Title 47, Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]

(a) Within 30 days of the Mayor’s first call with respect to the preparation of the budget for fiscal year 1982, and any subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a resolution to establish the budget structure, including but not limited to designating control …

(a) For purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Activity” means a component part of the District’s program structure comprised of a set of services grouped around a common purpose. (2) “Operating agency” means any agency that receives budget authority through the District of Col…

(a) Each relevant performance measure must be linked to spending on the relevant activity. (b) Each relevant performance measure shall represent a significant and realistic challenge for expected performance of the activity. (c) Each agency shall have at least one relevant perfor…

(a) By September 30, 2005, the Mayor shall ensure that each agency engaged in Performance Based Budgeting shall meet with its stakeholders to review and update its current relevant performance measures. (b) By September 30, 2006, and each subsequent year, the Mayor shall ensure t…

The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall develop a 15-year replacement schedule for the capital assets of the District government. The schedule shall be prepared in a form that reflects both the adopted capital improvements plan and a replacement schedule for…

The Mayor is authorized to borrow funds from the United States Treasury in anticipation of the collection or receipt of revenues; provided, that each such borrowing is approved by the Council in advance of such borrowing by resolution.

Not later than fifteen days after the end of every calendar quarter (beginning October 1, 1994), the Mayor shall submit to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Subcommittees on Dist…

Each year in connection with preparation of the February 1 financial statement and report for the preceding fiscal year required under § 47-310(a)(4), the Chief Financial Officer shall prepare an audit plan which establishes a schedule of tasks that must be completed to meet the …

The Mayor shall, within 10 days of receipt of a request of the chairperson of a Council committee (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays), estimate the cost of all expenditures to be incurred by the District of Columbia government under permanent legislation to be adopt…

For purposes of determining the amount of funds expended by any entity within the District of Columbia government during fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expenditures of the District government attributable to any officer or employee of the District governmen…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during any control period in effect under part B of subchapter VII of this chapter the following shall apply: (1) The heads and all personnel of the following offices, together with all other District of Columbia accounting, budget,…

The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia may enter into contracts with a private entity for the administration and collection of taxes of the District of Columbia.

Notwithstanding any other law, all positions, personnel, property, records, and the functions of the Office of Financial Information Services for the SHARE data center are assigned, and authority delegated, to the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Budget gap” means the difference between estimated expenditures and estimated revenues. (2) “Budget modification” means a reexamination of all major elements of the current year budget, and shall contain for the current year bud…

(a) In the annual budget submission, the Mayor shall provide the Council with an agency-by-agency accounting of expenditures for all years of the multiyear plan and multiyear plan modifications submitted with the Mayor’s annual budget and budget modifications. This accounting sha…

(a) At least 20 days prior to the Mayor’s submission of the annual budget to the Council, the Chairman of the Council shall transmit to the Mayor an estimate in detail of the amount of money required for the: (1) Council; (2) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor; and (3) Of…

(a) The Mayor shall provide the Council with both a budget request and a multiyear plan no earlier than February 1 and no later than February 8 of each calendar year commencing with 1994. (b) The Mayor shall provide the Council with both a budget modification and a multiyear plan…

(a) In the annual budget request, the Mayor shall provide the Council with all gap-closing actions for the upcoming fiscal year budget. Gap-closing actions include increases in current revenue bases and rates; new taxes, fees, charges, fines, forfeitures, and penalties; expenditu…

The Mayor shall submit to the Council, no later than October 8, 1993, all explicit actions necessary to close the FY 1994 budget gap previously identified by the Mayor, as well as the dollar value of each action.

The Mayor shall submit to the Council, beginning October 1, 1993, and every month thereafter, monthly consolidated cash flow statements in the same format as currently prepared by the Office of the D.C. Treasurer, except that the statement submitted to the Council shall contain a…

The Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer shall supplement all proposed budgets submitted pursuant to § 1-204.42, and related budget documents required by §§ 1-204.42, 1-204.43, and 1-204.44, by submitting to the Council simultaneously with the proposed budget submission: (1) Act…

Each year, in connection with budget estimates, the Chief Financial Officer shall prepare an analysis of change in the economy and in economic assumptions and revenue forecasts which, to the extent practical, shall comment on the impact of tax changes on expanding the District’s …

(a) There is established an Initiative Implementation Monitoring Committee (“Committee”). (b) The Committee shall advise the Mayor and the Council on the status of the implementation of the initiatives contained in the District’s Revised Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Request Act and th…

(a) The Committee shall consist of 9 members as follows: (1) City Administrator or his or her designee, provided that the designee shall have the full authority of the City Administrator; (2) Budget Director for the Council; (3) Inspector General (“IG”) or his or her designee, pr…

Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation.

