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Part A - The Council
Subpart 1 - Creation of the Council
§ 1–204.01. Creation and membership - (a) There is established a Council of the District of...
§ 1–204.02. Qualifications for holding office - No person shall hold the office of member of the...
§ 1–204.03. Compensation - (a) Each member of the Council shall receive compensation, payable...
§ 1–204.04. Powers of the Council - (a) Subject to the limitations specified in §§ 1-206.01 to...
Subpart 2 - Organization and Procedure of the Council
§ 1–204.11. The Chairman - (a) The Chairman shall be the presiding officer of the...
§ 1–204.12. Acts, resolutions, and requirements for quorum - (a) The Council, to discharge the powers and duties imposed...
§ 1–204.13. Investigations by the Council - (a) The Council, or any committee or person authorized by...
Part B - The Mayor
§ 1–204.21. Election, qualifications, vacancy, and compensation - (a) There is established the Office of Mayor of the...
§ 1–204.22. Powers and duties - The executive power of the District shall be vested in...
§ 1–204.23. Municipal planning - (a) The Mayor shall be the central planning agency for...
Part B-i - Chief Financial Officer
§ 1–204.24a. In general - (a) Establishment. — There is hereby established within the executive...
§ 1–204.24b. Appointment of the Chief Financial Officer - (a) Appointment. — (1) In general. — The Chief Financial...
§ 1–204.24c. Removal of the Chief Financial Officer - (a) In general. — The Chief Financial Officer may only...
§ 1–204.24d. Duties of the Chief Financial Officer - Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter which grant authority to...
§ 1–204.24e. Functions of Treasurer - At all times, the Treasurer shall have the following duties:...
§ 1–204.24f. Definitions - For purposes of this part — (1) the term “Authority”...
§ 1–204.25. Authority of Chief Financial Officer over personnel of Office and other financial personnel - (a) In general. — Notwithstanding any provision of law or...
§ 1–204.26. Procurement authority of the Chief Financial Officer - The Chief Financial Officer shall carry out procurement of goods...
Part C - The Judiciary
§ 1–204.31. Judicial powers - (a) The judicial power of the District is vested in...
§ 1–204.32. Removal, suspension, and involuntary retirement - (a)(1) A judge of a District of Columbia court shall...
§ 1–204.33. Nomination and appointment of judges - (a) Except as provided in § 1-204.34(d)(1), the President shall...
§ 1–204.34. District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission - (a) There is established for the District of Columbia the...
Part C-i - The Attorney General
§ 1–204.35. Election of the Attorney General - (a) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall...
Part D - District Budget and Financial Management
Subpart 1 - Budget and Financial Management
§ 1–204.41. Fiscal year - (a) In general. — Except as provided in subsection (b)...
§ 1–204.42. Submission of annual budget - (a) At such time as the Council may direct, the...
§ 1–204.43. Multiyear plan - The Mayor shall prepare and include in the annual budget...
§ 1–204.44. Multiyear capital improvements plan - The Mayor shall prepare and include in the annual budget...
§ 1–204.45. District of Columbia courts’ budget - The District of Columbia courts shall prepare and annually submit...
§ 1–204.45a. Water and Sewer Authority budget - (a) In general. — The District of Columbia Water and...
§ 1–204.46. Enactment of local budget by Council - (a) Adoption of budgets and supplements. — The Council, within...
§ 1–204.46a. Permitting increase in amount appropriated as local funds during a fiscal year - (a) In General. — Notwithstanding the fourth sentence of §...
§ 1–204.46b. Acceptance of grant amounts not included in annual budget - (a) Authority to accept, obligate, and expend amounts. — Notwithstanding...
§ 1–204.47. Consistency of budget, accounting, and personnel systems - The Mayor shall implement appropriate procedures to insure that budget,...
§ 1–204.48. Financial duties of the Mayor - (a) Subject to the limitations in § 1-206.03 and except...
§ 1–204.49. Accounting supervision and control - Except to the extent provided under § 1-204.24d, the Mayor...
§ 1–204.50. General and special funds - The General Fund of the District shall be composed of...
§ 1–204.50a. Reserve funds - (a) Emergency reserve fund. — (1) In general. — There...
§ 1–204.50b. Comprehensive Financial Management Policy - (a) Comprehensive Financial Management Policy. — The District of Columbia...
§ 1–204.51. Special rules regarding certain contracts - (a) Contracts extending beyond one year. — No contract involving...
§ 1–204.52. Annual budget for the Board of Education. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 803, Pub. L. 93-198,...
§ 1–204.53. Reductions in budgets of independent agencies - (a) In accordance with subsection (b) of this section and...
Subpart 2 - Audits and Accountability Requirements
§ 1–204.55. District of Columbia Auditor - (a) There is established for the District of Columbia the...
§ 1–204.56a. Performance and accountability plan - (a) Submission of annual plan. — Concurrent with the submission...
