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Part A - General
§ 1–301.01. Additional powers of Mayor, Council, and Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement - (a) Waiver of business license renewal fees for personnel of...
§ 1–301.02. Appointment of contracting officers; powers; approval of contracts over $3,000; void contracts; liquidated damage contracts. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 20, 1944, 58 Stat. 821, ch. 611, §...
§ 1–301.03. Powers and duties of Director of Department of Licenses, Investigation and Inspections; delegation of authority - The Mayor of the District of Columbia may transfer to,...
§ 1–301.04. Settlement for real estate acquired by purchase or condemnation - The Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in his...
§ 1–301.05. Power conferred by §§ 1-301.01 to 1-301.04 as additional - The power and authorities conferred by §§ 1-301.01 to 1-301.04...
Part B - Subpoenas, Administration of Oaths, and Documents Concerning Police Officers and Firefighters
§ 1–301.21. Subpoena power - (a)(1) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have...
§ 1–301.22. Administration of oaths - The Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Chairman of...
§ 1–301.23. Executive Secretary authorized to execute certain documents - It shall be lawful for the Executive Secretary of the...
Part C - The Council
§ 1–301.41. Definitions - (a) “Council” shall mean the Council of the District of...
§ 1–301.42. Legislative immunity - For any speech or debate made in the course of...
§ 1–301.43. Obstruction of Council proceedings and investigations; penalty - Whoever, corruptly or by threat or force, or by any...
§ 1–301.44. Independence established and recognized - (a) The Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) administratively...
§ 1–301.44a. Independence of legislative branch information technology - (a) No person, including an employee or contractor of the...
§ 1–301.44b. Legislative branch information technology acquisition - (a) A legislative branch agency may invest in, acquire, use,...
§ 1–301.44c. Disclosure of information to the Council; District of Columbia Auditor; Ombudsperson for Children; conditions on disclosure - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no document or...
§ 1–301.45. Construction of terms set forth in acts and resolutions - For the purposes of any act or resolution of the...
§ 1–301.46. Enacting and resolving clauses in acts and resolutions; numbering of sections - (a) Each act of the Council of the District of...
§ 1–301.47. - For the purposes of any act or resolution of the...
§ 1–301.47a. Fiscal impact statements - (a) Bills and resolutions. — (1) In general. — Notwithstanding...
§ 1–301.48. Seal - The Council of the District of Columbia shall, by resolution,...
§ 1–301.49. Council record reproduction fees authorized - Pursuant to § 1-207.42, the Secretary to the Council of...
Part D - The Mayor
§ 1–301.61. Submission of statement of impact of proposed acts on taxpayers - The Mayor shall submit to the Council of the District...
§ 1–301.62. District elements of comprehensive plan prepared; purposes. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.01.
§ 1–301.63. Mayor to submit proposed Land Use Element and map; submission of amendments to District elements of comprehensive plan; specifications; approval. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.02.
§ 1–301.64. Mayor to propose ward plans; updated plans; public hearing; transmission to Council for adoption. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.03.
§ 1–301.65. Preserving and ensuring community input. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.04.
§ 1–301.66. Publication of the Comprehensive Plan. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.05.
§ 1–301.67. Review of building, construction, or public space permits. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.06.
§ 1–301.68. Zoning conformity. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-306.07.
§ 1–301.69. Abolition or consolidation of offices; reduction of employees; appointments to and removal from office - The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized...
§ 1–301.70. Taxes not to be anticipated by sale or hypothecation - The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have no...
§ 1–301.71. Hack stands — Location - The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have power...
§ 1–301.72. Hack stands — Adjoining railroad stations; rates of charges. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 7, 1898, 30 Stat. 747, Res. No. 46;...
§ 1–301.73. Rates for public vehicles to be fixed by Mayor. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1909, 35 Stat. 724, ch. 250; Mar....
§ 1–301.74. Authority to fix certain licensing and registration fees - The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and...
