pledge and agreement for the District may be included as part of the contract with the holders of the Bonds. This subsection constitutes a contract between the District and the holders of the Bonds. To the extent that any acts or resolutions of the Council may be in conflict with this subpart , this subpart shall be controlling.
(i) Consistent with § 1-204.90(a)(4)(B) and notwithstanding Article 9 of Title 28 :
  (1) A pledge made and security interest created in respect of the Bonds or pursuant to any related Financing Document shall be valid, binding, and perfected from the time the security interest is created, with or without physical delivery of any funds or any property and with or without any further action;
  (2) The lien of the pledge shall be valid, binding, and perfected as against all parties having any claim of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the District, whether or not such party has notice; and
  (3) The security interest shall be valid, binding, and perfected whether or not any statement, document, or instrument relating to the security interest is recorded or filed.
D.C. Code § 2-1909 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / § 2-1909
§ 2-1909. Interpreter in full view.
Status: in_force

Whenever an interpreter is required to be appointed to assist a hearing-impaired person under this chapter, the appointing authority shall not commence proceedings until the appointed interpreter is in full view of and spatially situated so as to assure effective communication with the hearing-impaired person or persons involved as participants.
D.C. Code § 2-308.07 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-308.07
§ 2-308.07. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-593 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / § 2-593
§ 2-593. Powers and duties of the Open Government Office.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-327.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-327.03
§ 2-327.03. Expiration.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 2-1219.19 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1219.19
§ 2-1219.19. Eminent domain.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-221.06 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-221.06
§ 2-221.06. Determination of receipt and payment dates; construction of rental contracts.
Status: in_force

(a) An invoice shall be deemed to have been received by an agency on (1) the date on which the agency’s designated payment office actually receives a proper invoice, or (2) the date on which the agency accepts the property or service concerned, whichever is later.
(b) (1) District agencies shall mail or otherwise deliver checks to a business concern on or about the same day that the checks are dated.
  (2) If a District agency makes a payment by check on or about same day as the date of the check, then the payment shall be considered made on the date on which a check for payment is dated.
(c) A contract for the rental of real or personal property is a contract for the acquisition of that property.
D.C. Code § 2-301.05a — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-301.05a
§ 2-301.05a. Criteria for Council review of multiyear contracts and contracts in excess of $1 million.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1905 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / § 2-1905
§ 2-1905. Intermediary interpreter to be used.
Status: in_force

In any proceeding involving a hearing-impaired person in which a qualified interpreter is unable to render a satisfactory interpretation without the aid of an intermediary interpreter, the hearing-impaired person involved may be permitted by the appointing authority to retain another person to act as an intermediary interpreter to assist the qualified interpreter during the proceedings.
D.C. Code § 2-1936 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / § 2-1936
§ 2-1936. Phased implementation.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall apply on June 19, 2004 to:
  (1) Department of Health;
  (2) Department of Human Services;
  (3) Department of Employment Services;
  (4) Metropolitan Police Department;
  (5) District of Columbia Public School System;
  (6) Office of Planning;
  (7) Fire and Emergency Medical Services; and
  (8) Office of Human Rights.
(b) This subchapter shall apply as of October 1, 2004 to:
  (1) Department of Housing and Community Development;
  (2) Department of Mental Health;
  (3) Department of Motor Vehicles;
  (4) Child and Family Services Agency;
  (5) Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration; and
  (6) Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
(c) This subchapter shall apply as of October 1, 2005, to:
  (1) Department of Parks and Recreation;
  (2) Department of Aging and Community Living;
  (3) District of Columbia Public Library;
  (4) Office of Personnel;
  (5) Office of Contracting and Procurement;
  (6) Department of Corrections;
  (7) Department of Public Works; and
  (8) Office of Tax and Revenue.
(d) This subchapter shall apply as of October 1, 2006 to all covered entities.
D.C. Code § 2-301.05d — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-301.05d
§ 2-301.05d. Council review of proposals to contract out in excess of $1,000,000.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1204.12 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1204.12
§ 2-1204.12. Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter.
D.C. Code § 2-1204.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1204.01
§ 2-1204.01. Establishment of the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1226.37 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1226.37
§ 2-1226.37. Marina standards.
Status: in_force

New or existing marinas within the Anacostia Waterfront Development Zone shall comply with the program elements outlined in the Clean Marina Guidebook issued by the National Park Service. The owner or applicant for the marina shall submit a copy of its Clean Marina Checklist and any supporting documentation to the DDOE.
D.C. Code § 2-1219.34a — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1219.34a
§ 2-1219.34a. Distribution of income between RLA Revitalization Corporation and the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-601 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / § 2-601
§ 2-601. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this subchapter:
(1) The term “act” shall have the same meaning as is ascribed to it in § 1-201.03(7) .
(2) The term “agency” means any officer, employee, office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the government of the District of Columbia including both those which are independent of and those which are subordinate to the Mayor and Council but not including the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(3) The term “Board of Commissioners” means the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia established by Act of June 11, 1878 (20 Stat. 102).
(4) The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the District of Columbia established by subsection (a) of § 301 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (81 Stat. 949).
(5) The term “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia created by § 1-204.01(a) unless the phrase “District of Columbia Council” is used in which event the term shall mean the District of Columbia Council created by subsection (a) of § 201 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (81 Stat. 948).
(6) The term “Council year” means the legislative period of the Council beginning on January 2nd of each year and ending on January 1st of the following year.
(7) Repealed.
(8) The term “District of Columbia Register” means the District of Columbia Register mandated by § 2-504 .
(9) The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia created by § 1-204.21(a) or his or her designated agent.
(10) The term “rule” means the whole or any part of any Board of Commissioners’, Commissioner’s, District of Columbia Council’s, Mayor’s, or agency’s statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or designed to describe organization, procedure, or practice requirements.
(11) The term “regulation” shall have the same meaning as the term “rule.”
(12) The term “resolution” means a resolution of the Council unless the term “Congressional resolution” is used in which case it shall mean a resolution of the Congress of the United States or either House thereof.
D.C. Code § 2-308.21 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-308.21
§ 2-308.21. Penalties for false representations.
Status: in_force

Recodified as § 2-381.09 .
D.C. Code § 2-1225.41 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1225.41
§ 2-1225.41. Eminent domain.
Status: in_force

