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

(a) An agency with grant-making authority shall not issue grants using any funds it receives through an intra-District transfer, a memorandum of understanding, or a reprogramming from any agency that does not have grant-making authority. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this…

Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount appropriated to the District of Columbia may be increased by no more than $100,000,000 from funds identified in the annual comprehensive annual financial report as the District’s immediately preceding fisca…

(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, consistent with revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District of Columbia Funds may be increased— (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be allocated …

Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow management, conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund established und…

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that: (1) The diversity of governmental functions, activities, and programs requires that they be accounted for in several different funds and that the funds represent separate accounting entities; (2) The number of funds should be ke…

For purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia. (2) The term “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia. (3) The term “fund” means a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash a…

Effective October 1, 1979, for purposes of accounting and financial reporting the District of Columbia shall utilize a fund structure organized into the following fund categories, fund types, and account groups: All funds of the District of Columbia shall be classified and mainta…

(a) Beginning October 1, 1979, the District will account for and report on, unless specifically noted in financial reports, its financial transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (b) The systems, procedures, and controls established by the Mayor s…

(a) The Mayor shall be responsible for the future classification of any funds and accounts within the appropriate fund types and fund categories as set forth in this subchapter. (b) Classification by the Mayor shall be consistent with generally accepted accounting principles. (c)…

(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as impinging upon or otherwise superseding the authority otherwise vested by law in independent agencies or instrumentalities of the District of Columbia. (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the Mayor fro…

The Mayor is authorized to establish such systems as may be required for the accounting and certification of financial obligations of the District of Columbia government and may, through delegations and designations of District government officials and agencies (identified by nam…

The Council of the District of Columbia finds: (1) That there exists a public perception that the District budget approved by the Council, after considerable careful public examination, is the plan which determines the manner in which District funds will be spent; (2) That the Di…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Agency” means the highest organizational structure of the District at which budgeting data is aggregated, but shall not include the District of Columbia Courts. (2) “Control budget” means the mechanism for the implementation and…

(a) All grant applications shall be prepared in the name of the government of the District of Columbia. Any agency, other than those referred to in subsection (b) of this section, which desires to receive grant funds or submit a state plan shall request approval by the Mayor subj…

(a) The Mayor shall monthly give notice to the Council of every proposed application for grant funds or state plan approved by the Mayor. In giving notice to the Council, the Mayor shall provide a summary of a grant application’s major provisions including, but not limited to: (1…

In addition to the notice required by § 47-384, the terms and conditions of each grant application or state plan which provides for or requests any of the following shall be approved by consent of the Council prior to submission to the federal grant-making agency: (1) Any formula…

The Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) shall, within 30 days of receipt of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, certify the District’s accumulated general fund balance for the immediately preceding fiscal year and both the estimated nominal gross domestic product growth rate (…

Beginning with the Fiscal Year 2003 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan, the Chief Financial Officer shall certify to the Council that the Mayor has included in the proposed budget and financial plan the amounts necessary to meet and maintain the local requirements for Maintenance…

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2002, the Chief Financial Officer shall certify that any proposed reprogramming by the Mayor will not affect the amounts necessary to meet and maintain the local requirements for Maintenance of Effort and Matching funds and the certification shall be incl…

Pursuant to Article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution of the United States, there is hereby established the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, consisting of members appointed by the President in accordance with subsection …

The Authority shall have an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Chair with the consent of the Authority. The Executive Director shall be paid at a rate determined by the Authority, except that such rate may not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the…

The Authority may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Authority considers appropriate. The Authority may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before it. Any membe…

The Authority, its members, and its employees may not be liable for any obligation of or claim against the Authority or its members or employees or the District of Columbia resulting from actions taken to carry out this Act.