§ 1–204.56b. Performance accountability report - (a) Submission of report. — Not later than March 1...
§ 1–204.56c. Financial plan and report - (a) Development and submission. — Not later than March 1...
§ 1–204.56d. Quarterly financial reports - (a) Submission of quarterly financial reports. — Not later than...
§ 1–204.56e. Submission of Reports to District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Assistance Authority - In the case of any report submitted by the Mayor...
Part E - Borrowing
Subpart 1 - Borrowing
§ 1–204.61. Districts’ authority to issue and redeem general obligation bonds for capital projects - (a)(1) Subject to the limitations in § 1-206.03(b), the District...
§ 1–204.62. Contents of borrowing legislation and elections on issuing general obligation bonds - (a) The Council may by act authorize the issuance of...
§ 1–204.63. General obligation bonds - (a) After each act of the Council of the District...
§ 1–204.64. Short period of limitation - (a) At the end of the 20-day period beginning on...
§ 1–204.65. Issuance of general obligation bonds - (a) After an act of the Council authorizing the issuance...
§ 1–204.66. Public or private sale - General obligation bonds issued under this part may be sold...
§ 1–204.67. Authority to create security interests in District revenues - (a) In general. — An act of the Council authorizing...
Subpart 2 - Short-Term Borrowing
§ 1–204.71. Borrowing to meet appropriations - (a) In the absence of unappropriated revenues available to meet...
§ 1–204.72. Borrowing in anticipation of revenues - (a) In general. — In anticipation of the collection or...
§ 1–204.73. Notes redeemable prior to maturity - No notes issued pursuant to this part shall be made...
§ 1–204.74. Sales of notes - All notes issued pursuant to this part may be sold...
§ 1–204.75. Bond anticipation notes - (a) Authorizing issuance. — (1) In general. — In anticipation...
Subpart 3 - Payment of Bonds and Notes
§ 1–204.81. Special tax - (a) Any act of the Council authorizing the issuance of...
§ 1–204.82. Full faith and credit of the District - The full faith and credit of the District is pledged...
§ 1–204.83. Payment of the general obligation bonds and notes - (a) The Council shall provide in each annual budget for...
Subpart 4 - Full Faith and Credit of the United States
§ 1–204.84. Full faith and credit of United States not pledged - The full faith and credit of the United States is...
Subpart 5 - Tax Exemptions; Legal Investment; Water Pollution; Reservoirs; Metro Contributions; and Revenue Bonds
§ 1–204.85. Tax exemption - Bonds and notes issued by the Council pursuant to this...
§ 1–204.86. Legal investment - Notwithstanding any restriction on the investment of funds by fiduciaries...
§ 1–204.87. Water pollution - (a) The Mayor shall annually estimate the amount of the...
§ 1–204.88. Cost of reservoirs on Potomac River - (a) The Mayor is authorized to contract with the United...
§ 1–204.89. District’s contributions to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with...
§ 1–204.90. Revenue bonds and other obligations - (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Council...
Part F - Independent Agencies and Authorities
§ 1–204.91. Board of Elections amendments [Omitted] - The text of § 1-204.91 is omitted because the corresponding...
§ 1–204.92. Zoning Commission amendments [Omitted] - The text of § 1-204.92 is omitted because the corresponding...
§ 1–204.93. Public Service Commission - There shall be a Public Service Commission whose function shall...
§ 1–204.94. Armory Board amendments. [Omitted] - The text of § 1-204.94 is omitted because the corresponding...
§ 1–204.95. Board of Education. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 811, Pub. L. 93-198,...
§ 1–204.96. Independent financial management, personnel, and procurement authority of District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority - (a) Financial Management, Personnel, and Procurement Authority. — Notwithstanding any...
Part G - Initiatives, Referendums, and Recalls
Subpart 1 - Initiative and Referendum
§ 1–204.101. Definitions - (a) The term “initiative” means the process by which the...
§ 1–204.102. Process - (a) An initiative or referendum may be proposed by the...
§ 1–204.103. Submission of measure at election - The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics shall...
§ 1–204.104. Rejection of measure - If a majority of the registered qualified electors voting on...
§ 1–204.105. Approval of measure - If a majority of the registered qualified electors voting in...
§ 1–204.106. Short title and summary - The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics shall...
§ 1–204.107. Adoption of acts to carry out subpart - The Council of the District of Columbia shall adopt such...
Subpart 2 - Recall of Elected Officials
§ 1–204.111. “Recall” defined - The term “recall” means the process by which the qualified...
§ 1–204.112. Process - Any elected officer of the District of Columbia government (except...
§ 1–204.113. Time limits on initiation of process - The process of recalling an elected official may not be...
§ 1–204.114. When official removed; filling of vacancies - An elected official is removed from office if a majority...
§ 1–204.115. Adoption of acts to carry out subpart - The Council of the District of Columbia shall adopt such...