(a) The repeal of subchapter X of this chapter , under section 103(a) of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation and Anacostia Waterfront Corporation Reorganization Act of 2008, effective March 26, 2008 ( D.C. Law 17-138 ; 55 DCR 1689) shall not impair or affect the validity of the acquisition by the NCRC or the RLARC of any properties nor shall the repeal affect the authority under which properties were previously taken, or for which condemnation proceedings were initiated, under § 2-1219.19 [repealed].
(b) Condemnation proceedings initiated by the NCRC or the RLARC under § 2-1219.19 [repealed] may be continued or reinstituted by the Mayor in the name of the District and the Mayor may rely upon the authority pursuant to which the NCRC or the RLARC acted as well as the findings previously made by the Council and by the NCRC or the RLARC in connection with the condemnation proceedings or the authority granted to the Mayor pursuant to § 16-1311 .
D.C. Code § 2-702 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / § 2-702
§ 2-702. Permitted categories of official mail.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a government employee may not mail, as official mail, any matter, article, material, or document for any reasons other than the following:
(1) A request for the matter, article, material, or document has been previously received by the agency;
(2) The mailing of the document is required by law;
(3) The material or matter requests information pertinent to the conduct of the official business of the agency;
(4) The material contains information relating to the activities of the agency or to the availability of agency publications or other documents;
(5) The enclosures are forms, blanks, cards, or other documents necessary or beneficial to the administration of the agency;
(6) The materials are copies of federal, state or local laws, rules, regulations, orders, instructions, or interpretations thereto; or
(7) The materials are being mailed to federal, state, or other public authorities.
D.C. Code § 2-352.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-352.03
§ 2-352.03. Office of Contracting and Procurement.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency head of the Office of Contracting and Procurement shall be the Chief Procurement Officer.
(b) The CPO shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council pursuant to § 1-523.01 .
(c) On April 8, 2011, the incumbent CPO shall continue to serve as the CPO. If the incumbent CPO is unable to serve as the CPO, until a new CPO is appointed by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-523.01 , the highest ranking employee of OCP shall serve as acting CPO.
(d) The CPO shall have not less than 5 years of senior-level experience in procurement and shall have demonstrated, through knowledge and experience, the ability to administer a public procurement system of the size and complexity of the program established by this chapter.
(e) The CPO shall serve for one 5-year term and may be reappointed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(f) The CPO shall not be removed from office before the expiration of the 5-year term except for cause, subject to the right of appeal as provided in subchapter VI of Chapter 6 of Title 1 . [ § 1-606.01 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 2-1599.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1599.01
§ 2-1599.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter , the term:
(a) (1) "Coordinating Committee" means Students in the Care of D.C. Coordinating Committee.
  (2) "Local education agency" means the District of Columbia Public Schools system or any individual or group of public charter schools operating under a single charter.
  (3) "OSSE" means Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
  (4) "Resident" means an individual who presently resides in the District or who was residing in the District at the time the individual became a student in the care of D.C.
  (5) "Students in the Care of D.C." means District residents under 25 years of age who are incarcerated or detained by, committed to and under the custody of, or otherwise under the supervision of, the:
    (A) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services;
    (B) Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency;
    (C) Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia;
    (D) Family Court Social Services Division;
    (E) Child and Family Services Agency;
    (F) Department of Corrections; or
    (G) Federal Bureau of Prisons.
D.C. Code § 2-381.07 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3B / § 2-381.07
§ 2-381.07. Civil investigative demands.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Whenever the Attorney General for the District of Columbia has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material or information relevant to a false claims law investigation, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may, in order to determine whether to commence a civil proceeding pursuant to this chapter, issue in writing and cause to be served upon such person a civil investigative demand requiring that such person do the following:
    (A) Produce documentary material relevant to the false claims law investigation for inspection and copying;
    (B) Answer in writing written interrogatories with respect to any documentary material or information relevant to the false claims law investigation;
    (C) Provide oral testimony concerning any documentary material or information relevant to the false claims law investigation; or
    (D) Furnish any combination of such material, answers, or testimony.
  (2) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia may delegate to the Principal Deputy Attorney General for the District of Columbia the authority, in his or her absence, to issue civil investigative demands pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. The Attorney General for the District of Columbia may not issue a civil investigative demand in order to conduct, or assist in the conducting of, a criminal investigation.
(b) (1) Each civil investigative demand issued pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section shall state the nature of the conduct constituting the alleged violation of a false claims law which is under investigation, and the applicable provision of law alleged to have been violated.
  (2) If such demand is for the production of documentary material, the demand shall do the following:
    (A) Describe each class of documentary material to be produced with such definiteness and certainty as to permit such material to be fairly identified;
    (B) Prescribe a return date for each such class that will provide a reasonable period of time within which the material so demanded may be assembled and made available for inspection and copying; and
    (C) Identify the false claims law investigator to whom such material shall be made available.
  (3) If such demand is for answers to written interrogatories, the demand shall do the following:
    (A) Set forth with specificity the written interrogatories to be answered;
    (B) Prescribe dates at which time answers to written interrogatories shall be submitted; and
    (C) Identify the false claims law investigator to whom such answers shall be submitted.
  (4) If such demand is for the giving of oral testimony, the demand shall do the following:
    (A) Prescribe the date, time, and place at which oral testimony shall commence;
    (B) Identify a false claims law investigator who shall conduct the examination and the custodian to whom the transcript of such examination shall be submitted;
    (C) Specify that such attendance and testimony are necessary to conduct the investigation;
    (D) Notify the person receiving the demand of the right to be accompanied by an attorney and any other representative; and
    (E) Describe the general purpose for which the demand is being issued and the general nature of the testimony, including the primary areas of inquiry, which will be taken pursuant to the demand.
  (5) The date prescribed for the commencement of oral testimony pursuant to a civil investigative demand shall be a date that is not less than 7 days after the date on which the demand is received, unless the Attorney General for the District of Columbia determines that exceptional circumstances are present that warrant the commencement of such testimony within a shorter period of time.
  (6) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall not authorize, pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, issuance of more than one civil investigative demand for oral testimony by the same person unless the person requests otherwise or unless the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, after investigation, notifies that person in writing that an additional demand for oral testimony is necessary.
(c) A civil investigative demand may not require the production of any documentary material, the submission of any answers to written interrogatories, or the giving of any oral testimony if such material, answers, or testimony would be protected from disclosure under:
  (1) The standards applicable to subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum issued by a court of the District of Columbia to aid in a grand jury investigation; or
  (2) The standards applicable to discovery requests pursuant to the Superior Court Civil Rules to the extent that the application of such standards to any such demand is appropriate and consistent with the provisions and purposes of this section.
(d) (1) Any civil investigative demand issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be served by a false claims law investigator or his or her agent, or by a United States marshal or a deputy marshal, at any place within the territorial jurisdiction of any court of the United States; provided, that the Superior Court of the District of Columbia could exercise jurisdiction over the recipient of the demand consistent with the due process clause of the Constitution of the United States.
  (2) Any such demand or any petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be served upon any person who is not found within the territorial jurisdiction of any court of the United States in such manner as the Superior Court Civil Rules prescribe for service in a foreign country; provided, that the Superior Court of the District of Columbia could exercise jurisdiction over the recipient of the demand consistent with the due process clause of the Constitution of the United States.
(e) (1) Service of any civil investigative demand issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or of any petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may be made upon a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity by the following methods:
    (A) Delivering an executed copy of such demand or petition to any partner, executive officer, managing agent, or general agent of the partnership, corporation, association, or entity, or to any agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process on behalf of such partnership, corporation, association, or entity;
    (B) Delivering an executed copy of such demand or petition to the principal office or place of business of the partnership, corporation, association, or entity; or
    (C) Depositing an executed copy of such demand or petition in the United States mail by registered or certified mail, with a return receipt requested, addressed to such partnership, corporation, association, or entity at its principal office or place of business.
  (2) Service of any such demand or petition may be made upon any natural person by the following methods:
    (A) Delivering an executed copy of such demand or petition to the person; or
    (B) Depositing an executed copy of such demand or petition in the United States mail by registered or certified mail, with a return receipt requested, addressed to the person at the person’s residence or principal office or place of business.
(f) A verified return by the individual serving any civil investigative demand or any petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section setting forth the manner of such service shall be proof of such service.  In the case of service by registered or certified mail, such return shall be accompanied by the return post office receipt of delivery of such demand.
(g) (1) The production of documentary material in response to a civil investigative demand shall be made under a sworn certificate, in such form as the demand designates, by the following:
    (A) In the case of a natural person, by the person to whom the demand is directed; or
    (B) In the case of a person other than a natural person, by a person having knowledge of the facts and circumstances relating to such production and authorized to act on behalf of such person.
  (2) The certificate shall state that all of the documentary material required by the demand and in the possession, custody, or control of the person to whom the demand is directed has been produced and made available to the false claims law investigator identified in the demand.
  (3) Any person upon whom any civil investigative demand for the production of documentary material has been served shall make such material available for inspection and copying to the false claims law investigator identified in such demand at the principal place of business of such person, or at such other place as the false claims law investigator and the person thereafter may agree and prescribe in writing, or as the court may direct pursuant to subsection (j)(1) of this section. Such material shall be made so available on the return date specified in such demand, or on such later date as the false claims law investigator may prescribe in writing.  Such person may, upon written agreement between the person and the false claims law investigator, substitute copies for originals of all or any part of such material.
(h) (1) Each interrogatory in a civil investigative demand shall be answered separately and fully in writing under oath and shall be submitted under a sworn certificate, in such form as the demand designates, as follows:
    (A) In the case of a natural person, by the person to whom the demand is directed, or
    (B) In the case of a person other than a natural person, by the person or persons responsible for answering each interrogatory.
  (2) If any interrogatory is objected to, the reasons for the objection shall be stated in the certificate instead of an answer.  The certificate shall state that all information required by the demand and in the possession, custody, control, or knowledge of the person to whom the demand is directed has been submitted.  To the extent that any information is not furnished, the information shall be identified and reasons set forth with particularity regarding the reasons why the information was not furnished.
(i) (1) The examination of any person, pursuant to a civil investigative demand for oral testimony, shall be conducted before an officer authorized to administer oaths and affirmations by the laws of the United States or of the place where the examination is held. The officer before whom the testimony is taken shall put the witness under oath or affirmation and shall, personally or by someone acting under the direction of the officer and in the officer’s presence, record the testimony of the witness.  The testimony shall be taken by any means authorized by, and in a manner consistent with, the Superior Court Civil Rules, and shall be transcribed.
  (2) The false claims law investigator conducting the examination shall exclude from the place where the examination is held all persons except the person giving the testimony, the attorney or other representative of the person giving the testimony, the attorney for the District government, any person who may be agreed upon by the attorney for the District government and the person giving the testimony, the officer before whom the testimony is to be taken, and any stenographer taking such testimony.
  (3) The oral testimony of any person taken pursuant to a civil investigative demand shall be taken in the judicial district of the United States within which such person resides, is found, or transacts business, or in such other place as may be agreed upon by the false claims law investigator conducting the examination and such person.
  (4) When the testimony is fully transcribed, the false claims law investigator or the officer before whom the testimony is taken shall afford the witness, who may be accompanied by an attorney, a reasonable opportunity to examine and read the transcript, unless such examination and reading are waived by the witness.  Any changes in form or substance that the witness desires shall be entered and identified upon the transcript by the officer or the false claims law investigator, with a statement of the reasons given by the witness for making such changes.  The transcript shall then be signed by the witness, unless the witness in writing waives the signing, is ill, cannot be found, or refuses to sign.  If the transcript is not signed by the witness within 30 days after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to examine it, the officer or the false claims law investigator shall sign it and state on the record the fact of the waiver, illness, absence of the witness, or the refusal to sign, together with the reasons, if any, given therefor.
  (5) The officer before whom the testimony is taken shall certify on the transcript that the witness was sworn by the officer and that the transcript is a true record of the testimony given by the witness.  The officer or false claims law investigator shall promptly deliver the transcript, or send the transcript by registered or certified mail, to the custodian.
  (6) Upon payment of reasonable charges therefor, the false claims law investigator shall furnish a copy of the transcript to the witness only, except that the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may, for good cause, limit such witness to inspection of the official transcript of the witness’s testimony.
  (7) Any person compelled to appear for oral testimony pursuant to a civil investigative demand may be accompanied, represented, and advised by an attorney.  The attorney may advise such person, in confidence, with respect to any question asked of such person.  Such person or attorney may object on the record to any question, in whole or in part, and shall briefly state for the record the reason for the objection.  An objection may be made, received, and entered upon the record only when it is claimed that such person is entitled to refuse to answer the question on the grounds of any constitutional or other legal right or privilege, including the privilege against self-incrimination.  Such person may not otherwise object to or refuse to answer any question, and may not, directly or through the person’s attorney, otherwise interrupt the oral examination.  If such person refuses to answer any question, a petition may be filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of this section for an order compelling such person to answer the question.
  (8) Any person appearing for oral testimony pursuant to a civil investigative demand shall be entitled to the same fees and allowances that are paid to witnesses in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(j) (1) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall designate a false claims law investigator to serve as custodian of documentary material, answers to interrogatories, and transcripts of oral testimony received pursuant to this section, and shall designate such additional false claims law investigators as the Attorney General for the District of Columbia determines from time to time to be necessary to serve as deputies to the custodian.
  (2) (A) A false claims law investigator who receives any documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony pursuant to this section shall transmit them to the custodian.  The custodian shall take physical possession of such material, answers, or transcripts and shall be responsible for the use made of them and for the return of documentary material pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection.
    (B) The custodian may cause the preparation of such copies of such documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony as may be required for official use by any false claims law investigator, or any other officer or employee of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia who is authorized for such use by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Such material, answers, and transcripts may be used by any authorized false claims law investigator or other officer or employee in connection with the taking of oral testimony pursuant to this section.
    (C) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony, or copies thereof, while in the possession of the custodian, shall be available for examination by any individual other than a false claims law investigator or officer or employee of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; provided that nothing in this subparagraph is intended to prevent:
      (i) The availability of material, answers, or transcripts if consent is given by the person who produced such material, answers, or transcripts;
      (ii) Disclosure to the Council, including any committee of the Council;
      (iii) Disclosure to the United States Attorney’s Office;
      (iv) Disclosure to any other federal or state agency for use by such agency in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities; provided, that disclosure of information to any agency other than the Council or the United States Attorney’s Office shall be allowed only upon application, made by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, showing substantial need for the use of the information by such agency in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities and after giving the individuals who provided the information an opportunity to be heard on the release of the information; or
      (v) Disclosure to any federal or state agency in connection with a joint case or investigation with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia provided that before disclosure, an official of the receiving agency agrees in writing to abide by the disclosure restrictions of this paragraph.
    (D) While in the possession of the custodian and under such reasonable terms and conditions as the Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall prescribe, the following shall apply:
      (i) Documentary material and answers to interrogatories shall be available for examination by the person who produced such material or answers, or by a representative of that person authorized by that person to examine such material and answers; and
      (ii) Transcripts of oral testimony shall be available for examination by the person who produced such testimony, or by a representative of that person authorized by that person to examine such transcripts.
  (3) Whenever any attorney of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is conducting any official investigation or proceeding, the custodian of any documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony received pursuant to this section may deliver to such attorney such material, answers, or transcripts for official use in connection with any such investigation or proceeding as such attorney determines to be required.  Upon the completion of any such investigation or proceeding, such attorney shall return to the custodian any such material, answers, or transcripts so delivered that have not passed into the control of any court or agency through introduction into the record of any case or proceeding.
  (4) If any documentary material has been produced by any person in the course of any false claims law investigation pursuant to a civil investigative demand, and any case or proceeding before a court arising out of such investigation, or any proceeding before any District government agency involving such material, has been completed, or no case or proceeding in which such material may be used has been commenced within a reasonable time after completion of the examination and analysis of all documentary material and other information assembled in the course of such investigation, the custodian shall, upon written request of the person who produced such material, return to such person any such material (other than copies furnished to the false claims law investigator pursuant to subsection (g)(2) of this section or made for the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection), which has not passed into the control of any court or agency through introduction into the record of such case or proceeding.
  (5) (A) In the event of the death, disability, or separation from service in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia of the custodian of any documentary material, answers to interrogatories, or transcripts of oral testimony produced pursuant to a civil investigative demand issued pursuant to this section, or in the event of the official relief of such custodian from responsibility for the custody and control of such material, answers, or transcripts, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall promptly do the following:
      (i) Designate another false claims law investigator to serve as custodian of such material, answers, or transcripts; and
      (ii) Transmit in writing to the person who produced such material, answers, or testimony notice of the identity and address of the successor so designated.
    (B) Any person who is designated to be a successor pursuant to this paragraph shall have, with regard to such material, answers, or transcripts, the same duties and responsibilities as were imposed by this section upon that person’s predecessor in office, except that the successor shall not be held responsible for any default or dereliction that occurred before that designation.
(k) (1) Whenever any person fails to comply with any civil investigative demand, or whenever satisfactory copying or reproduction of any material requested in such demand cannot be done and such person refuses to surrender such material, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may file in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and serve upon such person a petition for an order of such court for the enforcement of the civil investigative demand.
  (2) (A) Any person who receives a civil investigative demand may file in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and serve upon the false claims law investigator identified in such demand a petition for an order of the court to modify or set aside such demand.  Any petition issued pursuant to this subparagraph must be filed:
      (i) Within 20 days after the date of service of the civil investigative demand, or at any time before the return date specified in the demand, whichever date is earlier; or
      (ii) Within such longer period as may be prescribed in writing by any false claims law investigator identified in the demand.
    (B) The petition shall specify each ground upon which the petitioner relies in seeking relief pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, and may be based upon any failure of the demand, or any particular portion thereof, to comply with the provisions of this section or upon any constitutional or other legal right or privilege of such person.  During the pendency of the petition in the court, the court may stay, as it deems proper, the running of the time allowed for compliance with the demand, in whole or in part, except that the person filing the petition shall comply with any portions of the demand not sought to be modified or set aside.
  (3) At any time during which any custodian is in custody or control of any documentary material or answers to interrogatories produced, or transcripts of oral testimony given, by any person in compliance with any civil investigative demand, such person may file in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and serve upon such custodian, a petition for an order of such court to require the performance by the custodian of any duty imposed upon the custodian by this section.
  (4) Whenever any petition is filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, such court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter so presented, and to enter such order or orders as may be required to carry out the provisions of this section.  Any final order so entered shall be subject to appeal.  Any disobedience of any final order entered pursuant to this section by any court shall be punished as contempt of court.
  (5) The Superior Court Civil Rules shall apply to any petition issued pursuant to this subsection, to the extent that such rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
(l) Any documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or oral testimony provided pursuant to any civil investigative demand issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 5 of this title .
(m) For the purposes of this section, the term “person” means any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, including any state or political subdivision of a state.
D.C. Code § 2-218.35 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-218.35
§ 2-218.35. Resident-owned businesses.
Status: in_force