Except as provided in § 47-391.03(e)(2) (relating to the issuance of an order enforcing a subpoena), any action against the Authority or any action otherwise arising out of this Act, in whole or in part, shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Col…

The Authority shall submit a proposed budget for each fiscal year to the President for inclusion in the annual budget for the District of Columbia under part D of title IV of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act not later than the May 1 prior to the first day of the fiscal year…

Upon the expiration of the 12-month period which begins on the date that the Authority certifies that all obligations arising from the issuance by the Authority of bonds, notes, or other obligations pursuant to part C of this subchapter have been discharged, and that all borrowin…

The following laws of the District of Columbia (as in effect on April 17, 1995) shall apply to the members and activities of the Authority: (1) § 1-207.42; (2) §§ 2-531 through 2-536; and (3) § 1-1162.23. Neither the Mayor nor the Council may exercise any control, supervision, ov…

(a) The Authority may employ a Chief Management Officer of the District of Columbia, who shall be appointed by the Chair with the consent of the Authority. The Chief Management Officer shall assist the Authority in the fulfillment of its responsibilities under the District of Col…

For each fiscal year for which the District government is in a control period, the Mayor shall develop and submit to the Authority a financial plan and budget for the District of Columbia in accordance with this section. A financial plan and budget for the District of Columbia fo…

Not later than the February 1 preceding a fiscal year for which the District government is in a control period, the Mayor shall submit to the Authority and the Council a financial plan and budget for the fiscal year which meets the requirements of § 47-392.01. Upon receipt of the…

The Council shall submit to the Authority each act passed by the Council and signed by the Mayor during a control year or vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by two-thirds of the Council present and voting during a control year, and each act passed by the Council and allowed to beco…

The District government may not borrow money during a control year unless the Authority provides prior certification that both the receipt of funds through such borrowing and the repayment of obligations incurred through such borrowing are consistent with the financial plan and b…

In the case of a fiscal year which is a control year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit any Federal contribution to the District of Columbia for the year authorized under § 47-3406.02(b) into an escrow account held by the Authority, which shall allocate the funds to the…

Not later than 30 days after the expiration of each quarter of each fiscal year (beginning with Fiscal Year 1996), the Mayor shall submit reports to the Authority describing the actual revenues obtained and expenditures made by the District government during the quarter with its …

The Authority may at any time submit recommendations to the Mayor, the Council, the President, and Congress on actions the District government or the Federal Government may take to ensure compliance by the District government with a financial plan and budget or to otherwise promo…

Notwithstanding any provision of § 47-392.02 to the contrary, in the case of Fiscal Year 1996, the following rules shall apply: (1) Not later than 45 days after the appointment of its members, the Authority shall review the proposed budget for the District of Columbia for such fi…

For purposes of this Act, a “control period” is initiated upon the occurrence of any of the following events (as determined by the Authority based upon information obtained through the Mayor, the Inspector General of the District of Columbia, or such other sources as the Authorit…

Subject to the requirements of this part, the Authority may at the request of the Mayor pursuant to an act of the Council issue bonds, notes, or other obligations to borrow funds to obtain funds for the use of the District government, in such amounts and in such manner as the Aut…

The Authority may pledge or grant a security interest in revenues to individuals or entities purchasing bonds, notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to this part. The Authority shall require the Mayor: (1) To pledge or direct taxes or other revenues otherwise payable to the…

As a condition for the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations pursuant to this part, the Authority shall establish a debt service reserve fund in accordance with this section. A debt service reserve fund established by the Authority pursuant to this subsection shall consi…

The Authority may not at any time issue bonds, notes, or other obligations pursuant to this part which are secured in whole or in part by a debt service reserve fund under § 47-392.13 if issuance of such bonds would cause the amount in the debt reserve fund to fall below the mini…

The full faith and credit of the United States is not pledged for the payment of any principal of or interest on any bond, note, or other obligation issued by the Authority pursuant to this part. The United States is not responsible or liable for the payment of any principal of o…

During the period beginning upon the termination of a control period pursuant to § 47-392.09(b) and ending with the suspension of its activities pursuant to § 47-391.07(a), the Authority shall conduct the following activities: (1) The Authority shall review the budgets of the Dis…

In addition to any other actions described in §§ 47-392.01 through 47-392.24, the Authority may undertake cooperative efforts to assist the District government in achieving financial stability and management efficiency, including: (1) Assisting the District government in avoiding…

The Authority may require the Mayor, the Chair of the Council, the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, and the Inspector General of the District of Columbia, to prepare and submit such reports as the Authority considers appropriate to assist it in carrying out it…

Not later than 30 days after the last day of each fiscal year which is a control year, the Authority shall submit a report to Congress describing: (1) The progress made by the District government in meeting the objectives of this Act during the fiscal year; (2) The assistance pro…