2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 6 - Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations › Chapter 2 - District of Columbia Housing Authority › Subchapter I - District of Columbia Housing Authority, 1999 › § 6–211. Additional Board provisions

§ 6–211. Additional Board provisions.
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(a) Repealed.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Repealed.
(d) All Commissioners, at time of appointment, shall be residents of the District of Columbia and shall remain residents throughout the term of the appointment.
(e) Repealed.
(f) Repealed.
(g) Repealed.
(h)(1) Within 60 days after a Commissioner's appointment and on an annual basis thereafter, each Commissioner shall complete training offered by or in connection with HUD covering the following topics:
(A) The role of a public housing agency board;
(B) Ethics for public housing agencies and board members or commissioners;
(C) Background on major housing authority programs, including but not limited to public housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, and the rental assistance demonstration;
(D) Fair housing and reasonable accommodations;
(E) Public housing authority budgets, financial oversight, and financial reporting; and
(F) Federal procurement requirements.
(2) Within 90 days after a Commissioner's appointment and on an annual basis thereafter, each Commissioner shall complete training offered by or in connection with HUD covering the following topics:
(A) Public housing authority performance monitoring and risk management;
(B) HUD reporting requirements;
(C) Public housing asset management, development, redevelopment, disposition, and repositioning;
(D) Objectives and requirements of HUD's Moving to Work program; and
(E) Resident opportunity, including HUD's Section 3 requirements for economic and employment opportunities.
(3) In addition to the training required in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, each Commissioner shall spend at least 4 hours per quarter in training or educational seminars on corporate governance, public housing law and regulations, federal or local language access guidelines, labor and personnel, real estate and construction, or other subjects related to public housing development, operation, and management, the maximum reimbursable cost of which shall be established by the Board and paid by the Authority.
(4) The Board shall monitor Commissioners' compliance with the training requirements of this subsection and provide a Commissioner a warning notice if the Commissioner is out of compliance with the requirements.
(5) If a Commissioner has not completed the training requirements within 15 days after the conclusion of the timeline specified in the applicable paragraph in this subsection, the Commissioner shall be automatically suspended until the Commissioner demonstrates compliance with this subsection or is removed by the Board for noncompliance.
(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term "Commissioner" means a member of the Board.
(i) Repealed.
(j) Repealed.
(k) Repealed.
(l) Repealed.
(m) Repealed.
(n) Repealed.
(o) Repealed.
(p) Repealed.
(q) Repealed.
(r) No member of the Board may be held personally liable for any action taken in accordance with, and in furtherance of, his or her official duties and responsibilities as set forth in this chapter.
(s) Each member of the Board referred to in § 6-210.01(a)(1)(A) through (I) shall be entitled to compensation as provided in § 1-611.08.
(t) The Board may, by majority vote, remove any Commissioner for official misconduct, conflict of interest violations, neglect of duty, incompetence, or personal misconduct, but only after the Commissioner shall have been given a copy of the charges and an opportunity to answer those charges in accordance with a procedure established in the by-laws or other rules of the Board. The Chairperson shall suspend a Commissioner pending the Board’s consideration of the charges. If the Chairperson is the Commissioner against whom charges have been made, the Mayor shall suspend the Chairperson pending such consideration.
(u) The Board may, by majority vote, require that any member of the Board or Executive Director resolve conflict of interest violations by public disclosure of the conflict of interest and recusal from the decision-making process involving the conflict, divestiture, or any other manner that does not violate local or federal law.
(v) In addition to those powers conferred elsewhere in this chapter, the Board is charged with the duty to govern all the affairs of the Authority and shall have all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the following:
(1) To review and approve all contracts for goods or services having a value of more than $250,000;
(2) To make and implement rules, by-laws, and policies and regulations necessary or appropriate for the effective administration of the Authority and the fulfillment of the purposes of this chapter;
(3) Repealed.
(4) To evaluate the Executive Director’s job performance from time to time; and
(5) To perform such other functions as are needed to ensure the provision of quality services to the residents of the Housing Properties.
(w) Repealed.
