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Sec. 1001. Agreements with United States.

Sec. 1002. Personal interest in contracts or transactions.

Sec. 1003. Compensation from more than one source.

Sec. 1004. Assistance of United States Civil Service Commission in development of District merit system.

TITLE XI-SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT

Sec. 1101. Transfer of personnel, property, and funds.

Sec. 1102. Existing statutes, regulations, and so forth.

Sec. 1103. Pending actions and proceedings.

Sec. 1104. Vacancies resulting from abolition of Board of Commissioners.

TITLE XII-SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS

Sec. 1201. Separability of provisions.

TITLE XIII-TEMPORARY PROVISIONS

Sec. 1301. Powers of the President during transition period.
Sec. 1302. Reimbursable appropriation for the District.

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SEC. 101. For the purposes of this Act

(1) The term "District" means the District of Columbia.

(2) The term "District Council" or "Council" means the Council of the District of Columbia provided for by title III.

(3) The term "Chairman" means the Chairman of the District Council provided for by title III.

(4) The term "Mayor" means the Mayor provided for by title IV.

(5) The term "qualified elector" means a qualified elector of the District as specified in section 906, except as otherwise specifically provided.

(6) The term "act" includes any legislation adopted by the District Council, except where the term "Act" is used to refer to this Act or other Acts of Congress herein specified.

(7) The term "District Primary Act" means the Act of August 12, 1955 (Public Law 376, Eighty-fourth Congress; 69 Stat. 699).

(8) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, association, jointstock company, trust, or corporation.

(9) The term "capital project", or "project", means (a) any physical public betterment or improvement and any preliminary studies and surveys relative thereto; (b) the acquisition of property of a permanent nature; or (c) the purchase of equipment for any public betterment or improvement when first erected or acquired.

(10) The term "pending", when applied to any capital project, means authorized but not yet completed.

(11) The term "Board of Elections" means the Board of Elections created by section 3 of the District Primary Act.

(12) The term "election", unless the context otherwise indicates, means an election held pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

(13) The term "domicile" means that place where a person has his true, fixed, and permanent home and to which, when he is absent, he has the intention of returning.

(14) The term "municipal office" means an office of any governmental unit subordinate to a State or Territorial government.

(15) The terms "publish" and "publication", unless otherwise specifically provided herein, mean publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the District.

(16) The term "Municipal Courts of the District of Columbia" means the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Tax Court, the juvenile court of the District of Columbia, and such other municipal courts as the District Council may hereinafter establish by act.

TITLE II-STATUS OF THE DISTRICT

STATUS OF THE DISTRICT

SEC. 201. (a) All the territory constituting the permanent seat of the Government of the United States shall continue to be designated as the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in perpetuity for governmental purposes and as such may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and have a corporate seal. Such body politic and corporate is the successor of the District of Columbia created by section 2 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia and continued by the first section of the Act of June 11, 1878 (D.C. Code, 1951 edition, sec. 1-102). So far as is consistent with the provisions of this Act, all powers, rights, privileges, immunities, duties, obligations, assets, and liabilites of the District of Columbia created by such section 2 are hereby transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the body politic and corporate created by this section.

(b) Section 1 of the Act of February 21, 1871 (16 Stat. 419), and section 1 of the Act of June 11, 1878 (20 Stat. 102), are hereby repealed.

(c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia as the same was established or may be subsequently established under the provisions of title I of the Act of October 31, 1945 (59 Stat. 552).

TITLE III-THE DISTRICT COUNCIL

PART I-CREATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL

CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP

SEC. 301. There is hereby created a Council of the District of Columbia consisting of nine members elected as provided in title IX.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE

SEC. 302. No person shall hold the office of member of the District Council unless he (1) is a qualified elector, (2) is domiciled in the District and resides in the ward from which he is nominated, has, during the three years next preceding his nomination resided and been domiciled in the District and has for one year preceding his nomination, resided and been domiciled in the ward

from which he is nominated, (3) holds no other elective public office, and (4) holds no appointive office for which compensation is provided out of District funds. A member of the Council shall forfeit his office upon failure to maintain the qualifications required by this section.

