Title 1, Government Organization.

Any officer or employee of the District who is convicted of a violation of § 208 of Title 18, United States Code , shall forfeit his office or position.

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall be ineligible to serve or to receive compensation as a member of the Board of Elections because he occupies another office or position or because he receives compensation (including retirement compensation) from another sour…

The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized to advise and assist the Mayor and the Council in the further development of the merit system or systems required by § 1-204.22(3) and the said Commission is authorized to enter into agreements with the District gove…

(a) Subject to 31 U.S.C. § 1537, the Mayor, with the approval of the Council, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements concerning the manner and method by which amounts owed by the District to th…

(a) The Council shall by act divide the District into neighborhood commission areas and, upon receiving a petition signed by at least 5 per centum of the registered qualified electors of a Neighborhood Commission area, shall establish for that neighborhood an elected Advisory Nei…

(a) There is established within the District of Columbia the National Capital Service Area which shall include, subject to the following provisions of this section, the principal federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Supreme Court Building, a…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the President of the United States determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for federal purposes, he may direct the Mayor to provide him, and the…

(a) All meetings (including hearings) of any department, agency, board, or commission of the District government, including meetings of the Council of the District of Columbia, at which official action of any kind is taken shall be open to the public. No resolution, rule, act, re…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or of any other law, the Council shall have authority to enact any act or resolution with respect to matters involving or relating to elections in the District.

(a) To the extent that any provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other laws, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail and shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of such laws. (b) No law or regulation which is in force on January 2, 1975, …

If any particular provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person of circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(a) Subchapters I and V, and parts A and G, and § 1-207.22 of subchapter VII shall take effect on December 24, 1973. (b) Sections 1-207.12, 1-207.13, 1-207.14, and 1-207.15 of subchapter VII, and section 1-204.01(b) of subchapter IV, and subchapter II shall take effect July 1, 19…

The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and empowered within its discretion, in accordance with such regulations as it may make, to provide for the waiver of payment by any person in the military service of the United States of any annual or other periodic fee requi…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may transfer to, impose upon, and vest in the Director of the Department of Licenses, Investigation and Inspections of the District of Columbia all or any of the duties imposed upon, and all or any of the powers, rights, and authority vested …

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in his discretion and when he deems such action to be in the public interest, effect settlement with owners of real estate authorized to be acquired by purchase or condemnation for District of Columbia purposes, through such title compan…

The power and authorities conferred by §§ 1-301.01 to 1-301.04 are to be construed as in addition to and not by way of limitation of the powers now vested by law in the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

(a) The Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement is authorized to enter into lease agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other entity, which do not bind the government of the District of Columbia for periods in excess of 20 years for each such le…

In purchasing motor-propelled or animal-drawn vehicles or tractors, or road, agricultural, manufacturing, or laboratory equipment, or boats, or parts, accessories, tires, or equipment thereof, the Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement or his duly authorized repres…

(a)(1)(A) There is created within the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia the Office of the Inspector General. The Office shall be headed by an Inspector General appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subsection, who shall serve for a term of 6 …

Not later than 30 days after its members are appointed, the Mayor shall appoint the Inspector General of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 1-301.115a(a)(1). The term of service of the individual serving as the Inspector General under § 1-301.115a(a) prior to the appointment …

For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Agreement” means the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement as amended and adopted on January 27, 2001. (2) “Certified Automated System” means software certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the Agreement to calculat…

(a) For the purposes of reviewing or amending the Agreement embodying the simplification requirements as contained in § 1-301.125, the District of Columbia shall enter into multistate discussions. For purposes of the discussions, the District of Columbia shall be represented by 4…

(a) The Chief Financial Officer may enter into the Agreement with one or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration in order to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce. In furtherance of the Agree…

No provision of the Agreement shall, in whole or part, invalidate or amend any provision of the law of the District of Columbia. Adoption of the Agreement by the District of Columbia shall not amend or modify any law of the District of Columbia. Implementation of any condition of…

The Chief Financial Officer shall not enter into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement unless the Agreement addresses the following issues: (1) The Agreement shall set restrictions to limit over time the number of state rates. (2) The Agreement shall establish uniform stand…

