Council whether the proposed act is in conformity with the comprehensive plan for the District of Columbia. The District Council may not pass the act unless it has received such report or the Commission has failed to report within the thirty-day period above specified; and

(2) the District Council (or an appropriate committee thereof) shall hold a public hearing on the act. At least thirty days' notice of the hearing shall be published as the Council may direct. Such notice shall include the time and place of the hearing and a summary of all changes in existing law which would be made by adoption of the act. The District Council (or committee thereof holding the hearing) shall give such additional notice as it finds expedient and practicable. At the hearing interested persons shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be publicly announced before adjournment is had.

(b) The District Council shall deposit with the National Capital Planning Commission each zoning act passed by it. If in the opinion of the Commission such act, as passed, would adversely affect the interests of the Federal Government, the Commission, shall within thirty days after the date of such deposit certify to the District Council its disapproval of such act. If such certification of disapproval is not made within such thirty-day period, the zoning act shall take effect as law on the day following the expiration of such period. If the Commission makes such certification of disapproval within the thirty-day period above specified, the zoning act shall take effect as law only if, within thirty days after the day on which such certification is received, the act be readopted by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the District Council; in which case the zoning act shall take effect as law on the day following the day on which it is readopted, or at such later date as the Council may designate.

INVESTIGATIONS BY DISTRICT COUNCIL

SEC. 338. (a) The District Council, or any committee or person authorized by it, shall have power to investigate any matter relating to the affairs of the District; and for that purpose may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other evidence. For such purpose any member of the District Council (if the District Council is conducting the inquiry) or any member of the committee, or the person conducting the inquiry, may issue subpenas and may administer oaths.

(b) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena issued to, any person, the District Council, committee, or person conducting the investigation shall have power to refer the matter to any judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, who may by order require such person to appear and to give or produce testimony or books, papers, or other evidence, bearing upon the matter under investigation; and any failure to obey such order may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof as in the case of failure to obey a subpena issued, or to testify, in a case pending before such court.

TITLE IV-MAYOR

ELECTION, QUALIFICATIONS, AND SALARY

SEC. 401. (a) There is hereby created the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia. The Mayor shall be elected as provided in title IX.

(b) No person shall hold the office of Mayor unless he (1) is a qualified elector, (2) is domiciled and resides in the District and has during the three years next preceding his nomination been resident in and domiciled in the District, (3) holds no other elective public office, and (4) holds no appointive office for which compensation is provided out of District funds. The Mayor shall forfeit his office upon failure to maintain the qualifications required by this section.

(c) The Mayor shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, and an allowance for official expenses, which he shall certify in reasonable detail to the District Council, of not more than $2,500 annually. Such salary shall be payable in periodic installments.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the method of election, the qualifications for office, the compensation and the allowance for official expenses pertaining to the office of Mayor 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 of the proposition set forth in any such act.

POWERS AND DUTIES

SEC. 402. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the District government. He shall be responsible for the proper administration of the affairs of the District coming under his jurisdiction or control, and to that end shall have the following powers and functions:

(1) He shall designate the officer or officers of the executive department of the District who shall, during periods of disability or absence from the District of the Mayor, the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the District Council, execute and perform all the powers and duties of the Mayor.

(2) He shall act as the official spokesman for the District and as the head of the District for ceremonial purposes.

(3) He shall administer all laws relating to the appointment, promotion, discipline, separation, and other conditions of employment of personnel in the office of the Mayor, personnel in executive departments of the District, and members of boards, commissions, and other agencies, who, under laws in effect on the effective date of this section, are subject to appointment and removal by the Commissioners. All actions affecting such personnel shall, until such time as legislation is enacted by the District Council superseding such laws and establishing a permanent civil service system or systems, based on merit, pursuant to section 402(4), continue to be subject to the provisions of Acts of Congress relating to the appointment, promotion, discipline, separation and other conditions of employment applicable to officers and employees of the District government; to section 1101 (d) of this Act, and, where applicable, to the provisions of the joint agreement between the Commissioners and the Civil Service Commission authorized by Executive Order Numbered 5491 of November 18, 1930, relating to the appointment of District personnel. He shall appoint or assign personnel to positions formerly occupied, ex officio, by one or more members of the Board of Commissioners and shall have power to remove such personnel from such positions. The officers and employees of each agency with respect to which legislative power is delegated by this Act and which, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, was not subject to the administrative control of the Board of Commissioners of the District, shall continue to be appointed and removed in accordance with applicable laws until such time as such laws may be superseded by legislation passed by the Council establishing a permanent civil service system or systems, based on merit, pursuant to section 402 (4): Provided, That all appointments of department heads and members of boards and commissions; all appointments and assignments to positions formerly occupied, ex officio, by one or more members of the Board of Commissioners of the District, and appointments made pursuant to section 904 of this Act, shall be by and with the consent of the Council.

