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AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937 to authorize the Mayor to design and
issue motor vehicle identification tags with a design, identifying words, or emblem that
demonstrates support for the Washington Wizards basketball team, and to make
conforming amendments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the “Washington Wizards Motor Vehicle Identification Tags Amendment Act
of 2023”.
Sec. 2. Title IV of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, approved August 17,
1937 (50 Stat. 679; D.C. Official Code § 50-1501.01 et seq.), is amended as follows:
(a) A new section 2m is added to read as follows:
“Sec. 2m. Issuance of Washington Wizards motor vehicle identification tags.
“(a) The Mayor may design and make available for issue one or more Washington
Wizards motor vehicle identification tags to demonstrate support for the Washington Wizards
basketball team.
“(b)(l) A resident ordering a Washington Wizards tag shall pay a one-time application fee
and a display fee each year thereafter. The application fee shall be $25, and the display fee shall
be $20, or such other amounts as the Mayor may establish by rule.
“(2) The application and annual display fees shall be deposited into the General
Fund of the District of Columbia.”.
(b) Section 3 (D.C. Official Code§ 50-1501.03) is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is amended by adding a new subparagraph (Q) to read as
follows:
“(Q) Any person ordering a Washington Wizards identification tag shall
pay the fees set forth in section 2m(b)(1).”.
(2) Subsection (d) is amended as follows:
(A) Paragraph (13) is amended by striking the phrase “; and” and inserting
a semicolon in its place.
(B) Paragraph (14) is amended by striking the period and inserting the
phrase “; and” in its place. ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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(C) A new paragraph (15) is added to read as follows:
“(15) The fees collected for the Washington Wizard identification tags under
section 2m shall be deposited into the General Fund of the District of Columbia.”.
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § l-301.47a).
Sec. 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § l-206.02(c)(l)), and publication in the District of
Columbia Register.
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Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
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Mayor
District of Columbia