The Agreement is an accord among individual cooperating sovereigns in furtherance of their governmental functions. The Agreement provides a mechanism among the member states to establish and maintain a cooperative, simplified system for the application and administration of sales…

(a) The Agreement shall bind and inure only to the benefit of the District of Columbia and the other member states. No person, other than a member state, is an intended beneficiary of the Agreement. Any benefit to a person other than a state shall be established by the law of the…

(a) A Certified Service Provider shall be the agent of a seller, with whom the Certified Service Provider has contracted, for the collection and remittance of sales and use taxes. As the seller’s agent, the Certified Service Provider shall be liable for sales and use tax due each…

(a) The Chief Financial Officer shall appoint a chief financial officer for the Department of Housing and Community Development (“Department”), with the approval of the Director of the Department, to provide services solely to the Department. The chief financial officer for the D…

In Fiscal Year 2003, the Chief Financial Officer shall: (1) Analyze health care costs at the Department of Corrections and recommend alternatives based on the analysis; and (2) Develop a plan to create a Public Safety Overtime Bank that would fund and oversee overtime expenditure…

Within 3 business days after an allocation from or use of the contingency cash reserve fund established by § 1-204.50a, the Chief Financial Officer shall transmit to the Budget Director of the Council a report of the: (1) Amount of the allocation or use; and (2) Purpose of the al…

The Chief Financial Officer is directed to make the clarifying changes to all estate tax forms, filing instructions, and regulations necessary to make it clear that all married couples are eligible for estate tax deductions and exclusions, including the spousal exclusion of beque…

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2015, the Chief Financial Officer shall assign an individual agency-level code for Statehood Initiatives in the District’s financial system. The agency-level code shall be used to track the operating budget for the District’s efforts to achieve statehood …

(a) No later than December 1, 2014, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, until the approval of the Fiscal Year 2016 budget and financial plan, the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a report to the Council on the following subjects: (1) Progress toward ensuring that the Fiscal…

For the purposes of this section and § 1-301.157, the term: (1) “Categorical preference” means a tax preference that sets eligibility criteria and is potentially available to all entities that meet the criteria, subject to any funding limitations. (2) “CFO” means the Chief Financ…

(a) The CFO shall review all locally adopted tax expenditures on a 5-year cycle and publish annually a report complying with the requirements of this section. (b) By October 1, 2015, and by October 1 of every year thereafter, the CFO shall submit for publication in the District o…

The District of Columbia Auditor may subpoena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the production of any records, including books, papers, documents, and any other evidence relating to any matter under investigation by the District of Columbia …

(a) In a case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to a person under § 1-301.171, the Auditor may apply to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for an order requiring the contumacious person to appear relating to the matter under investigation. Failure to o…

The District of Columbia Auditor, or a delegate authorized by the Auditor, may administer oaths, affirmations, or take affidavits, whenever necessary to perform the duties of the Auditor.

(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the District of Columbia Auditor Legal Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the District of Columbia Auditor for the purpose of enforcing the District of Columbia Auditor’s subpoena power. (b) There shall be deposited into th…

(a) There is established a compliance unit (“Unit”) within the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor. (b) The Unit shall: (1) Conduct an audit and report on compliance related to real estate development transactions, agreements, or parcels (“projects”) receiving government a…

(a) In analyzing compliance for the relevant projects under the purview of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, the Unit is authorized to look at: (1) All contracts for completed projects; (2) All contracts for projects currently being developed; …

(a) The Unit will conduct its audit after the completion of each project, once the project has received a certificate of occupancy. Each project will only be audited one time. (b) The Unit’s reporting requirements that are submitted to the Council after the completion of the proj…

(a) The Unit shall submit to the Council, within 60 days of the end of each quarter, the quarterly reports of each agency required by § 2-218.53 and the quarterly reports of each government corporation required by § 2-218.50(f). (b) The Unit shall submit to the Council the follow…

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), the Council establishes the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice (“Office”), as a separate agency, subordinate to the Mayor, within the executive branch of the District of Columbia government, which shall be headed by the Deputy …

(a)(1) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to appear and testify and/or to produce all books, records, papers, or documents in any investigation or examination of any municipal matter with respect to functions transfer…