A business enterprise shall be eligible for certification as a resident-owned business if it meets the definition of resident-owned business pursuant to § 2-218.02(15) .
D.C. Code § 2-1402.82 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1402.82
§ 2-1402.82. Rights of breastfeeding mothers.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Reasonable efforts” means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of an employer’s business.
  (2) “Undue hardship” means any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its financial resources, and the nature and structure of its operation.
(b) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice to deny a woman any right provided under this section.
(c) (1) A woman shall have the right to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where she has the right to be with her child, without respect to whether the mother’s breast or any part of it is uncovered during or incidental to the breastfeeding of her child.
  (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of District of Columbia law governing indecent exposure or the definition of the private or intimate parts of a female person, including that portion of the breast that is below the top of the areola, a woman shall have the right to breastfeed in accordance with this section.
(d) (1) An employer shall provide reasonable daily unpaid break periods, as required by the employee, so that the employee may express breast milk for her child to maintain milk supply and comfort. If any break period, paid or unpaid, is already provided to the employee by the employer, the break period required shall run concurrently with the break periods already provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an employer shall not be required to provide break periods if it would create an undue hardship on the operations of the employer.
  (2) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a sanitary room or other location in close proximity to the work area, other than a bathroom or toilet stall, where an employee can express her breast milk in privacy and security. The location may include a childcare facility in close proximity to the employee’s work location.
D.C. Code § 2-1565.05 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1565.05
§ 2-1565.05. Integration with learning standards.
Status: in_force

Local Education Agencies may seek the cooperation of the Council on the integration of Youth Council experience into relevant District of Columbia learning standards and toward meeting graduation requirements.
D.C. Code § 2-201.11 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-201.11
§ 2-201.11. Bond not required for contracts less than $25,000.
Status: in_force

In all cases where the Mayor of the District of Columbia contracts for work or material involving a sum not exceeding $25,000 it shall not be necessary for said Mayor to require a bond with said contract.
D.C. Code § 2-362.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-362.02
§ 2-362.02. Transfers and continuation.
Status: in_force

All rules, orders, obligations, determinations, grants, contracts, licenses, and agreements shall continue in effect according to their terms until lawfully amended, repealed, or modified.
D.C. Code § 2-1215.63 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1215.63
§ 2-1215.63. Soul of the City BID.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to review and approval by the Mayor pursuant to §§ 2-1215.05 and 2-1215.06 , the formation of the Soul of the City Business Improvement District ("BID"), including nonexempt real property within the geographic area set forth in subsection (b) of this section, is authorized and the BID taxes imposed in subsection (c) of this section shall be imposed, and become effective for the half tax year beginning on April 1, 2026, through the earlier of the expiration of this subchapter or the termination or dissolution of the BID.
(b) The Soul of the City BID boundary shall be the geographical area approved by the Mayor, which shall encompass the following lots as those lots exist as of [January 22, 2026], which lot descriptions shall remain fixed for the purposes of this subchapter notwithstanding any later subdivision, consolidation, reconfiguration, or renumbering of those lots: Square 5868S, Lots 28, 35, 805, 810, 813, 820, 822, 828, 829, 832, 838, 839, 841, 842, 844, 845, 846, 850, 856, 85.8, 859, 861, 862, 864, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968; Square 5889, Lots 37, 38, 39, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 62, 805, 815; Square 5890, Lots 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167; Square 5902, Lots 3, 4; Square 5903, Lots 2, 3, 4, 5; Square 5905, Lots 804, 805, 806; Square 5908, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Square 5910, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; Square 5911, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4; Square 5912, Lots, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 108, 801, 802, 817, 818, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831; Square 5913, Lots 46, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 827, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 847, 848, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864; Square 5914, Lots 1, 9, 10, 807, 808; Square 5919, Lots 2, 3, 4, 801, 802, 803, 804; Square 5920, Lots 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129; Square 5921, Lots 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 833, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 938; Square 5922, Lots 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154; Square 5923, Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 56, 57; Square 5924, Lots 43, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 113, 124; Square 5925, Lots, 58, 59, 822, 823; Square 5926, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4; Square 5928, Lots 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117; Square 5931, Lot 3; Square 5934, Lots 803, 804, 805; Square 5939, Lots 15, 18, 19, 20, 805; Square 5941, Lots 10, 801; Square 5942, Lots 31, 33, 36, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 824, 825, 826; Square 5943, Lots 11, 31, 32, 33, 35, 812, 814, 816, 819, 820, 821, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828; Square 5944, Lots 7, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 810, 811, 812, 813; Square 5945, Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, 813; Square 5946, Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 803, 805, 826, 827, 832; Square 5947, Lots 5, 6,18, 19, 802, 803, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811; Square 5948, Lots 1, 4, 20, 24, 25, 37, 39, 40, 41, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815; Square 5949, Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Square 5950, Lots 1, 10, 11, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 801, 802, 803, 804, 808, 809, 810; Square 5951, Lots 18, 21, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 40, 41, 804, 805, 806, 807, 809, 810, 811, 812; Square 5951N: Lot 801; Square 5952, Lots 2, 10, 15, 27, 30, 31, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 809, 810, 811; Square 5953, Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 24, 49, 50, 52, 806, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821; Square 5954, Lots 18, 23, 25, 26, 34, 35, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 800, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814; Square 5954W, Lots 800, 801; Square 5955, Lots 803, 804; Square 5956, Lots 24, 25, 27, 28, 801, 803, 805, 814, 815, 816; Square 5956W, Lots 4, 801; Square 5957: Lot 1; Square 5958: Lot 31; Square 5959, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 36, 37; Square 5960, Lots 19, 20, 64, 800; Square 5975: Lot 806; Parcel 228, Lot 11; Parcel 234, Lots 17, 30; Parcel 235, Lots 45, 51, 53, 62, 66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78; Parcel 236, Lots 70, 89, 114; Parcel 242, Lot 69; Parcel 243, Lots 18, 31, 32, 54; Parcel 244, Lots 42, 46; Reservations 314B0000, 6790000; Square 5976, Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 800, 803, 804, 805; Square 5977, Lots 8, 9, 11, 12, 30, 804, 805, 806, 808, 809, 810; Square 5978, Lots 5, 21, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 884, 944, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070; Square 5982, Lots 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 50, 802, 814, 815, 823; Square 5983, Lots 51, 812; Square 5984, Lots 40, 806; Square 5988, Lots 80, 82, 92; Square 5989, Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 803; Square 5990, Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 28, 30, 803; Square 6004, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 806, 807; Square 6004E, Lots, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 42, 47, 800, 805, 806; Square 6005, Lots 800, 803, 806, 807; Square 6070, Lots 4, 11, 12, 13, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 811, 812, 813, 816, 818, 819, 820, 822, 823; Square 6090, Lots 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 802, 803, 804, 809, 811; Square 6091, Lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33; Square 6094, Lots 36, 41, 42, 45, 800, 804; Square 6095, Lots 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 804; Square 6118, Lot 37; Square 6129, Lots 60, 61, 71, 76, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 86, 88, 800, 802, 811, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 821, 822, 823, 825, 826, 827, 828; Square 6149, Lot 802; Square 6150, Lots 7, 8, 808, 816, 817; and Square 6151, Lots 42, 808.
(c) (1) The BID taxes for nonexempt properties in the Soul of the City BID shall be as follows:
    (A) The amount of $0.18 per $100 of the assessed value for Class 2 Properties, excluding hotels;
    (B) The amount of $120 per hotel or motel room annually; and
    (C) (i) The amount of $120 per unit annually of Class 1A property that contains 5 or more residential units available for rental for non-transient residential dwelling purposes that were placed in service after [July 17, 1985]. All other Class 1A or 1B property is exempt from this BID tax.
      (ii) If a residential unit is restricted to residents based upon income pursuant to a federal or District affordable housing program, any residential unit with a household income of 100% or less of the area median income, which the BID shall identify and certify as such, shall be exempt from the BID tax that would otherwise be due on the unit.
  (2) To the extent that a building that is subject to the BID tax is constructed pursuant to a ground lease on land that is exempt from real property taxes, the assessed value of the real property for purposes of the BID tax shall include the value of the building and the leasehold interest, possessory interest, beneficial interest, or beneficial use of the land, and the lessee or user of the land shall be assessed the corresponding BID tax, which shall be collected in the same manner as possessory interest taxes under § 47-1005.01 , or as otherwise provided in this subchapter .
  (3) Taxable property for which the owner has expended more than $250,000 during the previous tax year on safety-related activities that either enhance public space abutting the owner's taxable property or supplement retail security for the owner's taxable property within the BID, which the BID shall certify subject to satisfactory proof provided by the owner, shall be exempt from the BID tax that would otherwise be due on the property for the following taxable year.
  (4) Subject to the requirements of § 2-1215.08(b) , a 3% annual increase in the BID taxes over the current tax year rates specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection is authorized.
D.C. Code § 2-222.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-222.01
§ 2-222.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter , the term:
  (1) "Certified Public Accountant" means a person licensed in the District as a Certified Public Accountant in the District pursuant to 17 DCMR § 2500, et seq. , or any successor regulations.
  (2) "Indirect costs" shall have the same meaning as provided in 2 C.F.R. § 200.56, or any successor regulations.
  (3) "NICRA" means a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement that reflects an indirect cost rate negotiated between the federal government and a grant or contract awardee, which is used to calculate an awardee's compensation by federal agencies for indirect costs.
  (4) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is tax exempt under 26 U.S. Code § 501(c)(3), (4), or (6).
  (5) "OMB Uniform Guidance" means the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards and any related guidance published by the Office of Management and Budget, located at 2 C.F.R. § 200 et seq., or any successor regulations.
D.C. Code § 2-1313 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / § 2-1313
§ 2-1313. Functions of Director.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the purpose of this chapter, the Director shall:
(1) Serve as an advocate for the Latino community in the District of Columbia;
(2) Assist community organizations and the Commission in developing and submitting grant applications;
(3) Provide information and technical assistance with respect to programs and services for the Latino community to the Mayor, the Commission on Latino Community Development, the Council, other District of Columbia agencies and departments, and the community;
(4) Respond to recommendations and policy statements from the Commission within 30 days of written submission unless extended by mutual agreement of the Commission and the Office;
(5) File an annual report on the operation of the Office with the Mayor, the Council, and the Commission;
(6) Identify areas of need for service or improvement of service and bring them to the attention of the Mayor and Commission, with suggestions for meeting such needs, including conducting or funding research and demonstration projects to test such suggestions;
(7) Carry responsibility for assuring necessary control, evaluation, audit, and reporting on programs funded through the Office;
(8) Accept volunteer services and funds from public and private sector to supplement the budget in carrying out the planning duties and responsibilities of the Office;
(9) Meet with the Spanish Program Coordinators within each department and agency of the District of Columbia government having such offices as a group, at least once a month to coordinate activities within the government involving the Latino community; and
(10) Issue grants to organizations that provide services to Latino residents of the District of Columbia or in furtherance of the mission of the Office or the purposes of this chapter; provided, that grants shall be administered pursuant to the requirements set forth in part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1 [ § 1-328.11 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 2-1219.14 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1219.14
§ 2-1219.14. Criteria for assistance.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1324 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / § 2-1324
§ 2-1324. Term of office.
Status: in_force

Members of the Commission shall serve terms of 3 years except that, of the initial membership, 5 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, 5 for a term of 2 years, and 5 for 1 year. Members may be reappointed but may serve no more than 2 consecutive terms. A member may continue to serve until a successor is appointed.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.37n — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.37n
§ 2-1217.37n. Expiration of issuance authority.
Status: in_force

The authority to issue the Bonds , excluding Refunding Bonds, shall expire on March 1, 2020; provided, that the expiration of the authority shall have no effect on any Bonds issued prior to the expiration date or on the District's ability to issue Refunding Bonds on a future date.
D.C. Code § 2-651.11 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / § 2-651.11
§ 2-651.11. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This subchapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, approved June 30, 2000 (144 Stat. 464; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq .), but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).
D.C. Code § 2-1210.54 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1210.54
§ 2-1210.54. Reporting requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1431.07 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1431.07
§ 2-1431.07. Transfer of functions from Office of Risk Management.
Status: in_force

