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A RESOLUTION
20-413
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
February 4, 2014
To amend the Council of the District of Columbia Code of Official Conduct, Council Period 20, to define the phrase “usual and customary constituent services”.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Code of Official Conduct Amendment Resolution of 2014.”
Sec. 2. Rule VI(e) of the Council of the District of Columbia Code of Official Conduct, Council Period 20, effective January 2, 2013 (D.C. Res. 20-1; 60 DCR 627), is amended to read as follows:
“(e) Definitions.
“For the purposes of this Rule, the term:
“(1) “Government Resources” means any property, equipment, or material of any kind, including that acquired through lease, and the personal services of an employee during his or her hours of work.
“(2) “Usual and customary constituent services” includes an employee’s representational activities, such as advocacy, communications, inquiry, oversight, and other actions, made on another person’s behalf; provided, that the employee does not, directly or indirectly,:
“(A) Threaten reprisal or promise favoritism for the performance or nonperformance of another person’s duties; or
“(B) Request that another person abuse or exceed the discretion available to that person under law.”.
Sec. 3. This resolution supersedes, in whole or in part as appropriate, any previously issued opinion to the extent the opinion is inconsistent with this resolution.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
