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AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To amend, on a temporary basis, the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 to revise the
tax rates of assessment for property owners in and to revise the residential tax rate for
residential members of the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the “Golden Triangle Business Improvement District Temporary Amendment
Act of 2023”.
Sec. 2. Section 202(c)(2) of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective
March 17, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-257; D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.52(c)(2)), is amended by
adding a new subparagraph (E) to read as follows:
“(E) For tax year 2024 and thereafter:
“(i)(I) Nineteen cents for each net rentable square foot of improved
Class 2 Property and Class 3 Property, excluding hotels, for any property for which the owner is
required to report net rentable area to the Office of Tax and Revenue or for which the Office of
Tax and Revenue has records indicating the net rentable area of the property.
“(II) Net Rentable square feet shall be the number of net
rentable square feet reported to, or on record with, the Office of Tax and Revenue;
“(ii)(I) Nineteen cents for each equivalent net rentable square foot
of improvements of improved Class 2 Property and Class 3 Property, excluding hotels, for any
property for which the owner is not required to report net rentable area to the Office of Tax and
Revenue and for which the Office of Tax and Revenue maintains no record of net rentable area.
“(II) Equivalent net rentable area shall be 90% of the gross
building area;
“(iii)(I) Sixteen cents for each equivalent net rentable square foot
of improvements of hotels
“(II) Equivalent net rentable areas shall be 90% of the
gross building area; and
“(iv) The amount of $163 per residential unit annually for
nonexempt residential properties; provided, that for a residential unit restricted to residents based ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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upon income pursuant to a federal or District affordable housing program, which the BID shall
identify and certify as such, the BID tax due on the unit shall be computed by applying the
percentage of area median income that an eligible household must meet to participate in the
affordable housing program for the unit to the amount of the BID tax that would otherwise be
due.”.
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director 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 § 1-301.47a).
Sec. 4. Effective date.
(a) 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 § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of
Columbia Register.
(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
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Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
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Mayor
District of Columbia