All functions, personnel, records, and property assigned to the Office of Risk Management under section IV(B)(1) of Mayor’s Order 2006-58, issued May 23, 2006 (53 DCR 5314  ), shall be transferred to the Office of Disability Rights. This section shall apply 30 days after the date of the appointment of the Director of the Office.
D.C. Code § 2-352.05a — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-352.05a
§ 2-352.05a. Inherently governmental functions.
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall not award a contract to provide any service that is an inherently governmental function.
(b) The District may enter into a contract for the performance of a function closely associated with an inherently governmental function only if the head of an agency benefited by the performance of the contract:
  (1) Finds that appropriate District government employees cannot reasonably perform the function at issue;
  (2) Ensures that appropriate District government employees supervise contractor performance of the contract and perform all inherently governmental functions associated with the contract; and
  (3) Addresses any potential organizational conflicts of interest of the contractor in the performance of the functions closely associated with an inherently governmental function under the contract.
(c) An inherently governmental function involves, among other things, the interpretation and execution of the laws of the District to:
  (1) Bind the District to take or not to take some action by contract, policy, regulation, authorization, order, or otherwise;
  (2) Appoint, direct, or control officials or employees of the District;
  (3) Exert ultimate control over the acquisition, use, or disposition of the property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the District, including the control, or disbursement of, appropriated and other District funds.
  (4) With respect to contracts to procure goods or services for the District:
    (A) Determine what supplies or services are to be acquired by the District, and at what prices; provided, that the Mayor or the Mayor's designee may give a contractor authority to acquire supplies for the District at prices within specified ranges and subject to other reasonable conditions considered appropriate;
    (B) Participate as a voting member on any source-selection board, unless the contractor has:
      (i) Been hired by the District for its specific technical expertise; and
      (ii) No conflict of interest exists with regard to the contract or vendors under consideration by the source-selection board;
    (C) Approve any contractual documents, to include documents defining requirements, incentive plans, and evaluation criteria;
    (D) Award contracts;
    (E) Administer contracts, including ordering changes in contract performance or contract quantities, taking action based on evaluations of contractor performance, and accepting or rejecting contractor products or services;
    (F) Terminate contracts;
    (G) Determine whether contract costs are reasonable, allocable, or allowable; and
    (H) Evaluate a contractor's performance when the evaluation is to be used to determine whether payment should be made to the contractor and in what amount.
(d) The CPO shall issue rules pursuant to § 2-361.06 , consistent with this section, containing guidance on further defining an inherently governmental function and a function closely related to an inherently governmental function and including categories of functions and specific functions meeting these definitions.
(e) The Mayor may waive compliance with any of the requirements of this section for any contract in effect upon October 8, 2016, and for any option period exercised under such contract, so long as the option period was provided for in the contract as of October 8, 2016.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, the requirements of this section shall apply to any contract or option period in effect 5 years after October 8, 2016.
D.C. Code § 2-1383 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13B / § 2-1383
§ 2-1383. Powers and duties of the Office.
Status: in_force

(a) Repealed.
(b) The Office shall:
  (1) Serve as an advocate for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community in the District of Columbia;
  (2) Assist community organizations in developing and submitting grant applications;
  (3) Provide information and technical assistance with respect to programs and services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community to the Mayor, the Council, other District of Columbia agencies and departments, and the community;
  (4) File an annual report on the operation of the Office with the Mayor and the Council;
  (5) Identify areas of need for service or improvement of services and bring them to the attention of the Mayor, with suggestions for satisfying such needs, including conducting or funding research and demonstration projects to test the suggestions;
  (6) Assure necessary control, evaluation, audit, and reporting on programs funded through the Office;
  (7) Accept volunteer services and funds from the public and private sectors to supplement the budget in carrying out the planning duties and responsibilities of the Office;
  (8) Meet with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning services coordinators within each department and agency of the District government as a group, at least once a month to coordinate activities within the government involving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community;
  (9) Meet with each department and agency director to establish a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning services coordinator;
  (10) Work with the Department of Health’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning services coordinator to ensure that the Department’s annual report on the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning health in the District of Columbia is comprehensive and receives an appropriate response;
  (11) Issue grants to organizations that provide services to LGBTQ residents of the District of Columbia or in furtherance of the mission of the Office or the purposes of this chapter;
  (11A) Coordinate grantmaking activities to support WorldPride 2025, pursuant to section 2092 of the WorldPride Grants Administration Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on June 25, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-784) ;
  (12) Implement the grant program created by § 2-1384 ; and
  (13) No later than July 31, 2022, in coordination with the Advisory Committee and after consultation with the LGBTQ community, submit to the Council a report on the state of LGBTQ Community Businesses that shall include:
    (A) An evaluation of the state of the LGBTQ Community Business economy and how that economy has changed over time;
    (B) The economic and social value of the LGBTQ Community Business economy to the District as a whole;
    (C) The key challenges currently faced by LGBTQ Community Businesses;
    (D) Recommendations for maintaining vibrant and diverse LGBTQ Community Businesses; and
    (E) Recommendations for ensuring that LGBTQ Community Businesses remain open and welcoming to all members of the LGBTQ community.
D.C. Code § 2-217.05 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-217.05
§ 2-217.05. Functions of the Commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-381.43 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3B / § 2-381.43
§ 2-381.43. Standards for contracting officer.
Status: in_force

(a) Any contracting manager or contracting officer who performs the cost/benefit analysis required by § 2-301.05b(a)(1) shall meet certain training standards and be certified to ensure a level of management skills and experience in doing cost/benefit analyses.
(b) Within 60 days of August 14, 1995, the Mayor shall issue, as a part of the District Government Procurement Regulations, rules for all District government employees who participate in the preparation of any cost/benefit analysis for any proposal to contract out services previously provided by District employees. The rules shall include the provisions contained in subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 2-1573 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1573
§ 2-1573. Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) First time participants in the program shall maintain an acceptable level of school attendance during the preceding academic year in order participate. The superintendent of schools or his designee shall certify that each prospective participant has maintained an acceptable level of school attendance during the preceding academic year.
(b) Eligible District youth participating twice or more in the program shall maintain an acceptable level of school attendance and at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average during the preceding academic year. The superintendent of schools or his designee shall certify that each of these participants has maintained an acceptable level of school attendance and at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average during the preceding academic year.
D.C. Code § 2-533 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / § 2-533
§ 2-533. Letters of denial.
Status: in_force

(a) Denial by a public body of a request for any public record shall contain at least the following:
  (1) The specific reasons for the denial, including citations to the particular exemption(s) under § 2-534 relied on as authority for the denial;
  (2) The name(s) of the public official(s) or employee(s) responsible for the decision to deny the request; and
  (3) Notification to the requester of any administrative or judicial right to appeal under § 2-537 .
(b) Each public body of the District of Columbia shall maintain a file of all letters of denial of requests for public records. This file shall be made available to any person on request for purposes of inspection and/or copying.
D.C. Code § 2-1599.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1599.02
§ 2-1599.02. Establishment of the Coordinating Committee.
Status: in_force

(a) The Students in the Care of D.C. Coordinating Committee is established within the District government.
(b) The Coordinating Committee shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council in accordance with § 1-523.01(a) .
(c) The Coordinating Committee shall facilitate interagency, department-level leadership in planning, policymaking, program development, and budgeting for successful educational experiences and outcomes for students in the care of D.C.
(d) The Mayor shall designate an agency in the education sector to provide staff assistance and administrative support to the Coordinating Committee.
D.C. Code § 2-540 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / § 2-540
§ 2-540. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Freedom of Information Act of 1976”.
D.C. Code § 2-1209.10 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1209.10
§ 2-1209.10. Location of business incubators.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall locate business incubators in areas in the District appropriate to the types of businesses targeted for occupancy, based on District-determined priorities, and shall seek sites which have the least prohibitive zoning in order to allow a range of uses.
D.C. Code § 2-1215.14 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1215.14
§ 2-1215.14. Liability.
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall not be liable or responsible in any manner for any debts incurred, or for any acts or inactions, by the Board or by any agent, employee, or member of the BID corporation. The BID shall reimburse the District for any legal fees or any other legal expenses related thereto, that it may incur as a result of defending against any claim brought against it, or its agents, or officers, as a result of carrying out any actions under this subchapter; provided that the BID shall not be required to reimburse the District for any legal fees or any other expenses related thereto, that the District incurs as a result of defending against any claim brought against it, or its agents, or officers, by the BID if the BID is the substantially prevailing party.
(b) Neither a director, officer, or member nor any affiliate of a director, officer, or member, nor any shareholder, officer, director, employee, partner, agent, or advisor of a director, officer, or member nor an affiliate of any director, officer, or member of the BID shall be personally liable to the BID corporation or to any owner or member for loss or damage caused by any act or omission in such capacity, except for losses or damages caused by such party’s fraudulent, willful, or wanton conduct or misconduct, breach of the BID instruments, or gross negligence. The BID corporation shall indemnify (only to the extent of BID corporation assets without recourse to any owner or member) any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or on behalf of the BID corporation), which action, suit, or proceeding arises out of or relates to any claim, issue, or matter involving or affecting the BID corporation, by reason of the fact that such party is or was a director, officer, or member, an affiliate of a director, officer, or member, or an officer, shareholder, director, employee, partner, agent, or advisor of a director, officer, or member or an affiliate of any director, officer, or member, or is or was serving at the request of the BID corporation as an officer, shareholder, director, employee, agent, or advisor of another partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against all expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such party in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, so long as such party acted in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the BID corporation; provided, that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which a party has been adjudged to be liable for fraudulent, willful, or wanton conduct or misconduct, breach of the BID instruments, or gross negligence, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding.
(c) The BID corporation may maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer or the shareholder, employee, partner, agent, or advisor of a director or officer for a liability asserted against it and incurred by such party in any such capacity or arising out of such party’s status as such, whether or not the BID corporation would have the power to indemnify such party against such liability under this section.
D.C. Code § 2-1205.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1205.02
§ 2-1205.02. Purpose.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1565.06 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1565.06
§ 2-1565.06. Funding.
Status: in_force

(a) Gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources may be used to fund the costs of the Youth Council. Contributions to support the work of the Youth Council may not be accepted from any party having a pecuniary or other vested interest in the outcome of the matters being studied by the Youth Council or who would in any way compromise the work of the Youth Council.
(b) A person, other than a District of Columbia agency, desiring to make a financial or in-kind contribution must certify to the Council, or its designee, in the manner prescribed by the Council, that the person has no pecuniary or other vested interest in the outcome of the work of the Youth Council. All contributions are subject to approval by the Council, or its designee.
(c) The Secretary to the Council shall administer any funds received by the Youth Council. Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall notify the Youth Planner and Chair of the Youth Council of the status of funding.
D.C. Code § 2-1341 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / § 2-1341
§ 2-1341. Appropriation.
Status: in_force