§ 1–301.75. Increase or decrease of fees authorized in § 1-301.74 - The Mayor of the District of Columbia may after public...
§ 1–301.76. Power to grant pardons and respites; commissioning of officers; execution of laws - The Mayor of the District of Columbia may grant pardons...
§ 1–301.77. Prohibition on Capital Funds for Operating Expenses - The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed for capital...
§ 1–301.78. Grants for planning and planning implementation purposes. [Transferred] - Recodified as § 1-328.02. (Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223,...
Part D-i - Attorney General for the District of Columbia
§ 1–301.81. Duties of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia - (a)(1) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“Attorney...
§ 1–301.82. Appointment of the Attorney General - (a) Until such time as an Attorney General is elected...
§ 1–301.83. Minimum qualifications and requirements for Attorney General - (a) No person shall hold the position of Attorney General...
§ 1–301.84. Forfeiture of the position of Attorney General - The occurrence of any of the following shall result in...
§ 1–301.85. Attorney General salary - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 1–301.86. Annual budget for the Office of Attorney General - (a) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall...
§ 1–301.86a. Contingency fee contracts - (a)(1) The Attorney General may make contracts retaining private counsel...
§ 1–301.86b. Litigation Support Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Litigation...
§ 1–301.86c. Attorney General Restitution Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Attorney...
§ 1–301.86d. Vulnerable Adult and Elderly Person Exploitation Restitution Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Vulnerable...
§ 1–301.86e. Tenant Receivership Abatement Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Tenant...
§ 1–301.87. Chief Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorneys General, and Assistant Attorneys General - (a) The Attorney General shall appoint a Chief Deputy Attorney...
§ 1–301.88. Authority to administer oaths - The Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorneys General,...
§ 1–301.88a. Authority over personnel - The Attorney General shall be the personnel authority for the...
§ 1–301.88b. Authority for procurement of goods and services - (a) The Attorney General shall carry out procurement of goods...
§ 1–301.88c. Authority to issue subpoenas for the production of documents - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
§ 1–301.88d. Authority to issue subpoenas in investigation of consumer protection matters - (a) The Attorney General, or his or her designee, shall...
§ 1–301.88e. Authority to issue subpoenas in matters involving the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults and the elderly - (a) Notwithstanding § 1-301.89a(a), and subject to the requirements under...
§ 1–301.88f. Authority to issue grants for crime reduction, violence interruption, and assistance to victims of crime and other vulnerable residents - (a) The Attorney General may issue grants for the purposes...
§ 1–301.88g. Authority to issue grants for workplace rights - (a) The Attorney General may issue grants for the purposes...
§ 1–301.89. Appointment of special counsel - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 1–301.89a. Report on constitutional challenge or District of Columbia Home Rule Act validity challenge - (a) The Attorney General shall submit a report to the...
§ 1–301.89b. Attorney General notification on enforcement of laws - (a) An independent agency shall notify the Attorney General of...
§ 1–301.89c. Authority to issue subpoenas in investigation of consumer protection matters. [Recodified] - Recodified as § 1-301.88d. (May 27, 2010, D.C. Law 18-160,...
§ 1–301.90. Inability to carry out duties as Attorney General - (a)(1) If the Attorney General for the District of Columbia...
Part E - Additional Authority of the Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement
§ 1–301.110a. Leasing authority - (a) The Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement...
§ 1–301.110b. Use of exchange allowances or sale proceeds to purchase similar items - In purchasing motor-propelled or animal-drawn vehicles or tractors, or road,...
Part F - Additional Authority of the Attorney General
§ 1–301.111. Duties of the Corporation Counsel. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Leg. Assem., Aug. 23, 1871, ch. 108, § 18;...
§ 1–301.112. Duties of Assistant Corporation Counsels. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Leg. Assem., Aug. 23, 1871, ch. 108, § 19;...
§ 1–301.113. Corporation Counsel and Assistants may administer oaths. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Leg. Assem., Aug. 19, 1871, ch. 51; Mar. 3,...
