Title 1, Government Organization.

(a) Subject to the terms of the resolution authorizing issuance of the Bonds, the Mayor may take any action necessary or appropriate in accordance with this part in connection with the preparation, execution, issuance, sale, delivery, and payment of Bonds, including determination…

(a) A series of Bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or trust indenture between the District and a corporate trustee having trust powers, or secured by a loan agreement or other instrument giving power to a corporate trustee by means of which the District may do the followin…

If there shall be a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Bonds of a series after the principal or interest shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, or if the District shall fail or refuse to carry out and perform th…

(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 part, the Bonds shall not be general obligations of the District and shall not b…

This part shall not adversely affect any actions taken, agreements entered into, pledge of security made, or Bonds issued prior to April 5, 2005.

(a)(1) Section 1-207.38 provides that the Council shall, by act, divide the District of Columbia into neighborhood commission areas and establish, for each such area, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Such § 1-207.38 was to be effective only if a majority of the qualified elec…

There are hereby established in the District of Columbia Advisory Neighborhood Commission areas, the boundaries of which shall be as depicted on the maps of the District of Columbia annexed to and made a part of this part.

(a) The Council shall, by act, establish single-member districts for each of the neighborhood commission areas in § 1-309.02. Such districts shall be established in a timely manner following the receipt of alternate plans from the ward task forces on Advisory Neighborhood Commiss…

(a) As soon as possible after October 10, 1975, but in no case later than 5 days after such date, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (hereinafter in this part referred to as the “Board”) shall: (1) Make available to any resident of an Advisory Neighborhood Com…

(a)(1) No person shall be a member of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission unless he: (A) Is a registered qualified elector actually residing in the single-member district from which he was elected; (B) Has been residing in such district continuously for the 60 days immediately pr…

(a) Following the initial elections of members of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in November 1976, subsequent elections of such members occurred in November of odd-numbered calendar years through 1981. Beginning in 1984, general elections of members of Advisory Neighborhood Co…

The candidate in each single-member district receiving the highest number of votes cast in such election shall be declared the winner, except that in the case of a tie the procedures set forth in § 1-1001.10(c) shall govern.

(a) Petitions for changes in the boundaries of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission area or single-member district within any such area may be filed with the Council of the District of Columbia during the month of January of the year in which elections for Advisory Neighborhood Co…

(a) The Board is authorized to conduct the elections provided for in this part and to adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce such regulations as are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this part. The Board shall conduct such elections in the same manner as elections held u…

(a) Each Advisory Neighborhood Commission (“Commission”) may advise the Council of the District of Columbia, the Mayor and each executive agency, and all independent agencies, boards and commissions of the government of the District of Columbia with respect to all proposed matter…

(a) Reserved. (b)(1) Each Commission shall meet in public session at regular intervals at least 9 times per year at locations that are designed to reasonably accommodate the residents of the Commission area, depending on the issues to be considered by the Commission. The Commissi…

(a) Commissions may meet jointly either formally or informally to deal more effectively with or respond to common issues and concerns. A Commissioner of an individual Commission may represent and participate in a formal joint meeting only after the individual Commission has autho…

(a) Each Commission shall receive an annual allocation pursuant to § 1-207.38 to be distributed quarterly during the fiscal year, except that if the District’s appropriations act for the fiscal year has not become effective at the beginning of the fiscal year, each Commission sha…

(a) There is established, for the purpose of insuring Advisory Neighborhood Commissions against unauthorized expenditures or loss of funds, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund (“Fund”) to be held in the custody of a Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) composed of the Sec…

(a) There is hereby established an Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (“Office”) to provide technical, administrative, and financial reporting assistance to the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Subject to appropriations beginning in Fiscal Year 2001, the Office shall b…

(a) As soon as possible after June 19, 1976, but in no case more than 5 days after such date, the Board shall: (1) Make available to any resident of a Commission area copies of petition forms for collecting signatures of registered qualified electors in such area; and (2) Publish…

Members of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions which are established pursuant to the provisions of this part shall: (1) Be nominated in the manner prescribed in § 1-309.05(b); and (2) Have those qualifications specified in § 1-309.05(a).