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the general operating budget of the District of Columbia the sum of $200,000 to carry out the purpose of this chapter. This sum does not include monies spent on existing programs for the Latino community.
D.C. Code § 2-218.67 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-218.67
§ 2-218.67. Establishment of the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs to provide mentoring, education, consulting, and networking services to certified business enterprises within the Department. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs may solicit contributions from the private sector to be used to carry out its functions under this section.
(b) (1) The Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs shall consist of individuals with at least 10 years of experience in the industry.
  (2) Individuals serving within the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs shall serve without compensation for their services.
(c) The Director shall:
  (1) Ensure that the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs carries out a plan to increase the proportion of persons within the certified business enterprises who are from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds;
  (2) Ensure that the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs establishes benchmarks for use in evaluating the performance of its activities and the performance of the individuals serving in the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs, including the following:
    (A) The demographic characteristics and the geographic characteristics of persons within the certified business enterprises assisted by the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs;
    (B) The hours spent mentoring by individuals within the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs; and
    (C) The performance evaluations of the persons or the certified business enterprises assisted by the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs;
  (3) Ensure that the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs provides one-on-one advice to certified business enterprises; and
  (4) Implement a networking program through the Volunteer Corp of Executives and Entrepreneurs, which provides certified business enterprises with the opportunity to make business contacts in their industry.
(d) The Council shall receive an annual report on the implementation of this section.
D.C. Code § 2-301.05e — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-301.05e
§ 2-301.05e. Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.39i — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.39i
§ 2-1217.39i. Financing and Closing Documents.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to prescribe the final form and content of all Financing Documents and all Closing Documents to which the District is a party that may be necessary or appropriate to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to execute, in the name of the District and on its behalf, the Financing Documents and any Closing Documents to which the District is a party by the Mayor's manual or facsimile signature.
(c) If required, the official seal of the District, or a facsimile of it, shall be impressed, printed, or otherwise reproduced on the bonds, the other Financing Documents, and the Closing Documents to which the District is a party.
(d) The Mayor's execution and delivery of the Financing Documents and the Closing Documents to which the District is a party shall constitute conclusive evidence of the Mayor's approval, on behalf of the District, of the final form and content of the executed Financing Documents and the executed Closing Documents.
(e) The Mayor is authorized to deliver the executed and sealed Financing Documents and Closing Documents, on behalf of the District, prior to or simultaneously with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds, and to ensure the due performance of the obligations of the District contained in the executed, sealed, and delivered Financing Documents and Closing Documents.
D.C. Code § 2-309.06 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-309.06
§ 2-309.06. Oaths, discovery, and subpoena power.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.01
§ 2-1217.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Assessor” means the Office of Taxation and Revenue, or such other person or office responsible for assessing the value of real property.
(2) “Authority” means the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
(3) “Available real property tax revenues” means the revenues resulting from the imposition of the tax provided for in Chapter 8 of Title 47 and payments in lieu of real property taxes and possessory interest taxes, including any penalties and interest charges, exclusive of the special tax provided for in § 1-204.81 and pledged to the payment of general obligation indebtedness of the District.
(4) “Available sales tax revenue” means the revenues resulting from the imposition of the tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 47 , including any penalties and interest charges, exclusive of the portion thereof required to be deposited in the Washington Convention Center Fund established pursuant to § 10-1202.08 , and exclusive of any provision of law that dedicates any sales or parking tax revenues to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
(4A) "Base real property tax amount" means the amount of revenue that would result during a fiscal year from the imposition of the tax provided for in Chapter 8 of Title 47 , payments in lieu of taxes, and possessory interest taxes in a TIF area associated with a proposed or approved TIF project, if the TIF were not provided for the TIF project; except, that the base real property tax amount for a fiscal year that is outside the District's financial plan shall be the base real property tax amount for the last fiscal year that is within the District's financial plan.
(4B) "Base sales tax amount" means the amount of revenue that would result during a fiscal year from the imposition of the tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 47 in a TIF area associated with a proposed or approved TIF project, if the TIF were not provided for the TIF project; except, that the base sales tax amount for a fiscal year that is outside the District's financial plan shall be the base sales tax amount for the last fiscal year that is within the District's financial plan.
(5) “Capital City Business and Industrial Area” means the area beginning at the intersection of New York Avenue, N.E., and 9th Street, N.E., to Montana Avenue, N.E.; north on Montana Avenue, N.E., to W Street N.E.; west on W Street, N.E., to 13th Street, N.E.; northwest on 13th Street, N.E., to Brentwood Road, N.E.; southwest on Brentwood Road, N.E., to 9th Street, N.E.; south on 9th Street, N.E., to New York Avenue, N.E.
(6) “Capital City Market Area” means the area beginning at the intersection of Florida Avenue, N.E., and North Capitol Street; southeast on Florida Avenue, N.E., to 12th Street, N.E.; south on 12th Street, N.E., to H Street, N.E.; west on H Street, N.E., to 9th Street, N.E.; north on 9th Street, N.E., to Florida Avenue, N.E.
(7) “Capital improvement” means the same under generally accepted accounting principles.
(8) “CFO” means the Chief Financial Officer of the District as established by § 1-204.24a(a) .
(9) “Collector” means the District of Columbia Treasurer, or such other person or office as is from time to time responsible for the collection of real property taxes and sales taxes.
(10) “Comprehensive Plan” means the Comprehensive Plan of the District of Columbia adopted by the Council, as amended from time to time.
(10A) “Contaminated property” means a property abandoned or underutilized because of perceived or actual contamination by hazardous substances; or when the expansion or redevelopment is complicated by perceived or actual contamination by hazardous substances.
(11) “Current assessed value” means for any tax year, the assessed value of each lot of taxable real property within a TIF area as then recorded on the land records of the District as of January preceding the tax year.
(12) “DD Regulations” means the Downtown Development District Regulations, 11 DCMR § 1700 et seq. (1995).
(13) “Development costs” means any or all of the following costs either actual or estimated for a development project:
  (A) Costs of studies, surveys, plans and specifications, including professional service costs for architectural, accounting, engineering, legal, marketing, financial and planning services;
  (B) Property assembly costs, including acquisition or leasing of land and other property, real or personal, or rights or interests in property, demolition of buildings and other structures, remediation of environmental hazards, and the clearing and grading of land;
  (C) Costs of preservation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair or remodeling of existing public or private buildings, structures and fixtures;
  (D) Costs of any public works or improvements undertaken by, or at the direction of the District or any other governmental unit;
  (E) Costs of parking and transportation facilities, stadia, museums, other cultural institutions, educational institutions, retail, entertainment and recreation facilities, telecommunications infrastructure, public plazas, malls, pedestrian walkways and parks that are owned by the District or any other governmental unit or are privately owned but available for use by the general public;
  (F) Costs of construction of new public or privately owned housing units and community facilities and costs of preservation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair or remodeling of public and private buildings for use as housing units and community facilities;
  (G) Costs of maintaining and operating public works and improvements;
  (H) Financing costs, including but not limited to all expenses related to the issuance of TIF bonds, interest on TIF bonds, TIF bond reserves, credit enhancements, and costs related to the performance by the District government of its covenants and agreements with the holders of its TIF bonds;
  (I) Working capital and working capital reserves directly related to the development of a project;
  (J) Administrative costs of the District in issuing TIF bonds pursuant to this subchapter; and
  (K) Relocation, job training, and education costs.
(14) “Development sponsor” means any organization or person that seeks to undertake, or undertakes, a project.
(15) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(16) “Downtown area” means the area of the District addressed by the Downtown Interactive Task Force, being the area with the boundary commencing at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. and 12th Street, N.W.; north on 12th Street, N.W., to N Street, N.W.; east on N Street, N.W., to New Jersey Avenue, N.W.; southeast on New Jersey Avenue, N.W., to 2nd Street, N.W.; south on 2nd Street, N.W., to Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.; and northwest on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., to the point of commencement.
(17) “Downtown Report” means the Interactive Downtown Task Force Report.
(18) “Eligible project” means a project that has been certified by the CFO as complying with the requirements set forth in this subchapter.
(19) “Georgia Avenue Area” means any square located on or abutting Georgia Avenue, N.W., beginning at the intersection Florida Avenue, N.W., and north on Georgia Avenue, N.W., to Eastern Avenue, N.W.
(20) “Gross floor area” means gross floor area within the meaning of the Zoning Regulations of the District.
(21) “HPRB” means the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board.
(22) Repealed.
(23) Repealed.
(24) “Priority development area” means the downtown area, Capital City Business and Industrial Area; Capital City Market Area; Georgia Avenue Area; any District-designated Foreign Trade Zones or Free Trade Zones as defined under Federal law; any federally-approved Enterprise Zones, Empowerment Zones, or Enterprise Community; Development Zone Areas; and the Southeast Federal Center/Navy Yard Area; and any housing opportunity area, development area, or new or upgraded commercial center designated on the District of Columbia Generalized Land Use Policies Map that is part of the Comprehensive Plan; the Minnesota Avenue area which shall consist of land within the boundary descriptions beginning from East Capitol Street, N.E., to Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, N.E.; the Dix Street area which shall consist of land within the boundary descriptions beginning from 58th Street, N.E. to Eastern Avenue, N.E.; the Nannie Helen Burroughs area which shall consist of land within the boundary descriptions beginning from Eastern Avenue, N.E., to 49th Street, N.E.; the Pennsylvania Avenue area which shall consist of land within the boundary descriptions beginning from Branch Avenue, S.E., to Carpenter Street, S.E.; and the Benning Road area which shall consist of land within the boundary descriptions beginning from East Capitol Street, S.E., to 44th Street, N.E., from Hanna Place, S.E., to Hillside Road, S.E., and from 39th Street, S.E., to 36th Street, S.E.; the Division Avenue area from Eads Street, N.E., to Hayes Street, N.E.; any block, a portion of which is located in the Uptown Arts-Mixed Use Overlay District, as defined in subsection 1900.1 of Title 11 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (11 DCMR § 1900.1); and the census tracts located in the District for which the poverty rate is not less than 10% as determined on the basis of the 1990 census; and contaminated property areas as defined in paragraph (10A) of this section.
(25) “Project” means any capital improvement undertaken within a TIF area.
(26) “Real property tax increment revenues” means the portion of the available real property tax  revenues allocable to one or more tax allocation funds pursuant to this subchapter.
(27) “Sales tax increment revenues” means the portion of the available sales tax revenues allocable to one or more tax allocation funds pursuant to this subchapter.
(28) “Southeast Federal Center/Navy Yard Area” means the area beginning at the intersection of Interstate 395/295 (SW/SE Freeway) and the Anacostia River Waterfront, S.W., northwest to 14th Street, S.W.; south on 14th Street, S.W., to the Washington Channel Waterway; east along the Washington Channel Waterway to the Anacostia River eastern banks and adjacent areas encompassing the public housing and residential parcels adjacent to the Navy Yard, 8th Street, S.W., commercial corridor, marine barracks, Buzzard Point area, northern tip of the Naval station, Poplar Point, Anacostia waterfront, portions of the West Campus of Saint Elizabeth’s, and the area surrounding the Anacostia Metro Station.
(29) “Special merits” means other economic, cultural, social, or financial factors, apart from the criteria established in this subchapter, that may justify the approval of TIF for a project. The special merits shall be established, by regulation, by the CFO in consultation with the City Administrator or during a control year, as defined in § 47-393 , the Chief Management Officer (“CMO”), and the Director of the Department of Housing and Economic Development.
(30) “TIF” means tax increment financing.
(31) “TIF area” means any area designated and established for TIF pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
(32) “TIF bonds” means bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 2-631 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / § 2-631
§ 2-631. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Disability” means, with respect to an individual:
  (A) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of that individual;
  (B) A record of such an impairment; or
  (C) Being regarded as having such an impairment.
(2) “Internet publication” means any information posted to an official web site of a public body, except for archival documents.
(3) “Policies” means official instructions and guiding principles issued by a public body for the implementation of its programs.
(4) “Public body” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 2-502(18A) .
(5) “Publications” means any written material issued by a public body, either for internal or external use, and does not include internet publications, policies, rules, regulations, and signage.
(6) “Regulation” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 2-502(17) .
(7) “Rule” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 2-502(6) .
(8) “Signage” means any poster on paper larger than 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches issued by a public body and any signs regardless of size made of any material other than paper and posted or issued by a public body.
D.C. Code § 2-1006 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / § 2-1006
§ 2-1006. Zoning and subdivision functions.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission may make a report and recommendation to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, as provided in § 6-641.05 , on proposed amendments of the zoning regulations and maps as to the relation, conformity, or consistency of such amendments with the comprehensive plan for the National Capital. The Commission may also submit to the said Zoning Commission proposed amendments or general revisions to the zoning regulations or the zoning map for said District.
(b) When requested by a properly authorized representative of the Commission, the Zoning Commission may at its discretion recess for a reasonable period of time any public hearing held by it to consider a proposed amendment to the zoning regulations or map, in order that the Commission or its representative may have an opportunity to present to the Zoning Commission a further report on the proposed amendment.
(c) The functions vested in the Commission pursuant to this section may, to such extent as the Commission shall determine, and subject to confirmation by the Commission when requested by the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, be performed by a committee of the Commission which shall be known as the Zoning Committee of the National Capital Planning Commission and shall consist of not less than 3 members of the Commission designated by the Commission for the purpose. The number of members serving on the Zoning Committee may be varied from time to time.
(d) Any proposed change in or addition to the regulations or general orders regulating the platting and subdividing of lands and grounds in the District of Columbia shall first be submitted to the Commission by the Council of the District of Columbia for report and recommendation prior to adoption by such Council. Should the Council not concur in the recommendations of the Commission, it shall so advise the Commission with its reasons therefor and the Commission shall submit a final report within 30 days. After consideration of this final report, the Council may proceed to take action in accordance with its legal responsibilities and authority. It shall be the duty of the Commission to submit any proposed changes in or amendments to the general orders that the Commission considers appropriate and the Council shall treat the amendments proposed in the same manner as other proposed amendments.
D.C. Code § 2-358.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-358.03
§ 2-358.03. Electronic inventory control system for surplus property.
Status: in_force

The CPO shall establish an electronic inventory control system to monitor all surplus property. The system shall contain the following information:
(1) The date of the receipt of the surplus property;
(2) The agency or organization from which the surplus property was received;
(3) A description of the surplus property, including quantity and condition;
(4) A photograph of the surplus property; and
(5) The estimated value of the surplus property.
D.C. Code § 2-1330 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / § 2-1330
§ 2-1330. Functions.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission shall:
  (1) Serve as an advocate for Latino persons in the District of Columbia;
  (2) Review and submit to the Mayor, the Council, the Office on Latino Affairs, and the community an annual report including analysis of the needs of the Latino community in the District of Columbia;
  (3) Cooperate with other agencies (federal, state, private) concerned with activities pertaining to the Latino community;
  (4) Develop a list of at least 3 persons the Commission recommends for the position of Director of the Office on Latino Affairs and submit that list to the Mayor;
  (5) Conduct or participate in public hearings and other forums to determine views of the Latino community and other members of the public on matters affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the Latino community in the District of Columbia;
  (6) Bring to the attention of the Mayor and the Office on Latino Affairs cases of neglect, abuse, and incidents of bias against the Latino community in the administration of the laws of the District of Columbia;
  (7) Review and comment on proposed District and federal legislation, regulations, policies, and programs and make policy recommendations on issues affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the Latino community; and
  (8) Develop policy and provide continuing review of the planning undertaken by the Office.
(b) The Commission is authorized to make any reasonable request for information necessary to aid the Commission in the discharge of its responsibilities.
D.C. Code § 2-215.08 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-215.08
§ 2-215.08. Certificates of registration.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1215.04 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1215.04
§ 2-1215.04. Establishment of Business Improvement District.
Status: in_force