§ 1–301.114. Funding for civil legal services. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 3032, 54...
Part F-i - Office of the Inspector General
§ 1–301.115a. Creation and duties of Office of the Inspector General - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...
§ 1–301.115b. Deadline for appointment of Inspector General - (a) In general. — Not later than 30 days after...
§ 1–301.115c. Office of the Inspector General Support Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Office...
Part G - Authority to Participate in Multistate Efforts to Develop Sales and Use Taxes
§ 1–301.121. Definitions - For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Agreement”...
§ 1–301.122. Authority to participate in multistate negotiations - (a) For the purposes of reviewing or amending the Agreement...
§ 1–301.123. Authority to enter into agreement - (a) The Chief Financial Officer may enter into the Agreement...
§ 1–301.124. Relationship to District of Columbia law - No provision of the Agreement shall, in whole or part,...
§ 1–301.125. Agreement requirements - The Chief Financial Officer shall not enter into the Streamlined...
§ 1–301.126. Cooperating sovereigns - The Agreement is an accord among individual cooperating sovereigns in...
§ 1–301.127. Limited binding and beneficial effect - (a) The Agreement shall bind and inure only to the...
§ 1–301.128. Seller and third party liability - (a) A Certified Service Provider shall be the agent of...
Part H - Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Housing and Community Development
§ 1–301.141. Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Housing and Community Development - (a) The Chief Financial Officer shall appoint a chief financial...
Part I - Chief Financial Officer Additional Duties
§ 1–301.151. Analysis of health care costs at Department of Corrections; plan to create Public Safety Overtime Bank - In Fiscal Year 2003, the Chief Financial Officer shall: (1)...
§ 1–301.152. Contingency cash reserve notification - Within 3 business days after an allocation from or use...
§ 1–301.153. Marriage equality estate tax clarification - The Chief Financial Officer is directed to make the clarifying...
§ 1–301.154. Statehood initiatives budgeting - Beginning in Fiscal Year 2015, the Chief Financial Officer shall...
§ 1–301.155. Financial reporting - (a) No later than December 1, 2014, and on a...
§ 1–301.156. Tax transparency - For the purposes of this section and § 1-301.157, the...
§ 1–301.157. Tax preference review - (a) The CFO shall review all locally adopted tax expenditures...
§ 1–301.158. Chief Financial Officer collection of fees and processing costs - (a) For any payment made by credit card or other...
§ 1–301.159. Budget structure for new agencies - The Chief Financial Officer may, for the purpose of establishing...
§ 1–301.160. Section 108 debt reserve account - (a) The Chief Financial Officer shall establish as a special...
Part J - District of Columbia Auditor Subpoena and Oath Authority
§ 1–301.171. Subpoena power - The District of Columbia Auditor may subpoena witnesses, compel the...
§ 1–301.172. Refusal to obey subpoena - (a) In a case of contumacy or refusal to obey...
§ 1–301.173. Administration of oaths - The District of Columbia Auditor, or a delegate authorized by...
§ 1–301.174. District of Columbia Auditor Legal Fund. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 25, 1977, D.C. Law 1-96, § 4a; as...
Part K - District of Columbia Auditor Compliance Unit. [Repealed]
§ 1–301.181. Establishment of a compliance unit. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 13, 2008, D.C. Law 17-176, § 2, 55...
§ 1–301.182. Powers of the Unit. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 13, 2008, D.C. Law 17-176, § 3, 55...
§ 1–301.183. Reporting requirements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 13, 2008, D.C. Law 17-176, § 4, 55...
§ 1–301.184. Compliance review reporting requirements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 13, 2008, D.C. Law 17-176, § 4a; as...
Part L - Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
§ 1–301.191. Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice; establishment; authority - (a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), the Council establishes the Office...
Part M - Office of Resilience and Recovery
§ 1–301.201. Establishment of the Office of Resilience and Recovery - (a) There is established an Office of Resilience and Recovery...
§ 1–301.202. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...