(4) He shall administer the personnel functions of the District covering employees of all District departments, boards, commissions, offices, and agencies, except as otherwise provided by this Act. Personnel legislation enacted by Congress, prior to or after the effective date of this section, including, without limitation, appointments, promotions, discipline, separations, pay, unemployment compensation, disability and death benefits, leave, retirement, insurance, and veteran's preference, applicable to employees of the District government, as set forth in section 1102(c), shall continue in effect until such time as the Council shall, pursuant to this section, provide similar or comparable coverage under a District civil service system or systems, based on merit. The District civil service system or systems shall be established by legislation of the Council and shall provide coverage similar or comparable to, or shall provide for continued participation in, all or part of the Federal civil service system. The District civil service system or systems shall take effect not earlier than one year or later than five years after the effective date of this section.

(5) He shall, through the heads of administrative boards, offices, and agencies, supervise and direct the activities of such boards, offices, and agencies.

(6) He shall, at the end of each fiscal year, prepare reports for such year of (a) the finances of the District, and (b) the administrative activities of the executive office of the Mayor and the executive departments of the District. He shall submit such reports to the Council within ninety days after the close of the fiscal year.

(7) He shall keep the District Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the District and make such recommendations to the Council as may seem to him desirable.

(8) He may submit drafts of acts to the District Council.

(9) He shall perform such other duties as the District Council, consistent with the provisions of this Act, may direct.

(10) He may delegate any of his functions (other than the function of approving contracts between the District and the Federal Government under section 1001) to any officer, employee, or agency of the executive office of the Mayor, or to any director of an executive department who may, with the approval of the Mayor, and if the Council has given assent, make a further delegation of all or a part of such functions to subordinates under his jurisdiction.

(11) The Mayor or the District Council may propose to the executive or legislative branches of the United States Government, legislation or other action dealing with any subject not falling within the authority of the District government, as defined in this Act.

(12) As custodian he shall use and authenticate the corporate seal of the District in accordance with the rules of the Council.

(13) He shall have the right, under the rules to be adopted by the District Council, to be heard by the Council or any of its committees.

(14) If empowered by the District Council, he is authorized and directed to promulgate, adopt and enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with any Act of the Congress or any act of the Council, as are necessary to carry out his functions and duties.

(15) He shall within ten days after the adoption of any act by the District Council approve or disapprove such act, in the event of disapproval stating his reasons therefor. If the Mayor shall not act thereon within ten days, such act shall become law as provided in this Act. Upon such disapproval, such act shall not become law unless pursuant to section 324(a) it shall subsequently within thirty days after such veto be readopted by vote of two-thirds of the members of the District Council, whereupon it shall become law in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

TITLE V-THE DISTRICT BUDGET

FISCAL YEAR

SEC. 501. The fiscal year of the District of Columbia shall begin on the 1st day of July and shall end on the 30th day of June of the succeeding calendar Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year.

year.

BUDGETARY DETAILS FIXED BY DISTRICT COUNCIL

SEC. 502. (a) The Mayor shall prepare and submit, not later than April 1, to the District Council, in such form as the Council shall approve, the annual budget estimates of the District and the budget message.

(b) The Mayor shall, in consultation with the District Council, take whatever action may be necessary to achieve, insofar as is possible, (1) consistency in accounting and budget classifications, (2) synchronization between accounting and budget classifications and organizational structure, and (3) support of the budget justifications by information on performance and program costs as shown by the accounts.

ADOPTION OF BUDGET

SEC. 503. The District Council shall by act adopt a budget for each fiscal year not later than May 15, except that the District Council may, by resolution, extend the period for its adoption. The effective date of the budget shall be July 1 of the same calendar year.

BUDGET ESTABLISHES APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 504. The adoption of the budget by the District Council shall, from the effective date thereof, operate to appropriate and to make available for expenditure, for the purposes therein named, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures, subject to the provisions of section 702.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 505. The District Council may at any time adopt an act by vote of a majority of its members rescinding previously appropriated funds which are then available for expenditure, or appropriating funds in addition to those theretofore appropriated to the extent unappropriated funds are available; and for such purpose unappropriated funds may include those borrowed in accordance with the provisions of section 621.