(a) To establish a BID with respect to any area, the Board of Directors of a nonprofit corporation established under District law for the purpose of forming a BID and seeking to be registered as a BID corporation shall submit an application to the Mayor for review of compliance with all BID criteria described in this section. The Mayor may designate the Department of Small and Local Business Development, or a successor thereto, to perform the review functions described by this section. Each application shall be duly sworn under oath before a notary public who holds a valid license in the District, and shall contain:
  (1) A statement setting forth the name and address of the nonprofit corporation seeking registration as a BID corporation; a description by lot, square, and street address of the property of each owner to the extent reasonably ascertainable; and the most recent assessed value of each taxable property located in the proposed BID to the extent reasonably ascertainable from District property tax records or a final determination of the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission for the District of Columbia. The statement must be signed by the owners (or their authorized representatives) who own at least a 51% interest in the most recent assessed value of the taxable properties in the geographic area of the proposed BID as a whole, and at least 25% in number of the individual taxable properties of record in the BID area as a whole. For the purposes hereof, individual taxable properties shall mean properties identified by separate lot and square numbers to the extent reasonably ascertainable from the records of the Office of Taxation and Revenue or Office of Recorder of Deeds; provided, that any property subdivided into separate condominium units shall constitute a single property for the purpose of determining the number of taxable properties referred to in this paragraph; provided further, that such condominium units shall constitute separate properties for purposes of assessing BID charges. Changes in the assessed values occurring after submission of a BID application, whether through regular reassessment, appeals, or otherwise, shall not affect the validity of the BID application to be taken into account in the Mayor’s review of the BID application;
  (2) A proposed business plan (“BID plan”) for at least the first 3 years of the initial 5-year term of the BID. The BID plan shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
    (A) Specific goals and objectives of the BID consistent with the BID activity as defined in this subchapter, anticipated resources to be used to meet such goals and objectives, and projected timetables for undertaking and completing projects in furtherance of the goals and objectives;
    (B) The annual proposed total BID taxes for the BID’s common operations for the BID’s first year of operation and the formula used to determine each owner’s BID tax which shall be based upon either assessed value, square footage, or a uniform fixed tax per building. BID taxes may vary by class and type of property provided that they are applied fairly and equitably to all owners within the BID; and
    (C) The maximum amount and the nature of any start-up costs incurred prior to the BID’s registration that the BID plans to reimburse upon its registration;
  (3) A tax assessor’s map of the geographic area comprising the BID clearly designating the BID boundaries and each property by street address, lot, and square number to be included within the BID;
  (4) A list of the initial members of the Board of the BID, which must satisfy the criteria of § 2-1215.07 ;
  (5) The adopted articles of incorporation and the adopted bylaws of the nonprofit corporation seeking to be registered as the BID corporation which articles of incorporation or bylaws must include:
    (A) The names and addresses of the initial directors and a provision stating that the term of the initial directors shall expire at such time as new directors are elected pursuant to § 2-1215.07(b) . Such terms shall in no event exceed 120 days after the BID is registered by the Mayor;
    (B) The procedures through which the members of the BID corporation shall propose and vote to adopt amendments to the initial bylaws, including the quorum requirements for the method of allocating votes to members for purposes of this vote which shall occur not more than 120 days after the BID is registered by the Mayor; and
    (C) The number of votes allocated to each member subject to the requirements of § 2-1215.11(a) . The adopted articles of incorporation and the adopted bylaws of the nonprofit corporation may contain any provision not inconsistent with the District nonprofit corporation law or this subchapter;
  (6) A list, by street address, lot, and square number, of all taxable property within the proposed BID, including the names and mailing addresses of the record owners to the extent reasonably ascertainable from the real property records of the Office of Recorder of Deeds or the real property tax and assessment records of the Office of Taxation and Revenue;
  (7) A list of the names and addresses of all commercial tenants within the BID area, to the extent reasonably ascertainable; and
  (8) The name of the bank and the location of the branch at which the BID will establish its bank accounts, which shall be subject to, in addition to the other approvals required by this section, the approval of the CFO.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as modifying or waiving the District’s right to enact or adjust any District tax, tax rate, fee, or other assessment applicable to categories of persons or businesses that include persons or businesses subject to a BID tax under this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall be used as a rationale for modifying the District’s method of property tax assessment.
D.C. Code § 2-1907 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / § 2-1907
§ 2-1907. Oath of interpreter.
Status: in_force

Before an interpreter appointed under this chapter begins to interpret, the interpreter shall take an oath or affirmation that the interpreter will make a true interpretation in an understandable manner to and for the person for whom the interpreter is appointed to the best of the interpreter’s skills and judgment.
D.C. Code § 2-301.05 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / § 2-301.05
§ 2-301.05. Office of Contracting and Procurement; authority.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1212.21a — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1212.21a
§ 2-1212.21a. Limited tax incentive for existing establishment.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the scope of exemptions provided by § 47-3802(a) , a grocery store that is located in census tract 94 on February 18, 2017, shall be eligible for the tax exemption provided pursuant to § 47-3802(a)(1) beginning with the tax year beginning October 1, 2016; provided, that the 10-year real property exemption period shall be deemed to have begun on January 1, 2015.
D.C. Code § 2-225.08 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-225.08
§ 2-225.08. Separate contracts for material and labor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-357.04 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-357.04
§ 2-357.04. Other forms of security.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to rules promulgated under this chapter, the CPO may require a solicitation to include one or more of the following forms of security to assure the timely, faithful, and uninterrupted provision of operations and maintenance services, procured separately or as one element of design-build-operate-maintain or design-build-finance-operate-maintain services:
(1) Operations period surety bonds that secure the performance of the contractor’s operations and maintenance obligations under the project delivery methods set forth in § 2-356.01 ;
(2) Letters of credit in an amount appropriate to cover the cost to the District of preventing infrastructure service interruptions for a period up to 12 months under the project delivery methods set forth in § 2-356.01 ; or
(3) Appropriate written guarantees from the contractor (or depending upon the circumstances, from parent corporations) to secure the recovery of procurement costs to the District in the event of a default in performance by the contractor.
D.C. Code § 2-1226.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1226.03
§ 2-1226.03. Workforce intermediary.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall use a workforce intermediary as the primary means of meeting the hiring requirements of § 2-1226.02(a)(2) .
(b) (1) If prior to July 20, 2007, the former AWC has selected an organization or organizations to serve as a workforce intermediary, the Mayor shall continue to use the organization or organizations as a workforce intermediary; provided, that the Mayor may select additional organizations and may terminate the use of the organization or organizations selected by the former AWC.
  (2) If prior to July 20, 2007, the former AWC has not selected an organization or organizations to serve as a workforce intermediary, then by August 20, 2007, the Mayor shall issue a request for proposals designed to select an organization or organizations to serve as a workforce intermediary. Within 120 days after issuing the request for proposals, the Mayor shall select an organization or organizations to serve as a workforce intermediary.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term “workforce intermediary” means an entity established or chosen by the Mayor, or the former AWC, that is modeled on similar, successful entities in other cities and is designed to meet the hiring goals of § 2-1226.02(a)(2) by coordinating the needs and capacities of businesses that are creating new jobs in the Anacostia Waterfront Development Zone, workforce development organizations that serve residents of the District, and residents of the District who are seeking jobs in the Anacostia Waterfront Development Zone.
D.C. Code § 2-651.10 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / § 2-651.10
§ 2-651.10. 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 the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
D.C. Code § 2-354.04 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / § 2-354.04
§ 2-354.04. Sole source procurements.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract may be awarded through noncompetitive negotiations when there is only one source for the required good or service.
(b) The CPO shall make a determination and findings justifying the sole source procurement.
(c) Notice of intent to enter into a sole source contract shall be posted on the Internet at least 10 days prior to award. The notice shall include:
  (1) The determination and findings required by subsection (b) of this section;
  (2) A description of the item to be procured; and
  (3) The intended sole source contractor.
(d) The contract shall be made available online within 7 days of the contract award.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.36l — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.36l
§ 2-1217.36l. Financing and Closing Documents.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor shall execute all Financing Documents and all Closing Documents to which the District is a party that may be necessary or appropriate to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds.
  (2) The Closing Documents for the infrastructure component of the Project, which may include one or more development and funding agreements, shall be executed by the Mayor and Development Sponsor.  The Closing Documents for the Retail Parking components of the Project, which may include one or more development and funding agreements, shall be executed by the Mayor and the owner of the Retail Parking.  No other person or entity, regardless of whether the person or entity shall own an interest in the airspace or improvements located above, below, or adjoining a Retail Parking component of the Project, shall be required to execute a development and funding agreement or any Closing Document.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to execute, in the name of the District and on its behalf, the Financing Documents and any Closing Documents to which the District is a party by the Mayor's manual or facsimile signature.
(c) If required, the official seal of the District, or a facsimile of it, shall be impressed, printed, or otherwise reproduced on the bonds, the other Financing Documents, and the Closing Documents to which the District is a party.
(d) The Mayor's execution and delivery of the Financing Documents and the Closing Documents to which the District is a party shall constitute conclusive evidence of the Mayor's approval, on behalf of the District, of the final form and content of the executed Financing Documents and the executed Closing Documents.
(e) The Mayor is authorized to deliver the executed and sealed Financing Documents and Closing Documents, on behalf of the District, prior to or simultaneously with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds, and to ensure the due performance of the obligations of the District contained in the executed, sealed, and delivered Financing Documents and Closing Documents.
D.C. Code § 2-1314 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / § 2-1314
§ 2-1314. Spanish Program Coordinators.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1223.14 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1223.14
§ 2-1223.14. Establishment of Enterprise Fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-281.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2B / § 2-281.02
§ 2-281.02. Establishment of the Equity Impact Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor shall select one or more Fund Managers to manage a fund outside the District of Columbia government to be known as the Equity Impact Fund ("Fund").
  (2) The selected Fund Managers shall have completed at least one round of prior funding in an amount greater than or equal to the amount of the District's initial grant.
  (3) The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development ("Deputy Mayor") shall provide, upon selection of the Fund Manager, the District's initial grant to the Fund Manager for deposit into the Fund ("District's initial investment").
  (4) Notwithstanding § 1-328.13 , the Deputy Mayor may make subsequent grants to the Fund Manager for deposit into the Fund.
(b) The Fund shall be used to:
  (1) Facilitate investment in eligible businesses that lack access to capital; and
  (2) Make investments into eligible businesses based on a strategy determined by the Fund Managers.
(c) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-209.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-209.01
§ 2-209.01. Reciprocal police mutual aid agreements — Authorized.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized in his discretion to enter into and renew reciprocal agreements, for such period as he deems advisable, with any county, municipality, or other governmental unit in the States of Maryland and Virginia, in order to establish and carry into effect a plan to provide mutual aid, through the furnishing of policemen and other agents and employees, together with all necessary equipment.
D.C. Code § 2-1227.07 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1227.07
§ 2-1227.07. Additional Walter Reed Site acquisition and procurement authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may acquire by purchase, exchange, donation, assignment, bequest, or other means, real property located on the Walter Reed Site.
(b) (1) The provisions of subchapter I of Chapter 26 of Title 50 shall not apply to the acquisition by the Mayor of property located on the Walter Reed Site or the use of such property as a parking facility.
  (2) Notwithstanding Chapter 3A of this title , and consistent with § 1-204.51 , the Mayor may enter into a contract with Children's National at Walter Reed, LLC, or an affiliate thereof, for the operation and maintenance of property acquired pursuant to this section; provided, that the entity that contracts with the Mayor shall agree to be subject to the contracting and procurement requirements set forth in subpart 2 of part D of subchapter IX-A of Chapter 2 of this title and the employment and job creation requirements set forth in § 2-219.03 .
  (3) The contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall require Children's National at Walter Reed, LLC or its affiliate to give priority when subcontracting to businesses certified as small business enterprises pursuant to § 2-218.32 or as disadvantaged business enterprises pursuant to § 2-218.33 , and to do so in a manner to be negotiated between the Mayor and Children's National at Walter Reed, LLC or its affiliate.
D.C. Code § 2-1223.18 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1223.18
§ 2-1223.18. Tax-exempt status.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1411.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1411.02
§ 2-1411.02. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Office is to secure an end to unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and educational institutions for any reason other than that of individual merit.  The Office shall seek to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (as defined in § 2-1401.02(12A) ), familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, physical disability, source of income, place of residence or business, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking, and homeless status.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.101 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.101
§ 2-1217.101. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Qualified Zone Academy Revenue Bond Project Forward Commitment Approval Act of 2005”.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.81 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.81
§ 2-1217.81. Liability.
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the Council, the Mayor, or any person executing Bonds shall not be liable personally on the Bonds by reason of the issuance thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Bonds shall not be general obligations of the District and shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the District within the meaning of any debt or other limit prescribed by law. The full faith and credit or the general taxing power of the District (other than the Tax Increment Revenues or other security authorized under this subchapter) shall not be pledged to secure the payment of any Bonds.
D.C. Code § 2-215.07 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-215.07
§ 2-215.07. Assistance programs for minority contractors.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1302 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / § 2-1302
§ 2-1302. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Office” means the Office on Latino Affairs created by § 2-1311 .
(2) “Director” means the Executive Director of the Office on Latino Affairs.
(3) “Commission” means the Commission on Latino Community Development created by § 2-1321 .
(4) “Latino” or “Latino community” shall mean the people of Spanish origin who are residents of the District of Columbia.
(5) “Services to the Latino community” means those services designed to provide assistance, including but not limited to, nutritional programs, transportation services, health and financial assistance, employment and housing programs, recreational opportunities, information, referral, and counseling services.
(6) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 2-1801.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 18 / § 2-1801.01
§ 2-1801.01. Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the Council of the District of Columbia in the adoption of this chapter to provide for the imposition of alternative civil sanctions for infractions of laws and regulations amended by title IV [of D.C. Law 6-42 ], and to provide for a uniform and expeditious system of administrative adjudication with respect to the infractions.
D.C. Code § 2-1402.42 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1402.42
§ 2-1402.42. Exceptions regarding sex discrimination and age.
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this chapter regarding sex discrimination in admission policy shall apply to any private undergraduate college or to any private preschool, elementary or secondary school; except that, when any of the above exempted colleges offers a course nowhere else available in the District, opportunity for admission to that course must be open to students of both sexes who otherwise meet lawful requirements for admission.
(b) It shall not be an unlawful discriminatory practice for the District of Columbia to prescribe minimum and maximum age limits for appointment to the police officer and firefighter cadet programs.
D.C. Code § 2-281.04 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2B / § 2-281.04
§ 2-281.04. Minimum requirements for investment.
Status: in_force

