Title 2, Government Administration.

Said Commission shall report to Congress annually on the 1st Monday of March the lands acquired during the preceding fiscal year, the method of acquisition, and the cost of each tract. It shall also submit to the Office of Management and Budget on or before December 15th of each …

The Congress hereby declares that, because the District which is the seat of the government of the United States and has now become the urban center of a rapidly expanding Washington metropolitan region, the necessity for the continued and effective performance of the functions o…

The Congress further declares that the policy to be followed for the attainment of the objective established by § 2-1101, and for the more effective exercise by the Congress, the executive branch of the federal government and the Mayor of the District of Columbia and all other of…

The Congress further declares that, in carrying out the policy pursuant to § 2-1102 for the attainment of the objective established by § 2-1101, priority should be given to the solution, on a unified metropolitan basis, of the problems of water supply, sewage disposal, and water …

The Congress further declares that the officers, departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the federal government and the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the other officers, agencies, and instrumentalities of the District of Columbia, and other…

As used in this chapter, the term “Washington metropolitan region” includes the District of Columbia, the Counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in the State of Maryland, the Counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the Cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in the Commonwealth of…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Bid Proposal” means the bid formally submitted by WBRC 2012 to the USOC on December 15, 2000. (2) “Host City” means the entity that has been selected by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2012 Olympic Games. (3) “Inter…

(a) The Signatories hereby provide the mechanism for the creation and termination of the Chesapeake Regional Olympic Games Authority, which shall be an instrumentality of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the City of Baltimore, and…

(a) The Regional Authority shall be composed of 11 voting members, as follows: (1) The State of Maryland shall be entitled to 3 voting members, to be appointed by the Governor of Maryland. (2) The Commonwealth of Virginia shall be entitled to 3 voting members, to be appointed by …

The Regional Authority shall make every effort to comply with the local laws of each of the Signatories regarding disclosure, appointment, and open meetings.

(a) The OCOG shall provide reasonable funds for the operation of the Regional Authority and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b) For the purposes of this section, payment of any insurance premiums incurred by the Regional Authority un…

(a) The Regional Authority, in recognition of its oversight responsibility over the OCOG, shall have access to: (1) The quarterly financial statements of the OCOG; (2) The annual business plans of the OCOG; and (3) All other OCOG documents necessary to achieve its oversight purpo…

(a) Any liability incurred by the Regional Authority, not covered by insurance under § 2-1136(c)(4)(C), shall be further indemnified by the Signatories, in proportion to the relative economic benefit currently expected to accrue to each Signatory from hosting the Olympic Games, a…

(a) As appropriate to its individual jurisdiction and specific role in hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, each Signatory shall: (1) Ensure that necessary facilities are built and transportation infrastructure improvements take place, including government funding as appropriate; (2) …

(a) The Council finds that: (1) There exists in the District of Columbia a substantial problem of chronic unemployment and underemployment; (2) In the last 2 decades, growth in employment, new business development, and commercial development in the District of Columbia has failed…

(a) The Office shall give priority to activities, including economic research and analysis, to stimulate employment, promote tourism and business retention, and to attract new commercial and industrial enterprises. Long range priorities shall include development and implementatio…

(a) The Office shall be headed by an Executive Director (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Director”), who shall be appointed by the Mayor. The Director shall devote his full time to the duties of his Office, and shall appoint qualified staff including a “Busines…

The Office shall be funded by a variety of sources currently available or potentially available in the future, including, but not limited to, federal loans and grant funds, community development block grant funds, District of Columbia government appropriated or borrowed funds, an…

(a) In accordance with § 1-204.04(b), there is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the government of the District of Columbia an Economic Development Liaison Office, to be headed by an Assistant City Administrator for Economic Development, who shall serve as liaison bet…

The Economic Development Liaison Office shall perform the following functions: (1) Develop and support programs to ensure local business development and the participation of small and disadvantaged businesses in public and private economic development activities; (2) Assist busin…

(a) All authority responsibilities, and functions assigned to the Office of Tourism and Promotions by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1992, effective October 1, 1992, including oversight responsibility for the D.C. Committee to Promote Washington and the Office of Motion Picture and…

(a)(1) There is established as a special fund the Film, Television and Entertainment Rebate Fund (“Fund”). The Fund shall appear as a separate program line within the budget of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment. The Fund shall be funded by annual appr…