COMPENSATION

SEC. 303. Each member of the District Council, except the Chairman, shall receive compensation at a rate of $8,000 per annum, payable in periodic installments. The Chairman shall receive compensation at a rate of $10,000 per annum, payable in periodic installments. All members shall receive such additional allowances for expenses as may be approved by the District Council to be paid out of funds duly appropriated therefor.

CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP AND COMPENSATION OF DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS

SEC. 304. The number of members constituting the District Council, the qualifications for holding office, and the compensation of such members may be changed by act passed by the District Council: Provided, That no such act shall take effect until after it has been assented to by a majority of the qualified electors of the District voting at an election on the proposition set forth in any such act.

PART 2-PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL

FUNCTIONS HERETOFORE EXERCISED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

SEC. 321. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all functions granted to or imposed upon the Board of Commissioners of the District are hereby transferred to the District Council except those powers hereinafter specifically conferred on the Mayor.

(b) The Board of Commissioners of the District is hereby abolished.

FUNCTIONS RELATING TO ZONING

SEC. 322. The Zoning Commission created by the first section of the Act of March 1, 1920, creating a Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, as amended (D.C. Code, 1951 edition, sec. 5-412), is hereby abolished, and its functions are transferred to the District Council.

CERTAIN DELEGATED FUNCTIONS

SEC. 323. No function of the Board of Commissioners of the District which such Board has delegated to an officer or agency of the District shall be considered as a function transferred to the Council by section 321. Each such function is hereby transferred to the officer or agency to whom or to which it was delegated, until the Mayor or Council, or both, pursuant to the powers herein granted, shall revoke, modify, or transfer such delegation.

POWERS OF AND LIMITATIONS UPON DISTRICT COUNCIL

SEC. 324. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to the reserved powers of the Congress as provided in section 324 (a), there shall be vested in the District Council complete legislative power over the District with respect to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the Constitution or with the laws of the United States which are applicable but not confined to the District: Provided, That such subjects are within the scope of the power of Congress in its capacity as the legislature for the District of Columbia as distinguished from its capacity as the National Legislature. Nothing in this section shall be construed as vesting in the District government any greater authority over the Commission on Mental Health, the National Zoological Park, or the Washington Aqueduct than the authority which was vested in the Board of Commissioners prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. The District Council shall, by majority vote of those present, confirm or reject nominees proposed by the Mayor, and shall have power, by vote of two-thirds of its members, to override any veto by the Mayor.

(b) The District Council may not pass any act contrary to the provisions of this Act or

(1) impose any tax on property of the United States;

(2) grant any exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise;

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(3) authorize any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets or authorize any form of gambling;

(4) authorize the use of public money in support of any sectarian, denominational, or private school except as now or hereafter authorized by Congress;

(5) lend the public credit for support of any private undertaking;

(6) authorize the issuance of bonds except in compliance with the provisions of title VI ; or

(7) enact or pass any act inconsistent with or contrary to the Act of June 6, 1924 (43 Stat. 463), as amended by the Act of April 30, 1926 (44 Stat. 374), and by the Act of July 19, 1952 (66 Stat. 781); and the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as amended, and the Council shall not pass any act inconsistent with or contrary to any provision of any Act of Congress as it specifically pertains to any duty, authority, and responsibility, of the National Capital Planning Commission; except insofar as the abovecited or other referred to Act refer to the Engineer Commissioner or the Board of Commissioners, the former of which terms, after the enactment of this Act, shall mean the Mayor or some District Government official deemed by the Mayor to be best qualified, and designated by him to sit in lieu of the Mayor as a member of the National Capital Planning Commis. sion and the National Capital Regional Planning Council, and the latter term shall mean the District Council.

(c) An act, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall become effective thirty days after its passage or at such later time as the Council may designate: Provided, That an act may become effective at any time after its passage if the Council by vote of two-thirds of its members shall state in such act that an emergency exists requiring such earlier effective date. Every act or resolution shall include a preamble, or be accompanied by a report, setting forth concisely the purposes of its adoption. Every act or resolution shall be published, within seven days after its passage, as the District Council may direct.