(May 9, 2000, D.C. Law 13-105, § 12, 47 DCR 1325; Apr. 12, 2005, D.C. Law 15-337, § 2(c), 52 DCR 2278; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 15(b), 55 DCR 6758; Mar. 23, 2010, D.C. Law 18-131, § 2, 57 DCR 1193; Mar. 31, 2011, D.C. Law 18-334, § 2, 58 DCR 30; May 2, 2015, D.C. Law 20-271, § 254(b), 62 DCR 1884; Nov. 13, 2021, D.C. Law 24-45, § 2162, 68 DCR 010163; Sept. 6, 2023, D.C. Law 25-50, § 2132(b)(1), 70 DCR 10366; Dec. 19, 2023, D.C. Law 25-92, § 2(d), 70 DCR 14439.)
Section References
This section is referenced in § 1-523.01.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 15-337, in subsec. (q), substituted “(including those that are purely advisory, except for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions)” for “(including those that are purely advisory)”; rewrote subsec. (s); and rewrote the first three sentences of subsec. (w) which had read: “The Board shall meet at least once each month. All meetings of the Board shall be conducted in public after publication of notice of the date, time, and location of the meeting, at least one week prior thereto, in the District of Columbia Register. Each meeting shall commence with a period for public comments, which shall not be limited in time, except that the time allowed each individual speaker may be reasonably limited.” Prior to amendment, subsec. (s) read as follows: “(s) Each Commissioner shall be entitled to compensation at the hourly rate of $25 per meeting, not to exceed $3,000 for each board member per year; provided, that each Commissioner shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual travel and other expenses reasonably related to the Commissioner’s attendance at Board meetings and fulfillment of official duties.”
D.C. Law 17-231, in subsec. (q), substituted “spouse or domestic partner” for “spouse”.
D.C. Law 18-131, in subsec. (a), substituted “11” for “9” in the lead in language, added pars. (2A) and (5), deleted “; and” from the end of par. (3), and substituted “; and” for a period at the end of par. (4); in subsec. (b), inserted “pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section”; in subsec. (m), inserted “nominated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section”; and, in subsec. (l), substituted “Elected” for “Resident”, “a resident” for “an elected”, and “the resident” for “the elected”.
D.C. Law 18-334, in subsec. (a)(2A), substituted “housing choice voucher program recipient” for “recipient”.
The 2015 amendment by D.C. Law 20-271 substituted “Executive Director” for “Advisory Committee” in (b)(1) and (c); and rewrote (s).
Applicability
Section 4 of D.C. Law 24-329 provided that the amendments made to this section by D.C. Law 24-329 shall apply on the date that the Stabilization and Reform Board assumes authority for the governance of the Authority, as provided in § 6-210.01(i).
Section 4 of D.C. Act 24-702 provided that the amendments made to this section by D.C. Law 24-702 shall apply on the date that the Stabilization and Reform Board assumes authority for the governance of the Authority, as provided in § 6-210.01|(i).
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25-232, Oct. 11, 2023, 70 DCR 13776).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of Housing Authority Accountability Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25-8, Feb. 1, 2023, 00 DCR 00).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of District of Columba Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-702, Dec. 22, 2022, 70 DCR 164).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of Housing Authority Accountability Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-629, Nov. 3, 2022, 69 DCR 014026).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2 of District of Columbia Housing Authority Resident Commissioners Election Deadline Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-252, Dec. 22, 2021, 68 DCR 014067).
For temporary (90-day) addition of section, see notes following § 6-201.
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 254(b) of the New Columbia Statehood Initiative, Omnibus Boards and Commissions, and Election Transition Reform Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-7, Feb. 26, 2015, 62 DCR 2646, 21 STAT 807).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 254(b) of the New Columbia Statehood Initiative, Omnibus Boards and Commissions, and Election Transition Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-481, Nov. 18, 2014, 61 DCR 12133, 20 STAT 4405).
Temporary Legislation
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Temporary Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Law 25-92, Dec. 19, 2023, 70 DCR 14439).
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(d) of District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Temporary Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-329, Mar. 10, 2023, 70 DCR 1029).
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(b) of Housing Authority Accountability Temporary Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-273, Feb. 23, 2023, 69 DCR 14762).
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2 of District of Columbia Housing Authority Resident Commissioners Election Deadline Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Law 24-101, Mar. 15, 2022, 69 DCR 000597).