(a) To qualify for a payment under § 2-1204.11(b), an eligible production company shall: (1) Spend at least $250,000 in the District for the preproduction, production, or postproduction costs of a qualified production; (2) File an application with the Mayor pursuant to subsection…

(a) To be eligible for a payment under § 2-1204.11(c), an approved applicant shall: (1) Invest and expend at least $250,000 for a qualified film and digital media infrastructure project in the District; (2) File an application with the Mayor pursuant to subsection (b) of this sec…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a)(1) “Above-the-line crew” means a person employed by an eligible production company for a qualified production, such as a producer, director, writer, or actor, who is not otherwise identified as below-the-line crew, as defined in par…

(a) The Mayor may issue a permit for the occupation of the public space for motion picture, television, and other media productions (“film permit”) pursuant to § 10-1141.03. (b) The Mayor may impose a one-time fee for processing of the film permit application in the amount of $30…

(a) There is established as a lapsing fund the Film DC Special Account Fund (“Fund”), which shall be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in subsection (b)(3) of this section. Any unexpended funds in the Film DC Special Account Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall revert…

The Mayor may promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter.

All references in statutes, regulations, rules, orders, and other official documents to the “Film DC Economic Incentive Fund,” “Incentive Awardee,” and “incentive agreement” shall be deemed to refer, respectively, to the “Film, Television and Entertainment Rebate Fund,” “Rebate A…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Chief Financial Officer” means the Office of the Chief Financial Officer established by § 1-204.24a. (2) “Economic development incentive” or “incentive” means any expenditure of public funds by a granting body for the purpose of…

(a)(1) On or before March 1, the Chief Financial Officer shall compile and publish an annual Unified Economic Development Budget Report (“Report”) with regard to the fiscal year just concluded. The report shall be produced in both printed and electronic form and shall be freely a…

(a) For purposes of evaluating the success of economic development in the District of Columbia, the Mayor, before the start of each legislative period, shall prepare a strategic plan for economic development that reflects the District’s economic priorities (“strategic plan”). At …

All data collected and maintained as part of the reporting obligations imposed by this subchapter shall be fully subject to, and comply with, subchapter II of Chapter 5 of this title [§ 2-531 et seq.].

In enacting this subchapter, the Council of the District of Columbia supports the following statutory purposes: (1) To facilitate the establishment of 1 or more business incubators in the District of Columbia by offering the use of city-owned property, credit support for financin…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Business incubator” means a building that provides low-cost space and services to eligible tenant businesses. The term “business incubator” does not mean a multi-tenant facility that offers space alone. (2) “Council” means the C…

(a) The Mayor shall define eligibility criteria for business incubators receiving public support. These criteria shall be stated in terms of business and economic development objectives, including, but not limited to, consideration of the following recommendations: (1) The Mayor …

(a)(1) The Mayor shall establish admissions criteria for occupancy in a business incubator. (2) Admissions criteria may include, but not be limited to, factors such as the age, size, and financial status of the business. (b) The Mayor shall establish screening and application pro…

(a) Selected basic services shall be included in the rent for the business incubator; other services shall be paid for on an as-used basis. (b) The only free services shall be those ordinarily available free of charge from participating providers. (c) Services available elsewhere…

The Mayor may contract with a for-profit or a nonprofit corporation or educational institution that can utilize its resources to provide management of the business incubator facility and its services, to provide business development assistance, and to coordinate financial assista…

Priority shall be given to tenant businesses owned by persons who are residents of the District.

Tenant businesses chosen for occupancy in business incubators shall execute a first source employment agreement with the District government pursuant to § 2-219.03.

The Mayor shall devise a policy that encourages tenant businesses to leave the business incubators when a certain level of development is reached, but does not arbitrarily evict a tenant business at a crucial period in its development.

The Mayor shall locate business incubators in areas in the District appropriate to the types of businesses targeted for occupancy, based on District-determined priorities, and shall seek sites which have the least prohibitive zoning in order to allow a range of uses.

The Office of Business and Economic Development shall annually prepare a report for the Committee on Economic Development which shall describe in detail the operations of each business incubator, including, but not limited to, a discussion of: (1) The business operation of each t…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Capital access loan” means a loan that is entitled to be secured by the Fund. (2) “Enrolled loan” means a capital access loan issued in accordance with: (A) The participation agreement; and (B) The program’s objectives. (3) “Fin…

(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Capital Access Fund, which shall be used solely for the uses and purposes set forth in subsections (d) and (e) of this section. The Fund shall be funded by appropriations and from other amounts received by the District for the adm…