The Committee shall submit to the Council reports on the status of the Fiscal Year 1996 budget initiatives each month or as requested by the Council.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Debt Service” means the amount of money necessary to pay interest on outstanding District Bonds, including interest payments deferred to future years, the principal on maturing District Bonds, and the required contributions to a…

Any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized by an act of the Council of the District of Columbia enacted subsequent to August 1, 1981, pursuant to § 1-204.90(a), may be secured by a mortgage of real property or a security interest in any revenues, assets, or other p…

The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from the Council, by resolution, identifying the projects and amounts to be financed with such borrowings. In determining the amounts to be financed, the Mayor shall consult wit…

(a) The Council shall not approve proposed District Bonds if the applicable annual Debt Service on the proposed District Bonds would cause the Debt Service on all District Bonds in the fiscal year in which the proposed District Bonds are issued, or in any of the 5 succeeding fisc…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Capital lease financings” means a lease in which the District is the lessee and which meets 1 or more of the following criteria: (A) The lease transfers ownership of the property to the lessee by the end of the lease term; (B) T…

(a) There is established a Capital Review and Debt Affordability Committee. (b) The Committee shall consist of the following 5 members: (1) One individual appointed by the Mayor; and (2) The following 4 ex officio members: (A) The City Administrator; (B) The Chief Financial Offic…

(a) The Committee shall review the size and condition of the District general obligation bonds and capital lease financings on a continuing basis. (b) On or before August 1 of each year, the Committee shall submit to the Mayor and the Council the Committee’s estimate of the total…

On or before January 10 of each year, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council a preliminary capital budget for the next fiscal year and a preliminary multiyear capital improvements plan.

(a)(1) In accordance with §§ 1-204.43 and 1-204.44, the Mayor shall prepare and include in the annual budget a multiyear capital improvements plan for all agencies for all capital projects, which shall include for each capital project a written: (A) Description of the scope of th…

Commencing with the tax year beginning October 1, 1994, and ending September 30, 1995, and for each tax year thereafter, the Mayor shall note on the first half tax bill, which is due and payable by March 31, 1995, and on the second half tax bill, which is due and payable by Septe…

For the purpose of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Applicant” means each person, sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust, firm, association, unincorporated organization, or a government or an agency or political subdivision thereof…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to assist in financing, refinancing, and reimbursing costs of the development of eligible projects by: (1) Approving the issuance, sale, and delivery of one or more series of revenue bonds in multiple separate series in an aggregate principal amount no…

(a) For each individual project for which there is a proposed bond series issuance, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a resolution of project approval accompanied by a summary description of the proposed project, a listing of the public purpose benefits to be derived from the…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to take any action necessary or appropriate in accordance with this subchapter in connection with the preparation, execution, issuance, sale, delivery, security for, and payment of each series of bonds, including, but not limited to, determinations of:…

(a) The bonds of any series may be sold at negotiated or competitive sale at, above, or below par, to one or more persons or entities, and upon terms that the Mayor considers to be in the best interest of the District. (b) The Mayor or an authorized delegate may execute, in relat…

(a) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds shall be payable solely from proceeds received from the sale of the bonds, income realized from the temporary investment of those proceeds, receipts and revenues realized by the District from the loan, income realiz…

(a) The Council approves the financing documents to which the District is a party in substantially the form in which these documents are filed by the Council with the Office of the Secretary to the Council, and authorizes the Mayor to make modifications to these documents that ar…

To the extent permitted by District and federal law, the Mayor may delegate to any authorized delegate the performance of any function authorized to be performed by the Mayor under this subchapter.

(a) The bonds shall be special obligations of the District. The bonds shall be without recourse to the District. The bonds shall not be general obligations of the District, shall not be a pledge of or involve the faith and credit or the taxing power of the District, shall not con…

(a) The elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, or agents of the District shall not be liable personally for the payment of the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance of the bonds, or for any representations, warranties, covenants, ob…