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| 4 | 4 | | ______________________________ 1 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL 5 |
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| 10 | 10 | | ___________ 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10 |
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| 15 | 15 | | ________________________ 12 |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 and § 28-2701 14 |
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| 18 | 18 | | of the District of Columbia Official Code to make Eid al-Fitr a legal holiday. 15 |
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| 20 | 20 | | BE IT ENACTED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | act may be cited as the “Eid al-Fitr Day Amendment Act of 2024”. 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 2. § 1202(a) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-20 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 612.02(a)), is amended by adding a new paragraph (12) to read as follows: 21 |
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| 25 | 25 | | “(12) Eid al-Fitr, on the first day of Shawwal, the month following Ramadan, according 22 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to the Islamic lunar calendar;”. 23 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 3. § 28-2701 of the District of Columbia Official Code is amended by striking the phrase 24 |
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| 28 | 28 | | “April 16; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;” and inserting the phrase “April 16; Eid al-Fitr, the 25 |
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| 29 | 29 | | first day of Shawwal, the month following Ramadan, according to the Islamic lunar calendar; Memorial 26 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Day, the last Monday in May;” in its place. 27 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 4. Fiscal impact statement. 28 |
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| 33 | 33 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 30 |
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| 34 | 34 | | impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, 31 |
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| 35 | 35 | | approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(3)). 32 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 5. Effective date. 33 |
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| 39 | 39 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 34 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of Congressional review as 35 |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 36 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 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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| 43 | 43 | | Columbia Register. 38 |
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