(a) A Fund Manager shall source, underwrite, and monitor all investments placed pursuant to this chapter . Except as otherwise provided by this chapter , the Mayor shall not determine the recipient, amount, interest rate, or any other requirement related to an investment made pursuant to this chapter .
(b) The following requirements shall apply to any investment in an eligible business made from the Fund using the District's initial investment or interest earned on the initial investment:
  (1) A Fund Manager shall begin accepting applications from eligible businesses seeking investment, on a rolling basis, within 30 days of being selected for the position by the Mayor.
  (2) For [a] Fund Manager to provide an investment from the Fund, the eligible business must agree, in writing, to participate in technical assistance training.
  (3) (A) A Fund Manager shall establish for each selected eligible business a 12-month individualized business plan.
    (B) The individualized business plan shall include technical assistance, provided at no cost to the eligible business, which shall include education on the management and scale of a business through live training or guided recorded sessions.
    (C) All eligible businesses that receive an investment from the Fund shall be required to participate in at least 3 months of technical-assistance training prior to receipt of an investment.
    (D) Investments shall be distributed to the eligible business in installments based upon completion of specific milestones clearly described in the eligible business's individualized business plan.
D.C. Code § 2-1217.109 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1217.109
§ 2-1217.109. Allocation of Available Real Property Tax Revenues.
Status: in_force

Within 60 days after the approval of a resolution specified in § 2-1217.108(c) , the Chief Financial Officer shall provide for the allocation of Available Real Property Tax Revenues for the series of the bonds. The Chief Financial Officer shall transfer collected Available Real Property Tax Revenues to the appropriate QZAB Pledged Account in the amounts and at the times specified in the QZAB Collection Agreement and the Financing Documents. Monies held or to be held in a QZAB Pledged Account may be used to pay Issuance Costs associated with the bonds, to pay the principal of the series of the bonds, and to pay other amounts authorized by this subchapter. The QZAB Pledged Accounts shall be non-lapsing.
D.C. Code § 2-1221.01 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1221.01
§ 2-1221.01. Security deposit assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor shall establish a program to provide funding assistance for the security deposit required for a lease of real property for operations of a Qualified High Technology Company, as defined in § 47-1817.01(5) .
  (2) No funding assistance shall be provided under this section if:
    (A) Other financial assistance meeting the requirements of the applicant is available on reasonable terms; or
    (B) If the Mayor determines that there exists a reasonable expectation that the Qualified High Technology Company will not perform the covenants and conditions of the lease.
  (3) In exchange for funding assistance under this section, a Qualified High Technology Company shall provide:
    (A) Training courses to District of Columbia Public School teachers and administrators for the more efficient use of technology in the education process;
    (B) Internships to District of Columbia Public School students throughout the calendar year;
    (C) Employment to District of Columbia Public School students during the summer months when school is not in session;
    (D) Technical support or expertise, including networking and maintaining computer systems and other related activities; or
    (E) Any other assistance considered appropriate or acceptable by the Mayor.
  (4) The Mayor shall, at 6-month intervals following the commencement of the program, report to the Council on the terms and results of the program, including any agreement entered into under subsection (b) of this section, as of the date of each report.
(b) To implement the program described in subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor may enter into an agreement with a Qualified High Technology Company, commercial real estate broker, landlord, venture capitalist, business incubator, technology company, commercial bank, investment banker, or a for-profit, nonprofit, or public-sector entity, in connection with the provision of a security deposit for real property and equipment by, or on behalf of, a Qualified High Technology Company. The agreement shall state the total cost to the District of Columbia and the proportion which the cost to the District of Columbia bears to the total cost of the agreement. The Mayor shall make reasonable provision to ensure repayment to the District of Columbia of all amounts provided as assistance under this section. The Mayor may accept, in exchange for the District of Columbia’s participation in any such agreements, warrants, options, equity, preferred shares, or convertible debt of the applicable Qualified High Technology Company, or other consideration.
D.C. Code § 2-1215.18 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1215.18
§ 2-1215.18. Term of BID; extension; termination and dissolution.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Each BID shall have an initial term that shall end on the last day of the 5th full fiscal year of the District during which the BID has been registered pursuant to § 2-1215.06(h) . A BID may be extended for successive 5-year terms if:
    (A) The BID notifies the Mayor at least 180 days before the end of the BID’s term that it desires to extend its status as a registered BID for a subsequent 5-year term;
    (B) The BID submits a plan for the next 5 years of BID operations to the Mayor; and
    (C) The Mayor holds a public hearing in accordance with this subsection and subsequently issues a notice of BID re-registration.
  (2) Notice to the public shall be made no fewer than 21 days before the hearing.
  (3) The Mayor shall:
    (A) Publish the notice of the public hearing along with the notice of preliminary finding in the District of Columbia Register;
    (B) Ensure that the notices are published in at least 2 sources of local general interest print or electronic media; and
    (C) Hold the public hearing no earlier than 120 days before the end of the fiscal year, and no later than 30 days before the end of the fiscal year.
(a-1) If, at the end of the fiscal year, the BID has requested an extension and the Mayor has not issued an order revoking the registration or denying an extension, the BID shall be deemed to be re-registered for a subsequent 5-year term.
(b) The Mayor shall issue an order revoking the registration of a BID at any time if:
  (1) By a 2/3 majority vote of the Board, the Board elects not to seek re-registration of the BID;
  (2) Not more than one year and not less than 90 days before the end of each 5-year period, the owners of at least 51% in assessed value of taxable property and at least 25% in number of taxable properties within the BID elect to dissolve the BID effective as of the last day of the then applicable 5-year term;
  (3) The Mayor determines that there has been unlawful conduct by the management or Board of the BID, which conduct has not been remedied within 30 days of notice thereof;
  (4) The Mayor determines that the conduct of the BID has jeopardized the ability of the BID to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, which conduct has not been remedied within 30 days of notice thereof;
  (5) The BID corporation is voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved in accordance with law;
  (6) The operations of the BID cease for any reason for at least 60 consecutive days at any time after the initial organizational period of 120 days; or
  (7) A BID corporation voluntarily files for bankruptcy protection, becomes insolvent, or has a receiver appointed for all or substantially all of its assets, or any such proceeding is instituted against the BID corporation and is not discharged within 60 days.
(c) Within 60 days of dissolution, the Board shall adopt a plan to timely distribute funds and dispose of assets to satisfy all creditors in the order of their priority, if any. Any surplus funds, including the proceeds of the sale of all real and personal property, shall be returned to the owners in proportion to their obligation to pay BID taxes within 30 days of adoption of the plan of distribution.
(d) The Mayor may designate the Department of Small and Local Business Development to perform the functions described by this section.
D.C. Code § 2-1515.54 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1515.54
§ 2-1515.54. Notice requirements.
Status: in_force

The Administrator shall provide notice of the requirements of this part to:
(1) The relevant staff at the place of confinement, including:
  (A) All medical staff;
  (B) Staff and contractors who are involved in the transport of confined youth of child-bearing age; and
  (C) Other staff as the Administrator deems appropriate; and
(2) All youth who are in their third trimester of pregnancy at the time the place of confinement takes custody of the person.
D.C. Code § 2-223.03 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / § 2-223.03
§ 2-223.03. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee aggrieved by a violation of § 2-223.02 may bring a civil action before a court or a jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia seeking relief and damages, including but not limited to injunction, reinstatement to the same position held before the prohibited personnel action or to an equivalent position, and reinstatement of the employee’s seniority rights, restoration of lost benefits, back pay and interest on back pay, compensatory damages, reasonable costs, and attorney fees. A civil action shall be filed within 3 years after a violation occurs or within one year after the employee first becomes aware of the violation, whichever occurs first.
(a-1) A government contractor aggrieved by a violation of § 2-223.02(b) may bring a civil action before a court or a jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia seeking relief and damages, including an injunction, compensatory damages, reasonable costs, and attorney fees. A civil action shall be filed within 2 years after a violation occurs or within one year after the contractor first becomes aware of the violation, whichever occurs first.
(b) In a civil action or administrative proceeding, once it has been demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that an activity proscribed by § 2-223.02 was a contributing factor in the alleged prohibited personnel action against an employee, the burden of proof  shall be on the employing District instrumentality or contractor, or the person or entity that employed the security officer, to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the alleged action would have occurred for legitimate, independent reasons even if the employee had not engaged in activities protected by this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of § 2-223.02 constitutes a complete affirmative defense for a whistleblower to a prohibited personnel action in an administrative review, challenge, or adjudication of that action.
(d) An employee who prevails in a civil action at the trial level shall be granted the equitable relief provided in the decision effective upon the date of the decision, absent a stay.
D.C. Code § 2-1402.66 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / § 2-1402.66
§ 2-1402.66. Arrest records.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) (A) An individual may request production of his or her arrest record for the purposes of determining eligibility for sealing or expunging that record pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 16 [ §  16-801 et seq.], or similar sealing statutes in the District or in another jurisdiction, and may request production of his or her arrest record for filing a sealing or expungement motion.
    (B) The District may charge the individual a nominal fee for processing this request.
    (C) For the purposes of this subsection, an “arrest record” shall contain a listing of all adult arrests, regardless of the disposition of each arrest, and regardless of the date on which the arrest, conviction, or completion of the sentence occurred.
  (2) A person who requires an individual to produce any arrest record or any copy, extract, or statement thereof pursuant to this subsection other than for the purpose of filing a sealing or expungement motion shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned for not more than 10 days.
(b) (1) (A) An individual may request production of his or her arrest record or authorize another person to request production of his or her arrest record for any other purpose.
    (B) The District may charge the individual a nominal fee for processing this request.
    (C) For purposes of this subsection, an “arrest record” shall contain a listing only of adult convictions for which the sentence was completed not more than 10 years before the date on which the records were requested and forfeitures of collateral in a court proceeding that have occurred not more than 10 years before the date on which the record was requested; provided, that forfeitures of collateral in a court proceeding shall not include any forfeiture of collateral that was made pursuant to the post-and-forfeit procedure, as that term is defined in § 5-335.01(a) .
D.C. Code § 2-651.08 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / § 2-651.08
§ 2-651.08. Standards.
Status: in_force

In implementing this subchapter , an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider:
(1) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions;
(2) The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material in an electronic record and other electronic records, as promulgated by national standard-setting bodies;
(3) The needs of users of legal material in an electronic record;
(4) The views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons; and
(5) To the extent practicable, methods and technologies for the authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material that are compatible with the methods and technologies used by other official publishers in the District of Columbia and in states that have adopted a law substantially similar to this subchapter .
D.C. Code § 2-1517.33 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / § 2-1517.33
§ 2-1517.33. School-based behavioral health student peer educator pilot.
Status: in_force

