Title 1, Government Organization.

(a) No suit, action, or other judicial proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any officer or agency in his or its official capacity or in relation to the exercise of his or its official functions, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of any provision of this chapter; b…

Until the 1st day of July next after the first Mayor takes office under this chapter no vacancy occurring in any District agency by reason of § 1-207.11, abolishing the offices of Commissioner of the District of Columbia and Assistant to the Commissioner, shall affect the power o…

(a) All of the territory constituting the permanent seat of the Government of the United States shall continue to be designated as the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia shall remain and continue a body corporate, as provided in § 1-102. Said Corporation shall continu…

(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure shall continue as provided under the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970 subject to the pro…

The term of any member elected to the District of Columbia Board of Education, and the powers and duties of the Board of Education shall not be affected by the provisions of § 1-204.95 [repealed]. No provision of such section shall be construed to extend the term of any such memb…

The President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to take such action during the period following the date of the enactment of this chapter and ending on the date of the first meeting of the Council, by Executive Order or otherwise, with respect to the adminis…

(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to advance to the District of Columbia the sum of $750,000, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for use (1) in the paying the expenses of the Board of Education (including compensation of the members thereof…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to accept loans for the District from the Treasury of the United States, and the Secretary is authorized to lend to the Mayor, such sums as the Mayor may determine are required to complete capital projects for which construction and construction servic…

(a) In order to provide continuity in the government of the District of Columbia during the transition from the appointed government to the elected government provided for under this chapter, no person employed by the United States or by the government of the District of Columbia…

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 …

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) The Mayor may …

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…

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a)(1)(A) There is…

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 …

(a) There is established as a special fund the Office of the Inspector General Support Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") in accordance with subsection (d) of this section. (b) The following funds shall be deposited into the …

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…