Chapter 1. General Provisions.


  • Current through October 23, 2012
  • (Aug. 2, 1983, D.C. Law 5-24, § 18, 30 DCR 3341.)

    HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

    Prior Codifications

    1981 Ed., § 49-101.

    Legislative History of Laws

    Law 5-24, the "Technical and Clarifying Amendments Act of 1983," was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 5-169, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on May 10, 1983, and May 24, 1983, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on June 9, 1983, it was assigned Act No. 5-41 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review.

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  • (a) After publication by the Law Revision Counsel of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 Edition of the District of Columbia Code, new editions of the District of Columbia Code (and annual cumulative supplements thereto) shall be prepared and published under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia and shall set forth the general and permanent laws relating to or in force in the District of Columbia, whether enacted by the Congress or by the Council of the District of Columbia, except such laws as are of application in the District of Columbia by reason of being laws of the United States general and permanent in nature.

    (b) After completion of the printing of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 Edition of the District of Columbia Code, the Public Printer shall, as the Council of the District of Columbia may request, either:

    (1) Furnish to the Council of the District of Columbia, on such terms as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint Committee on Printing) deems appropriate, the type used in preparing the 1973 Edition of the District of Columbia Code and the fifth annual cumulative supplement to such edition; or

    (2) Make such arrangements with the Council of the District of Columbia as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint Committee on Printing) deems appropriate for the printing by the Government Printing Office of future editions of the District of Columbia Code, and annual cumulative supplements thereto, prepared under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia.

    (Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1170, Pub. L. 94-386, § 2.)

    HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

    Prior Codifications

    1981 Ed., § 49-102.

    1973 Ed., § 49-112.