Section 3-1801. COMMENCEMENT OF CHARTER AMENDING PROCESS

 

1801.1In order to commence the Charter amending process, the Council of the District of Columbia shall pass an Act that:

 

(a) Constitutes the proposed Charter amendment in its entirety; or

 

(b) Contains one (1) or more provisions that would amend the Charter.

 

1801.2Following approval of the Act by the Mayor or, in the event of a veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto, the Chairman of the Council shall transmit the Act to the Board.

 

1801.3If the Act makes multiple amendments to the Charter, each amendment shall be identified as a proposed Charter amendment and subjected to a separate referendum.

 

1801.4The first proposed Charter amendment shall be numbered "I" in Roman numerals. Succeeding proposed Charter amendments shall be numbered "II, III, IV," and so on ad infinitum.

 

1801.5Once assigned a serial number, a proposed Charter amendment shall be known and designated on all election ballots, and throughout all proceedings, as "Proposed Charter Amendment   ."

 

1801.6Within five (5) days after the Board receives the proposed Charter amendment(s), the Board shall submit for publication in the D.C. Register a "Notice of Public Hearing: Receipt and Intent to Formulate Proposed Ballot Language."

 

1801.7The "Notice of Public Hearing: Receipt and Intent to Formulate Proposed Ballot Language" shall include either the entire Act or the provisions of the Act that would amend the Charter.

 

authority

The District of Columbia Election Code of 1955, approved August 12, 1955, as amended (69 Stat. 699; D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(14) (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5454, 5458-59 (July 15, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 7083 (October 8, 1993); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 627 (January 27, 2012)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 4780 (May 11, 2012).