(a) In Fiscal Year 2024, the Department of Behavioral Health ("DBH") shall award by December 31, 2023, up to 2 grants totaling $325,000 to non-governmental entities to train and supervise, in total, at least 100 high school student behavioral health peer educators ("peer educators"). Peer educators shall work in public and public charter schools as behavioral health peer educators and perform the functions identified in subsections (d) and (e) of this section.
(a-1) In Fiscal Year 2025, DBH shall award by October 15, 2024, grants totaling $325,000 to the same non-governmental entities that received a grant under subsection (a) of this section to continue to train and supervise peer educators to perform the functions identified in subsections (d) and (e) of this section.
(b) To qualify for a grant, an applicant shall:
  (1) Submit an application that specifies:
    (A) At least 3 public and public charter school high schools, with a preference for schools identified in Cohort 1 of the DBH School Based Behavioral Health Program expansion or located in Wards 5, 7, or 8, that the applicant intends to partner with;
    (B) The maximum number of peer educators the applicant plans to recruit, train, and supervise;
    (C) The types of interventions it will train peer educators to perform; and
    (D) Target numbers for each intervention type;
  (2) Be located in the District;
  (3) Have experience providing workshops and programming to youth ages 14 to 21 on behavioral health, resiliency, and workforce readiness; and
  (4) Agree to:
    (A) Create a plan to reach at least 25% of the students, calculated by the in-seat attendance rate, at each school the applicant partners with;
    (B) Recruit, train, and supervise at least 50 peer educators to work during the 2023-2024 school year; provided, that if only one grantee is selected, the grantee shall agree to train at least 100 peer educators;
    (C) Compensate peer educators with a monthly stipend of no less than $200;
    (D) On a monthly basis, provide peer educators with training and supervision, including at least 4 hours of training or supervision in person, as follows:
      (i) At least 8 hours of behavioral health training;
      (ii) At least 2 hours of training in workforce readiness, self-advocacy and personal agency, career exploration, life skills, and financial literacy; and
      (iii) At least 4 hours of supervision;
    (E) Provide quarterly reports to DBH that shall include:
      (i) A list of public and public charter students working as peer educators;
      (ii) A list of activities and interventions performed by peer educators;
      (iii) The total number of training hours conducted with peer educators and the topics covered, including the number of peer educators who participated in each training session;
      (iv) A list of the training topics that were covered during the reporting period; and
      (v) Progress made on objectives and benchmarks identified in the grant agreement.
(c) (1) If there is more than one grantee, DBH shall provide an additional $25,000 from the funds identified in subsection (a) of this section to one of the grantees to serve as the coordinating organization for the pilot program. If only one grantee is selected, that grantee shall perform the duties of the coordinating organization.
  (2) The coordinating grantee organization shall:
    (A) Develop and collect behavioral health training curricula for peer educator training;
    (B) Collect and share on a public dashboard or database data on peer educators' activities;
    (C) Compile and maintain a public dashboard or database of information on the public and public charter schools in the pilot program, which shall include:
      (i) The contact information and school location of clinicians and peer educators;
      (ii) Information on school services and programs; and
      (iii) A method for students and caregivers to make appointments with behavioral health staff and submit referrals for services.
(d) Peer educators shall perform at least 3 of the following activities:
  (1) Conducting behavioral health classroom presentations and trainings;
  (2) Working with public and public charter school clinicians and staff to co-lead support groups;
  (3) Distributing paper and electronic materials on behavioral health and resilience-building topics;
  (4) Distributing paper and electronic materials to public and public charter students on school and community behavioral health services, programs, and resources; and
  (5) Conducting individual education sessions with public and public  charter students on behavioral health and resilience-building topics.
(e) Peer educators may perform the following additional activities:
  (1) Creating and leading school and community events and programs;
  (2) Creating a website that includes public and public charter school behavioral health services and resources and behavioral health educational information;
  (3) Surveying public and public charter students regarding their ability to access school and community-based behavioral health resources;
  (4) Partnering with a DC Prevention Center to increase youth access to  drug prevention resources;
  (5) Partnering with governmental and non-governmental youth and adult peer support specialists; and
  (6) Any other activities or interventions that increase public and public charter school student access to school and community based behavioral health services and resources, and behavioral health information.
(f) DBH shall provide to the grantees and peer educators the contact information, including phone number, email address, and office location, of public and public charter school clinicians and school behavioral health coordinators and connect grantees and peer educators with the clinicians and school behavioral health coordinators and with the operators of the DC Prevention Centers.
D.C. Code § 2-1384 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13B / § 2-1384
§ 2-1384. LGBTQ Homeless Youth Training Grant Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the LGBTQ Homeless Youth Training Grant Fund (“Fund”) which shall be administered by the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Affairs in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The Fund shall consist of the revenue from the following sources:
  (1) Appropriated funds; and
  (2) Funds transferred to the Department of Human Services from other District agencies for the purpose of providing services to homeless LGBTQ youth.
(c) The Fund shall be used for the following purposes:
  (1) The Fund shall be continually available to the Office for the purpose of providing grants to fund trainings on cultural competency for providing services to LGBTQ homeless youth for providers throughout the District. Each grant shall be a 2-year grant.
  (2) The Office shall establish criteria for eligibility to receive a grant; provided, that the cultural competency training conducted through this grant:
    (A) Is conducted by community organizations based in the District with demonstrated ability and expertise in this field;
    (B) Follows best practices in this field regarding content and delivery;
    (C) Includes best practices for data collection pertaining to LGBTQ homeless youth;
    (D) Includes evidence-based family acceptance interventions that shall be youth and family driven, culturally diverse, and tailored to meet the different needs of families from different cultural backgrounds and religions;
    (E) Includes suicide awareness and prevention training; and
    (F) Is subject to a biannual evaluation.
(d) (1) The money deposited into the Fund, and any 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 into the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
D.C. Code § 2-272.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2A / § 2-272.02
§ 2-272.02. Professional staff.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office shall be headed by an Executive Director who shall have demonstrated knowledge, training, or experience in the following areas:
  (1) Infrastructure development;
  (2) Capital markets and finance, including municipal finance;
  (3) Public-sector planning; and
  (4) Procurement.
(b) The Executive Director and Office staff shall be subject to the Code of Conduct, as defined in § 1-1161.01 .
D.C. Code § 2-1225.42 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1225.42
§ 2-1225.42. Further exercise of eminent domain at Skyland Shopping Center.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council affirms the findings made in section 2 of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation Eminent Domain Clarification and Skyland Eminent Domain Approval Amendment Act of 2004, effective April 5, 2005 ( D.C. Law 15-286 ; 52 DCR 859) (“Skyland Eminent Domain Act”).
(b) The Mayor may exercise eminent domain in accordance with the procedures set forth in subchapter II of Chapter 13 of Title 16 to acquire properties in the Skyland Eminent Domain Area for the purpose of redeveloping the Skyland Shopping Center in order to achieve the public purposes set forth in section 2(a)(15) of the Skyland Eminent Domain Act.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term “Skyland Eminent Domain Area” means: Square 5632, Lot 1; Square 5632, Lot 3; Square 5632, Lot 4; Square 5632, Lot 5; Square 5632, Lot 802; Square 5633, Lot 800; Square 5633, Lot 801; Square 5641, Lot 0010; Square 5641, Lot 0011; Square 5641, Lot 0012; Square 5641, Lot 0013; Square 5641, Lot 0819; Square 5641N, Lot 0012; Square 5641N, Lot 0013; Square 5641N, Lot 0014; Square 5641N, Lot 0015; Square 5641N, Lot 0016; Square 5641N, Lot 0017; Square 5641N, Lot 0018; Square 5641N, Lot 0019; Square 5641N, Lot 0020; Square 5641N, Lot 0021; Square 5641N, Lot 0022; Square 5641N, Lot 0023; Square 5641N, Lot 0024; Square 5641N, Lot 0025; Square 5641N, Lot 0026; Square 5641N, Lot 0027; Square 5641N, Lot 0028; Square 5641N, Lot 0029; Square 5641N, Lot 0030; Square 5641N, Lot 0031; Square 5641N, Lot 0033; Parcel 02130052; Parcel 02130060; Parcel 02130061; Parcel 02140062; Parcel 02140088; Parcel 02140104; Parcel 02140182; Parcel 02140187; Parcel 02140189; Parcel 02140190; Parcel 02140196; and any other parcel or property located within the geographic area bounded by a line beginning at a point at the intersection of the northerly line of Good Hope Road, S.E., with the northerly line of Alabama Avenue, S.E., and running northwesterly along said line of Good Hope Road, S.E., extended, to intersect a point on the east line of Naylor Road, S.E.; thence northwesterly along said line of Naylor Road to a point at the northwesterly corner of Lot 801 in Square 5633; thence northeasterly along the northerly line of said lot and square to a point at the westernmost corner of Parcel 213/52; thence continuing northeasterly along the northerly line of said Parcel 213/52 to a point at the southwesterly corner of Parcel 213/60; thence northwesterly along the arc of a curve, deflecting to the right, along the westerly line of said Parcel 213/60 to a point at the northernmost corner of said Parcel 213/60; thence southeasterly along the easterly lines of said Parcels 213/60 and 213/52 to a point at the northwesterly corner of Lot 33 in Square North of Square 5641; thence easterly along the north property lines of said Lot 33 and Lots 16 through 31, both inclusive, in Square north of Square 5641 to a point at the northeast corner of said Lot 31 in said square; thence south along the east line of said Lot 31 in said square to a point at the southeast corner thereof; thence westerly along the south lines of said Lots 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23 and 22 in said square to a point at the southwest corner of said Lot 22 to intersect a line drawn northwesterly from the northeast corner of Lot 12 in Square North of Square 5641; thence southeasterly along said line drawn and the east line of said Lot 12 in said square to a point at the southeast corner thereof to a point that intersects a line drawn northwesterly from the northeast corner of Lot 13 in Square 5641; thence southeasterly along said line drawn and the east line of said Lot 13 in said square to a point at the southeast corner thereof; thence southwesterly along the south property lines of Lots 13 and 12 in Square 5641 to a point that intersects a line drawn northwesterly from the northeast corner of Lot 819 in Square 5641; thence southeasterly along said line drawn and the east line of said Lot 819 in said square to a point at the southeast corner of said Lot 819 in said square, on the north line of Alabama Avenue, S.E.; and thence southwesterly along the arc of a circle deflecting to the right along said line of Alabama Avenue, to the point of beginning.
D.C. Code § 2-806 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / § 2-806
§ 2-806. Duration of regulations and licenses and publication of regulations.
Status: in_force

Regulations prescribed and licenses authorized under this chapter are effective only during the inaugural period.  The regulations shall be published in at least one daily newspaper published in the District of Columbia.  A penalty prescribed for violating such a regulation may not be enforced until 5 days after publication
D.C. Code § 2-381.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3B / § 2-381.02
§ 2-381.02. False claims liability, treble damages, costs, and civil penalties; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who commits any of the following acts shall be liable to the District for 3 times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the act of that person. A person who commits any of the following acts shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover penalties or damages, and shall be liable to the District for a civil penalty of not less than $5,500, and not more than $11,000, for each false or fraudulent claim for which the person:
  (1) Knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;
  (2) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim;
  (3) Has possession, custody, or control of property or money used, or to be used, by the District and knowingly delivers, or causes to be delivered, less than all of that money or property;
  (4) Is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used, or to be used, by the District and, intending to defraud the District, makes or delivers the receipt without completely knowing that the information on the receipt is true;
  (5) Knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from an officer or employee of the District who lawfully may not sell or pledge property;
  (6) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the District, or knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the District;
  (7) Conspires to commit a violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this subsection;
  (8) Is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false or fraudulent claim to the District; or
  (9) Is the beneficiary of an inadvertent payment or overpayment by the District of monies not due and knowingly fails to repay the inadvertent payment or overpayment to the District.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the court may assess not more than two times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the act of the person, and there shall be no civil penalty, if the court finds all of the following:
  (1) The person committing the violation furnished officials of the District responsible for investigating false claims violations with all information known to that person about the violation within 30 days after the date on which the person first obtained the information;
  (2) The person fully cooperated with any investigation by the District; and
  (3) At the time the person furnished the District with information about the violation, no criminal prosecution, civil action, or administrative action had commenced with respect to the violation, and the person did not have actual knowledge of the existence of an investigation into the violation.
(c) Liability pursuant to this section shall be joint and several for any act committed by 2 or more persons.
(d) This section shall not apply to claims, records, or statements made pursuant to those portions of Title 47 that refer or relate to taxation, unless:
  (1) (A) The claim, record, or statement was made on or after January 1, 2015; and
    (B) The District taxable income, District sales, or District revenue of the person against whom the action is being brought equals or exceeds $1 million for any taxable year subject to any action brought pursuant to this subchapter , and the damages pleaded in the action total $350,000 or more; or
  (2) The claim, record, or statement was made on or after January 1, 2015, and relates to the classification of real property as vacant or blighted pursuant to Chapter 31A of Title 42 .
(e) For purposes of subsection (d) of this section, making a "claim, record, or statement" includes undertaking any of the acts listed in subsection (a) of this section, including when a person, on or after January 1, 2015, knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the District.
D.C. Code § 2-1228.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1228.02
§ 2-1228.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter , the term:
  (1) "Commercial district" means the geographic area included in the boundaries of BID corporations, as that term is defined in § 2-1215.02(4) , and of Main Street corridors.
  (2) "Interactive wayfinding kiosk" means an interactive informational wayfinding platform for use by pedestrians and erected in the public right-of-way on public space in the form of a kiosk capable of providing or generating wireless internet at no cost to users and electronically displayed content including weather updates, multimodal mapping to event destinations with mobile integration, shopping, dining, and medical points of interest, job postings, real time transportation information, public opinion surveys, camera enabled technology for public safety use, public safety and police emergency notifications and call button functionality, kiosk usage information, public service announcements, and digital commercial advertisements.
  (3) "Unrestricted locations" means areas of public space, including commercial districts, where the installation of interactive wayfinding kiosks is not prohibited by law or regulation.
D.C. Code § 2-1219.02 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1219.02
§ 2-1219.02. Establishment of the Corporation; purposes; fiscal year.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 2-1223.07 — DC Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / § 2-1223.07
§ 2-1223.07. Board of Directors — Quorum; meetings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.