PART I-BORROWING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

BORROWING POWER; DEBT LIMITATIONS

SEC. 601. The District may incur indebtedness by issuing its bonds in either coupon or registered form to fund or refund indebtedness of the District at any time outstanding and to pay the cost of constructing or acquiring any capital projects requiring an expenditure greater than the amount of taxes or other revenues allowed for such capital projects by the annual budget: Provided, That no bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, other than bonds to fund or refund outstanding indebtedness, shall be issued in an amount which, together with the indebtedness of the District to the Treasury of the United States pursuant to existing law, shall cause the aggregate of indebtedness of the District to exceed 12 per centum of the average assessed value of the taxable real and tangible personal property of the District subject to taxation by the District as of the first day of July of the ten most recent fiscal years for which such assessed values are available, nor shall such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued for purposes other than the construction or acquisition of capital projects connected with highway, water and sanitary sewage works purposes or other revenue-producing capital projects which are determined by the District Council to be self-liquidating exceed 6 per centum of such average assessed value. Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness may be issued by the District pursuant to an act of the District Council from time to time in amounts in the aggregate at any time outstanding not exceeding 2 per centum of said assessed value, exclusive of indebtedness owing to the United States on the effective date of this title. All other bonds or evidences of indebtedness, other than bonds to fund or refund outstanding indebtedness, shall be issued only with the assent of a majority of the qualified electors of said District voting at an election on the proposition of issuing such bonds. In determining the amount of indebtedness within all of the aforesaid limitations at any time outstanding there shall be deducted from the aggregate of such indebtedness the amount of the then current tax levy for the payment of the principal of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the District and any other moneys set aside into any sinking fund and irrevocably dedicated to the payment of such bonded indebtedness. The District Council shall make provision for the payment of any bonds issued pursuant to this title, in the manner provided in section 631 hereof.

CONTENTS OF BORROWING LEGISLATION; REFERENDUM ON BOND ISSUE

SEC. 602. (a) An Act authorizing the issuance of bonds may be enacted by a majority of the District Council members at any meeting of the Council subsequent to the meeting at which such Act was introduced, and shall contain at least the following provisions :

(1) A brief description of each purpose for which indebtedness is proposed to be incurred;

(2) The maximum amount of the principal of the indebtedness which may be incurred for each such purpose;

(3) The maximum rate of interest to be paid on such indebtedness; and

(4) In the event the District Council is required by this part, or it is determined by the Council in its discretion, to submit the question of issuing such bonds to a vote of the qualified electors of the District, the date on which such election will be held, the manner of holding such election, the manner of voting for or against the incurring of such indebtedness, and the form of ballot to be used at such election. The ballot shall be in such form as to permit the electors to vote separately for or against the incurring of indebtedness for each of the purposes for which indebtedness is proposed to be incurred.

(b) The District Council shall cause the proposition of issuing such bonds to be submitted by the Board of Elections to the qualified electors at the first general election to be held in the District not less than forty days after the date of enactment of the Act authorizing such bonds, or upon a vote of at least twothirds of the members of the District Council, the Council may call a special election for the purpose of voting upon the issuance of said bonds, such election to be held by the Board of Elections at any date set by the Council not less than forty days after the enactment of such Act.

(c) The Board of Elections is authorized and directed to prescribe the manner of registration and the polling places and to name the judges and clerks of election and to make such other rules and regulations for the conduct of such elections as are not specifically provided by the District Council as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section, including provisions for the publication of a notice of such election stating briefly the proposition or propositions to be voted on and the designated polling places in the various precincts and wards in the District, which said notice shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive calendar weeks on any day of the week, the first publication thereof to be not less than thirty nor more than forty days prior to the date fixed by the District Council for the election. The Board of Elections shall canvass the votes cast at such election and certify the results thereof to the District Council in the manner prescribed for the canvass and certification of the results of general elections. The certification of the result of the election shall be published once by the Board of Elections within three days following the date of the election.

PUBLICATION OF BORROWING LEGISLATION

SEC. 603. The Mayor shall publish any Act authorizing the issuance of bonds at least once within five days after the enactment thereof, together with a notice of the enactment thereof in substantially the following form:

"NOTICE

"The following Act authorizing the issuance of bonds published herewith has become effective, and the time within which a suit, action, or proceeding questioning the validity of such bonds can be commenced as provided in the District of Columbia Charter Act will expire twenty days from the date of the first publication of this notice (or in the event the proposition of issuing the proposed bonds is to be submitted to the qualified electors, twenty days after the date of publication of the promulgation of the results of the election ordered by said Act to be held).

SHORT PERIOD OF LIMITATION

Mayor".

SEC. 604. Upon the expiration of twenty days from and after the date of publication of the notice of the enactment of an Act authorizing the issuance of bonds without the submission of the proposition for the issuance thereof to the qualified electors, or upon the expiration of twenty days from the date of publication of the promulgation of the results of an election upon the proposition of issuing bonds, as the case may be, all as provided in section 603

(1) Any recitals or statements of fact contained in such Act or in the preambles or the titles thereof or in the results of the election of any proceedings in connection with the calling, holding, or conducting of election upon the issuance of such bonds shall be deemed to be true for the purpose of determining the validity of the bonds thereby authorized, and the District and all others interested shall thereafter be estopped from denying same; (2) Such Act and all proceedings in connection with the authorization of the issuance of such bonds shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly and regularly taken, passed, and done by the District and the Board of Elections in full compliance with the provisions of this Act and of all laws applicable thereto;

(3) The validity of such act and said proceedings shall not thereafter be questioned by either a party plaintiff or a party defendant, and no court shall have jurisdiction in any suit, action, or proceeding questioning the validity of same, except in a suit, action, or proceeding commenced prior to the expiration of such twenty days.