(a) Following the initial elections of members of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in November 1976, subsequent elections of such members occurred in November of odd-numbered calendar years through 1981. Beginning in 1984, general elections of members of Advisory Neighborhood Co…

Except to the extent specifically provided in this part, those provisions of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Act of 1975, including the amendments made by that Act, and all other provisions of law relating to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, shall apply to the Advisory Ne…

The Board is authorized to adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this part, and is further directed to take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the election provided for under this part is held in an efficient ma…

The Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) declares that it is the policy of the District of Columbia government (“District government”) to: (1) Promote better execution of laws, more effective management of the District government and of its agencies and functions, and …

For the purposes of this subchapter the term: (1) “Agency” means any office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the District government, required by law or by the Mayor or Council to administer any law or any rule adopted under the authority of a law. The…

For the purposes of carrying out the objectives of § 1-315.01, the process of reorganization means that action which results in the transfer, consolidation, abolition, or authorization with respect to functions and hierarchy, between or among agencies, and which affects the struc…

(a) When, after investigation, the Mayor finds that it is necessary to accomplish 1 or more purposes of § 1-315.03, he or she shall prepare a detailed reorganization plan consistent with such findings, which are included in the plan, and shall transmit the plan bearing an identif…

(a) A reorganization plan transmitted by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-315.04 shall: (1) In such cases as the Mayor deems necessary, change the name of an agency or part of an agency affected by reorganization and the title of its head, designate the name of the agency resulting from…

The Mayor shall annually submit to the Council, on or before February 1st for a 45-day period of review, a revised chart detailing the organization and structure of the District government that shall reflect any reorganization plans or legislative changes relating to the structur…

(a) The Mayor shall, within 60 days of October 17, 1981, transmit to the Council a report on all boards and commissions in existence during the preceding 12-month period by major categories by 1 of the following functions: (1) Institutional governance boards; (2) Independent regu…

Neither the Mayor of the District of Columbia, nor any officer whatsoever of the District of Columbia, shall be accepted as surety upon any bond required to be given to the District of Columbia; nor shall any contractor be accepted as surety for any officer or other contractor in…

It shall be the policy of the District of Columbia government to utilize volunteer citizens in as many governmental programs as is practicable to serve the interests of the community. No volunteer person shall be used to fill any position or perform any service which is currently…

The Mayor is directed to promulgate regulations governing the use of volunteers by agencies, departments, commissions, and instrumentalities of the District of Columbia: Provided, that the District of Columbia Board of Education and the Council of the District of Columbia may pro…

(a) Volunteer citizens may not assist governmental programs until regulations have been properly promulgated under the authority of §§ 1-319.01 to 1-319.05. No volunteer may be placed in any position likely to constitute a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of i…

No provision of §§ 1-319.01 to 1-319.05 shall be deemed to apply to volunteers in the Offices of the United States Marshal or the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “employee” means a person who is paid by the District of Columbia government from grant or appropriated funds for his or her services. (2) The term “volunteer” means a person who donates his or her services to a specific program o…

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in the sections mentioned in § 1-321.02, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and empowered to determine from time to time the honorariums to be paid to the members of the boards, commissions, and committees appointed an…

This subchapter shall apply to the boards, commissions, and committees and the members thereof, respectively, established pursuant to the following sections: 1-301.01, 3-1601 to 3-1631 [repealed], 3-1701 to 3-1719 [repealed], 3-2001 to 3-2028 [repealed], 3-2101 to 3-2132 [repeale…

Any fee or charge paid for an examination, license, certificate, or registration pursuant to any sections mentioned in § 1-321.02 shall, if not earned, be refunded upon application therefor: Provided, that application for refund is made not later than the end of the 3rd fiscal ye…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, after a public hearing, to fix and change from time to time the period for which any license, certificate, or registration authorized by any section set forth in § 1-321.02 may be issued. Upon change of a license, certificate o…

Whenever any board, commission, or committee, other than the Mayor of the District of Columbia, is mentioned in this subchapter, such board, commission, or committee shall be deemed to be the board, commission, or committee or other agency succeeding to the functions of the board…

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to pay the expenses of administering the sections listed in § 1-321.02, including the expenses of the Department of Licenses, Investigation and Inspections,…

Hereafter no department, board, office, or agency of the government of the District of Columbia shall include any illustration in any annual report prepared by it unless such illustration be authorized under order or regulation approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

In all cases where the printing of annual or special reports of the government of the District of Columbia is discontinued, the original copy thereof shall be kept on file in the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia for public inspection.