Title 1, Government Organization.

(a) In order to ensure proper implementation of the District retirement program under § 1-626.05 by October 1, 1987, the Mayor may issue temporary rules regarding the District retirement program that shall not be subject to Council review. These temporary rules shall remain in ef…

(a) The District and each employee shall contribute to the defined benefit plan under § 1-626.05(1) the social security amounts mandated by federal law. (b) Each employee may voluntarily contribute to the deferred compensation plan under § 1-626.05(2) in amounts not exceeding the…

(a) The employee’s contribution to the deferred compensation plan under § 1-626.05(2) and the earnings on those contributions shall vest immediately. (b) The District’s contributions to the defined contribution plan under § 1-626.05(3) and the earnings on the District’s contribut…

(a) There shall be established an irrevocable trust called the Section 401(a) Trust, that shall be managed so as to be exempt from income tax under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The funds contributed by the District under the defined contribution plan of § 1-626.05(3) sh…

The payment of benefits under the retirement programs under § 1-626.05(2) and (3) shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of §§ 401(a) and 457 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. §§ 401(a) and 457 ].

(a) A fiduciary shall discharge his duties with respect to the Trust solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and: (1) For the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and beneficiaries; (2) With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under th…

A civil action may be brought by a participant or a beneficiary of the Trust, or by the District, to enjoin any act or practice that violates any provision of this chapter or the terms of the retirement program, and for other appropriate legal and equitable relief. In any action …

(a) The District government recognizes that intergovernmental and private sector cooperation are essential factors in resolving problems affecting the District and that the temporary assignment of personnel between and among governmental agencies, at the same or different levels …

(a) Any employee of a District agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in § 1-627.01 may be considered, during such participation, to be: (1) On detail to regular work assignments of the receiving agency or organization; or (2) In a status of leave of absen…

(a) When any agency of the District acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency or organization who are assigned under authority of this subchapter may: (1) Be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of such assignments with compensation to…

(a) A District agency may, in accordance with the applicable travel rules and regulations, pay the travel expenses of an employee assigned to another government, private sector organization, or institution of higher education on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay t…

(a) Any assignment entered into by a District agency under the authority of this subchapter must be implemented by a written agreement and this agreement shall contain the following provisions: (1) The signature of the employee to be assigned indicating he or she fully concurs in…

(a) In addition to the requirements set forth in § 1-627.05, the requirements in this section shall apply to all written agreements in which an employee of a private sector organization is assigned to work for a District government agency. (b) Prior to entering into an agreement …

The Mayor, the District of Columbia Board of Education, and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements for the use of equipment, materials, facilities, and services with any public or…

The Mayor shall enter into an agreement with the United States Civil Service Commission to carry out the purposes of subchapters XXI, XXII, and XXVI of this chapter.

The Public Employee Relations Board is authorized to enter into agreements with the courts of the District of Columbia to implement a positive program of employee-employer relations.

The Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission to implement the inclusion of the employees of such Commission as participants in the United States Civil Service Retirement System (Chapter 83 of Titl…

The Mayor is authorized to enter into agreements with appropriate federal agencies to authorize them to continue the processing of administrative appeals of personnel actions by District government employees until such time as the rules and regulations of the Office of Employee A…

(a) In accordance with rules issued by the Mayor, the Mayor may waive with written justification, in whole or part, a claim of the government against an employee or former employee of the District arising under § 1-629.02 when collection would be: (1) Against equity; (2) Against …

When the Mayor determines that an employee or former employee of the District is indebted to the District of Columbia government (“government”) because of an erroneous payment made to or on behalf of the employee, the Mayor may, after 30 days notice to the employee, collect the a…

(a) Whenever an employee or former employee of the District is indebted to the government for other than an erroneous payment and the debt has either been acknowledged by the employee or reduced to judgment by a court, the Mayor may, after 30 days notice to the employee, collect …

(a) Any debt authorized to be collected under this subchapter may be collected in monthly installments or at officially established regular pay period intervals, by deduction in reasonable amounts from the current pay of the employee. (b) Deductions may be made from any wages, sa…

(a) If a notice of infraction is issued pursuant to § 50-2303.03 or § 50-2209.02 for an infraction committed by a vehicle owned or leased by the District of Columbia government, the responsible individual shall be required to pay any fine or fee imposed as a result of that notice…

