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| 2 | 2 | | Chairman Phil Mendelson 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL 6 |
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| 9 | 9 | | _________ 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12 |
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| 14 | 14 | | __________________ 14 |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow parties to a domestic 17 |
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| 18 | 18 | | partnership to file their income taxes separately. 18 |
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| 20 | 20 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 20 |
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| 21 | 21 | | act may be cited as the “Domestic Partnership Joint Filing Clarification Act of 2023”. 21 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 2. Section 47-1805.01 of the District of Columbia Official Code is amended as 22 |
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| 23 | 23 | | follows: 23 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) Subsection (f) is amended by striking the phrase “joint return or separate returns on a 24 |
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| 25 | 25 | | combined form” and inserting the phrase “joint return, separate returns, or separate returns on a 25 |
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| 26 | 26 | | combined form”. 26 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) Subsection (g) is amended by striking the phrase “as if the federal government 27 |
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| 28 | 28 | | recognized the right of married same-sex individuals to file jointly”. 28 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 29 |
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| 30 | 30 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 30 |
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| 31 | 31 | | statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 31 |
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| 32 | 32 | | October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 32 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 33 |
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| 34 | 34 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 34 Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30- day period of congressional review as 35 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 36 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code §1- 206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 37 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Columbia Register. 38 |
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