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| 2 | 2 | | _____________________________ 1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL 4 |
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| 6 | 6 | | ___________ 5 |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7 |
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| 9 | 9 | | __________________________________ 8 |
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| 11 | 11 | | To amend Chapter 10 of Title 47 of the District of Columba Official Code to provide real 10 |
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| 12 | 12 | | property located at tax exemption for the Washington Human Society, on a property 11 |
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| 13 | 13 | | located at 1022 M Street, SE, SSL 0976 0014. 12 |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 14 |
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| 16 | 16 | | act may be cited as the "Washington Humane Society Real Property Tax Exemption and 15 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Equitable Tax Relief Act of 2024". 16 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 2. Chapter 10 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code is amended as 17 |
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| 19 | 19 | | follows: 18 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) The table of contents is amended by adding a new section designation to read 19 |
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| 21 | 21 | | as follows: 20 |
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| 22 | 22 | | "47-1099.14. The Washington Humane Society Real Property Tax Exemption" 21 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A new section 47- 1099.14 is added to read as follows: 22 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Ҥ 47- 1099.14 23 |
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| 25 | 25 | | “(a) The real property, and any improvements on the property, located at 1022 M Street, 24 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SE, in Lot 0014, Square 0976 owned by the Washington Human Society shall be exempt from 25 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the tax imposed by Chapter 8 of this title, so long as the Property is owned by the Washington 26 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Humane Society.” 27 |
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| 29 | 29 | | “(b) The tax exemption provided pursuant to this paragraph shall be in addition to, and 28 |
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| 30 | 30 | | not in lieu of, any other tax exemption for the Washington Humane Society.” 29 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 30 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement 31 |
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| 34 | 34 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 22 32 |
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| 35 | 35 | | impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 23 33 |
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| 36 | 36 | | approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 34 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 36 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30- day period of Congressional review as 37 |
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| 40 | 40 | | provided in Section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 38 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 39 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Columbia Register, and there is hereby appropriated such amounts as are necessary to effectuate 40 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the intent of this bill. 41 |
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