Title 2, Government Administration.

(a) One adult person shall be hired as a full-time youth planner, and youth may be hired to work part-time, as needed. (b) The Council shall provide staff assistance to the Youth Council from within its existing budgeted resources or from grants received by the Council for this p…

Local Education Agencies may seek the cooperation of the Council on the integration of Youth Council experience into relevant District of Columbia learning standards and toward meeting graduation requirements.

(a) Gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources may be used to fund the costs of the Youth Council. Contributions to support the work of the Youth Council may not be accepted from any party having a pecuniary or other vested interest in the outcome of the matters …

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Acceptable level of school attendance” means that a student has not accrued unexcused absences exceeding 5% of the total days in a school year and has not violated the requirements for mandatory school attendance under § 38-202.…

(a) The Mayor shall establish an Institute to be known as the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute and shall provide programs in professional development, leadership training, and personal development for all eligible District youth. The focus of the program shall include: (1) Buil…

(a) First time participants in the program shall maintain an acceptable level of school attendance during the preceding academic year in order participate. The superintendent of schools or his designee shall certify that each prospective participant has maintained an acceptable l…

The Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted by the Mayor to the Council for review and approval.

The Mayor shall oversee the implementation of District’s Youth Development Plan, which has been designed to: (1) Increase the quality of coordination and collaboration among all stakeholders to deliver city-funded youth services; (2) Advance the positive youth development philoso…

(a) The Mayor, within 30 days of the adoption of the budget, shall disseminate the budget and implementation strategy for the Youth Development Plan for each fiscal year (“youth development report”). Copies of the youth development report shall be transmitted to each member of th…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any reprogramming of money that relates to the funding of the Youth Development Plan’s budget or the Children’s Budget shall conform with the citywide goals for children and youth identified in the Children’s Budget Report. The c…

(a) In fiscal year 2007, the youth development plan shall be funded by a $1 million allocation to the Office of the City Administrator to be used as follows: (1) An amount of $600,000 for gang intervention services, including the Violence Intervention Partnership to reduce youth …

(a) There is established a Youth Development Plan Executive Working Group (“Working Group”), that shall advise its chair on the youth development plan. The chair of the Working Group shall be the Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families and Elders (“chair”). The other members o…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Interagency Collaboration and Services Integration Commission Establishment Act of 2007”.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Commission” means the Statewide Commission on Children, Youth, and their Families established in § 2-1594. (2) “Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary assessment” means an assessment of children to determine the extent to which they …

The purpose of the Commission is to promote a vision of the District of Columbia as a stable, safe, and healthy environment for children, youth, and their families by reducing juvenile and family violence and promoting social and emotional skills among children, youth, and their …

(a) There is established the Statewide Commission on Children, Youth, and their Families. (b) Unless expressly prohibited in law or regulation, the Commission shall have the authority to: (1) Combine local, federal, and other resources available to the participating education, la…

(a) Within 90 days of the applicability of this subchapter, the Commission shall: (1) Develop an information-sharing agreement that: (A) Adheres to all applicable provisions of federal and District law and professional standards regarding confidentiality, including Commission pro…

(a) The Commission shall include the: (1) Mayor, who shall serve as Chair; (2) Chairman of Council of the District of Columbia; (3) Chair of the Committee on Human Services; (4) Chief Judge, Family Court, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; (5) Deputy Mayor for Education;…

The Commission may hire staff and obtain equipment, supplies, materials, and services necessary to carry out the functions of the Commission.

The Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia is redesignated the District of Columbia Public Defender Service (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Service”).

