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District of Columbia Official Code 2001 Edition. |
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Division I. Government of District. |
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Title 1. Government Organization. |
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Chapter 2. District of Columbia Home Rule. |
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Subchapter VII. Referendum; Succession in Government; Temporary Provisions; Miscellaneous; Amendments to District of Columbia Elections Act; Rules of Construction; and Effective Dates. |
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Part C. Temporary Provisions.
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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 administration of the functions of the District government, as he deems necessary to enable the Board of Elections properly to perform its function under this chapter.
(Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 779, Pub. L. 93-198, title VII, § 721.)
(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), and (2) in otherwise carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The full amount expended out of the money advanced pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed to the United States, without interest, during the second fiscal year which begins after January 2, 1975, from the general fund of the District.
(Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 779, Pub. L. 93-198, title VII, § 722.)
(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 services funds have been authorized or appropriated, as the case may be, by Congress prior to October 1, 1983, or the date of the enactment of the appropriation act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, for the government of the District of Columbia, whichever is later. In addition, such loans may include funds to pay the District's share of the cost of the adopted regional system specified in the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969.
(b) Loans advanced pursuant to this section during any six-month period shall be at a rate of interest determined by the Secretary as of the beginning of such period, which, in his judgment, would reflect the cost of money to the Treasury for borrowing at a maturity approximately equal to the period of time the loan is outstanding.
(c) Subject to the limitations contained in § 1-206.03(b), there is authorized to be appropriated to make loans under this section the sum of $155,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, the sum of $155,000,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1983, and the sum of $155,000,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1984.
(d) The authority contained in this section to make loans shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations acts.
(Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 779, Pub. L. 93-198, title VII, § 723. Amended, Oct. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1155, Pub. L. 95-131, § 1.)
(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 shall be prohibited by reason of such employment:
(1) From being a candidate in the first primary election and general election held under this chapter for the office of Mayor or Chairman or member of the Council of the District of Columbia provided for under subchapter IV; and
(2) If such a candidate, from taking an active part in political management or political campaigns in any election referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(b) Such candidacy shall be deemed to have commenced on the day such person obtains from the Board of Elections an official nominating petition with his name stamped thereon, and shall terminate:
(1) In the case of such candidate who ceases to be eligible as a nominee for the office with respect to which such petition was obtained by reason of his inability or failure to qualify as a bona fide nominee prior to the expiration of the final date for filing such petition under the election laws of the District of Columbia, on the day following such expiration date;
(2) In the case of such candidate who is elected to any such office with respect to which such nominating petition was obtained, on the day such candidate takes office following the election held with respect thereto;
(3) In the case of such candidate who is defeated in a primary election held to nominate candidates for the office with respect to which such nominating petition was obtained, on the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date of such primary election; and
(4) In the case of such candidate who fails to be elected in a general election to any such office with respect to which such nominating petition was obtained, on the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date of such election.
(c) The provisions of this section shall terminate as of January 2, 1975
(Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 779, Pub. L. 93-198, title VII, § 724, as added, April 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 85, Pub. L. 93-268, § 3.)
