• Current through October 23, 2012

The following employees of the District shall be deemed to be in the Excepted Service. Their terms of office shall be at the pleasure of the appointing authority, or as provided by statute for a term of years, subject to removal for cause as may be provided in their appointing statute:

(1) City Administrator;

(2) Repealed;

(3) The Director of Campaign Finance, District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics;

(4) Repealed;

(5) Auditor of the District of Columbia;

(6) The Chairman and members of the Public Service Commission;

(7) The Chairman and members of the Board of Parole;

(8) Executive Director of the Public Employee Relations Board;

(9) Secretary to the Council;

(10) Repealed;

(11) Repealed;

(12) Executive Director of the Office of Employee Appeals;

(13) The Executive Director and Deputy Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.

(14) Budget Director to the Council;

(15) The Chief Administrative Law Judge, the Administrative Law Judges, and the Executive Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings; and

(16) The Chief Tenant Advocate of the Office of the Tenant Advocate.

(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 908, 25 DCR 5740; Aug. 2, 1983, D.C. Law 5-24, § 12(c), 30 DCR 3341; Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-205, § 2(c), 34 DCR 670; May 15, 1990, D.C. Law 8-127, § 2(f), 37 DCR 2093; June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124,§ 101(j), 45 DCR 2464; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-260, § 2(e), 46 DCR 1318; Apr. 12, 2000. D.C. Law 13-91, § 103(l), 47 DCR 520; Mar. 6, 2002, D.C. Law 14-76, § 23(a), 48 DCR 11442; Oct. 20, 2005, D.C. Law 16-33, § 2069, 52 DCR 7503.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 1-610.8.

1973 Ed., § 1-339.8.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 13-91 repealed pars. (4) and (10), which read:

"(4) People's Counsel of the District of Columbia;"

"(10) General Counsel to the Council;"; and in par. (13), added "and".

D.C. Law 14-76 added par. (15).

D.C. Law 16-33, in subsec. (a), substituted a semicolon for "; and" at the end of the paragraph; in subsec. (b), substituted "; and" for period at the end of the paragraph; and added subsec. (c).

Emergency Act Amendments

For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(e) of the Legal Service Establishment Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Act 12-620, January 22, 1999, 46 DCR 1343).

For temporary (90-day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of the Legal Services Clarification and Technical Emergency Amendment Act of 1999 (D.C. Act 13-203, December 8, 1999, 46 DCR 10456).

For temporary (90-day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of the Legal Services Clarification and Technical Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2000 (D.C. Act 13-293, March 7, 2000, 47 DCR 2063).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2069 of Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2005 (D.C. Act 16-168, July 26, 2005, 52 DCR 7667).

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 2-139, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-601.01.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-24, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-604.06.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-205, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-604.06.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 8-127, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-606.06.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-124, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-603.01.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-260, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-604.04.

For Law 13-91, see notes following § 1-602.03.

Law 14-76, the "Office of Administrative Hearings Establishment Act of 2001", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 14-208, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.  The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on October 2, 2001, and November 6, 2001, respectively.   Signed by the Mayor on November 29, 2001, it was assigned Act No. 14-196 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review.  D.C. Law 14-76 became effective on March 6, 2002.

For Law 16-33, see notes following § 1-617.17.