(d) The Congress of the United States reserves the right at any time, to exercise its constitutional authority as legislature for the District of Columbia, by enacting legislation for the District on any subject, whether within or without the scope of legislative power granted to the District Council by this Act, including without limitation legislation to amend or repeal any law in force in the District of Columbia prior to or after the enactment of this Act or of any provision of this Act.

(e) Upon the effective date of this title, jurisdiction over the Municipal Courts of the District of Columbia shall vest with the District Council in all matters pertaining to the organization and composition of such Courts, and to the appointment or selection, qualification, tenure, and compensation of the judges thereof. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to change the tenure of any judge occupying the position of a judge of a Municipal Court of the District of Columbia on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that his compensation may be increased.

(f) Nothing in subsection (e) of this section shall be construed to curtail the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or any other United States court other than the Municipal Courts of the District of Columbia.

PART 3-ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL

THE CHAIRMAN

SEC. 331. The District Council shall elect from among its members a Chairman who shall be the presiding officer of the District Council and a Vice Chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the Chairman. When the Mayor is absent or unable to act, or when the office is vacant, the Chairman shall act in his stead. The term of the first Chairman shall expire at the close of December 31, 1962, and at the close of December 31 of each succeeding even-numbered year the term of office of the incumbent Chairman shall expire.

SECRETARY OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL; RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS

SEC. 332. (a) The District Council shall appoint a secretary as its chief administrative officer and such assistants and clerical personnel as may be necessary. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the compensation

and other terms of employment of such secretary, assistants, and clerical personnel shall be prescribed by the District Council.

(b) The secretary shall (1) keep a record of the proceedings of the District Council, (2) keep a record showing the text of all acts and resolutions introduced, and the ayes and noes of each vote, (3) authenticate by his signature and record in full in a continuing record kept for that purpose all acts passed by the District Council, and (4) perform such other duties as the District Council may from time to time prescribe.

MEETINGS

SEC. 333. (a) The first meeting of the District Council after this part takes effect shall be called by the member who receives the highest vote in the election provided in title IX. He shall preside until a Chairman is elected. The first meeting of the District Council in each odd-numbered year commencing with 1961 shall be called by the Secretary of the District Council for a date not later than January 7 of such year.

(b) The District Council shall provide for the time and place of its regular meetings. The District Council shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar week except that during July and August it shall hold at least two regular meetings in each month. Special meetings may be called, upon the giving of adequate notice, by the Mayor, the Chairman, or any three members of the Council.

(c) Meetings of the District Council shall be open to the public and shall be held at reasonable hours and at such places as to accommodate a reasonable number of spectators. The records of the Council provided for in section 332 (b) shall be open to public inspection and available for copying during all regular office hours of the Council Secertary. Any citizen shall have the right to petition and be heard by the Council at any of its meetings, within reasonable limits as set by the Council Chairman, the Council concurring.

COMMITTEES

SEC. 334. The Council Chairman, with the advice and consent of the Council, shall appoint such standing and special committees as may be expedient for the conduct of the Council's business. All committee meetings shall be open to the public except when ordered closed by the committee chairman, with the approval of a majority of the members of the committee.

ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS

SEC. 335. (a) The Council, to discharge the powers and duties imposed herein, shall enact acts and adopt resolutions, upon a vote of a majority of the members of the Council, unless otherwise provided herein. Acts shall be used for all legislative purposes. Resolutions shall be used to express simple determinations, decisions, or directions of the District Council of a special or temporary character.

(b) (1) The enacting clause of all acts passed by the District Council shall be, "Be it enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia :".

(2) The resolving clause of all resolutions passed by the District Council shall be "The Council of the District of Columbia hereby resolves,”.

(c) A special election may be called by resolution of the District Council to present for referendum vote of the people any proposition upon which the District Council desires to take such action.

PASSAGE OF ACTS

SEC. 336. The District Council shall not pass any act before the thirteenth day following the day on which it is introduced. Subject to the other limitations of this Act, this requirement may be waived by the unanimous vote of the members present.

PROCEDURE FOR ZONING ACTS

SEC. 337. (a) Before any zoning act for the District is passed by the District Council

(1) the District Council shall deposit the act in its introduced form, with the National Capital Planning Commission. Such Commission shall within thirty days after the date of such deposit, report to the District

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