(a) No agency may require or obtain surety bonds for any employee in connection with the performance of official duties. (b) The personal financial liability to the District government of such employees and personnel is not affected by reason of subsection (a) of this section. (c…

All official personnel records of the District government shall be established, maintained, and disposed of in a manner designed to ensure the greatest degree of applicant or employee privacy while providing adequate, necessary, and complete information for the District to carry …

Because of the statutory and administrative relationships in personnel administration between the District and federal governments, and to ensure that personnel records include information of importance to both governmental jurisdictions, the rules and regulations issued by the M…

It is the policy of the District government to make personnel information in its possession or under its control available upon request to appropriate personnel and law-enforcement authorities, except if such disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy…

The Mayor shall issue rules and regulations governing the disclosure of official information contained in personnel records.

(a)(1) The official personnel record of a District employee shall be disclosed to the employee or any representative of his or her choice. All such disclosure shall be made in the presence of a representative of the agency having custody of the records. (2) The following informat…

The system for the maintenance of the official personnel folder established under § 1-631.01 shall provide for the transfer of folders between agencies of the District government subject to this chapter when employees transfer from 1 agency to another.

The Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1-628.01 and 1-631.02, shall enter into an agreement with the United States Civil Service Commission for the exchange of official personnel information, to the extent mutually agreed upon, between the District and federal government in …

(a) All personnel rules and regulations, issued under appropriate authority on or before the date that this section becomes effective as provided in subsection (b) of § 1-636.02, shall continue in full force and effect until superseded by a provision of this chapter. All administ…

(a) The following provisions of Title 5 of the United States Code are superseded for all employees of the District of Columbia Government: Provisions of: (A) 5 U.S.C. § 1302(b) and (c) (relating to the development of regulations affecting employees of the District of Columbia); a…

(a) The following provisions shall not apply to police officers and fire fighters appointed after the date that this chapter becomes effective as provided in § 1-636.02: (1)(A) Section 5-541.01, note; (B) Sections 5-101.02, 5-105.01(a), 5-133.03, 5-133.07, 5-123.01, 5-133.08, and…

The express provisions of the following District of Columbia laws shall continue in force and are not to be considered impliedly repealed in any manner by the provisions of this chapter: (1) The provisions of Title 18 of the United States Code insofar as they affect employees of …

(a) Commissioner’s Order No. 70-229 (Organization Order No. 25), June 19, 1970; Interim Labor Management Relations Policy for the University of the District of Columbia, May 4, 1978, 24 DCR 1004; Sections 600 through 619 of the Rules of the District of Columbia Board of Education…

In accordance with the express terms of this chapter, the following rules of construction will apply in the interpretation of provisions in apparent conflict: (1) Subchapter II will govern conflicting provisions; and (2) A parenthetical limitation, upon provisions of a section or…

Appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter are hereby authorized.

Should any provision of this chapter be declared unconstitutional, invalid or beyond the statutory authority of the Council of the District, the remaining provisions of this chapter shall be unaffected by such a declaration.

(a) The provisions of subchapters IX (except §§ 1-609.04, 1-609.07, and 1-609.09) and X of this chapter, subsection (a) of § 1-605.01, subsection (a) of § 1-606.01 and § 1-606.02 shall become effective 15 days after March 3, 1979. (b) The provisions of § 1-632.01 shall become eff…

(a) There is hereby established a Task Force on the Implementation of the Merit Personnel Act (hereinafter referred to in this section as the “Task Force”) which shall be composed of the following members: (1) Two members appointed by the Mayor; (2) 2 members appointed by the Gre…

(a) The Congress finds that the retirement benefits authorized by various acts of Congress for the police officers, fire fighters, teachers, and judges of the District of Columbia have not been financed on an actuarially sound basis. Neither federal payments to the District nor D…

As used in this chapter: (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 “Speaker” means the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (4) The term “President pro tempore” means th…

(a) There is established, as an independent agency of the government of the District of Columbia, a board of trustees to be known as the District of Columbia Retirement Board which shall have exclusive authority and discretion (subject to the requirements of this chapter) to mana…

(a) There is established a fund to be known as the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund into which shall be deposited the following, which shall constitute the assets of the Fund: (1) Any amount paid to the Custodian of Retirement Funds pursuant…

(a)(1) There is established a fund to be known as the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund into which shall be deposited the following, which shall constitute the assets of the Fund: (A) Any amount paid to the Custodian of Retirement Funds pursuant to § 38-2021.01 et se…