(a)(1) The Service is authorized to represent any person in the District of Columbia who is a person described in any of the following categories and who is financially unable to obtain adequate representation: (A) Persons charged with an offense punishable by imprisonment for a …

(a) The powers of the Service shall be vested in a Board of Trustees composed of 11 members. The Board of Trustees shall establish general policy for the Service but shall not direct the conduct of particular cases. (b)(1) Members of the Board of Trustees shall be appointed by a …

The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Director and Deputy Director of the Service, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Director shall be responsible for the supervision of the work of the Service and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Trustees …

(a) The Director shall employ a staff of attorneys and clerical and other personnel necessary to provide adequate and effective services. The Director shall make assignments of the personnel of the Service. The compensation of all employees of the Service, other than the Director…

(a) The Board of Trustees of the Service shall submit a fiscal year report of the Service’s operations to the Congress of the United States, to the chief judges of the federal courts in the District of Columbia and of the District of Columbia courts, and to the Office of Manageme…

(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Service in each fiscal years such funds as may be necessary to carry out this chapter. The Service may arrange by contract or otherwise for the disbursement of appropriated funds, procurement, and the provision of other administr…

All employees of the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia on the date of enactment of this chapter shall be deemed to be employees of the Service and shall be entitled to the same compensation and benefits as they are entitled to as employees of the Legal Aid Agency for …

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a)(1) “Administrator” means the Public Records Administrator of the District of Columbia, established by § 2-1702(b). (2) “Agency” means any board, commission, department, division, institution, authority, independent authority, or par…

(a) There is established the District of Columbia Office of Public Records Management, Archival Administration, and Library of Governmental Information within the Office of the Secretary. (b) The head of the Office shall be the Public Records Administrator of the District of Colu…

(a)(1) The Administrator shall act as the chief records manager for the District and shall, except as otherwise provided by law: (A) Organize and administer a records center for the District’s semicurrent and inactive records; (B) Implement rules for effective and economical reco…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each agency shall transmit to the Library of Governmental Information at least 2 copies of each report, study, or publication prepared by the agency or independent contractor immediately after they have been issued. At lea…

(a) There is established a Records Disposition Committee (“Committee”) consisting of the following: (1) A chairperson, the State Historic Records Coordinator, appointed by the Mayor; (2) The following ex officio members or their designees: (A) The City Administrator/Deputy Mayor …

(a)(1) Any record created or received by the District in the course of official business is the property of the District and, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall not be destroyed, sold, transferred, or disposed of in any manner. (2)(A) A record may be de…

(a) Any public record made confidential by law shall be so treated. (b) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to authorize or require the opening of any records ordered to be sealed by a court.

Whenever a person has the right to inspect any public record subject to the requirements of this chapter, the person shall be furnished a copy, printout, or photograph of the record for a reasonable fee.

(a) On or before the expiration of the term of office of an elected or appointed official, all public records, books, writings, and letters in the custody of the official shall be promptly transmitted or relinquished to the official’s successor or, if there is none, to the Admini…

(a) The Administrator shall from time to time review the condition of public records, and shall give advice and assistance to officials in the solution of problems of preserving, cataloging, filing, and making readily available for governmental and public use the records in their…

(a) The Office shall submit an annual report covering the preceding fiscal year to the Mayor by January 1st. (b) A copy of the annual report shall be sent to each member of the Council and placed in each branch of the public library.

All projected expenditures required for the administration of this chapter shall be included as a part of the annual budget submitted for the operation of the Office of the Secretary.

The Corporation Counsel is authorized to initiate a civil action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or any court of competent jurisdiction to protect the interests of the District of Columbia in any public record.

(a) The requirements and provisions of this chapter shall apply to and be binding upon the executive branch, the operating departments and agencies, including independent agencies of the District, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the Board of Elections and Ethics, the Zoning Co…

It is the purpose of the Council of the District of Columbia in the adoption of this chapter to provide for the imposition of alternative civil sanctions for infractions of laws and regulations amended by title IV [of D.C. Law 6-42], and to provide for a uniform and expeditious s…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “District” means the District of Columbia. (1A) “Final order” means an order of an administrative law judge or attorney examiner that disposes of a case and that has not been appealed within 15 calendar days after the order has been…

(a) Except as provided in Chapter 18A of this title, the Mayor shall appoint 1 or more attorneys to serve as administrative law judges or attorney examiners to implement the provisions of this chapter. (b) Administrative law judges or attorney examiners shall have the following p…

(a)(1) The Mayor shall prepare and periodically amend a schedule of fines. The schedule of fines shall be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) for its approval or disapproval, in whole or in part, by resolution. The schedule of fines and subsequent ame…

The Mayor may issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.