| 1 | 1 | | _______________________________ 1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Councilmember Janeese Lewis George 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL 5 |
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| 7 | 7 | | ________ 7 |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 |
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| 11 | 11 | | ______________________ 11 |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Rental Housing Act of 1985 to prevent housing providers from evicting tenants on 13 |
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| 14 | 14 | | any day when the temperature is predicted to be above 95 degrees. 14 |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may 16 |
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| 17 | 17 | | be cited as the “Extreme Heat Eviction Protection Amendment Act of 2024 ”. 17 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 2. Section 501(k) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 (D.C. 18 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Law 6-10; D.C. Code § 4 2-3505.01(k)), is amended as follows: 19 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) Strike the phrase “Celsius; or” and insert the phrase “Celsius;” in its place. 20 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Strike the phrase “rental unit.” and insert the phrase “rental unit; or” in its place. 21 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) Add a new paragraph (3) to read as follows: 22 |
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| 23 | 23 | | “(3) On any day when the National Weather Service predicts at 8:00 a.m. the 23 |
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| 24 | 24 | | temperature at the National Airport weather station will rise above 95 degrees Fahrenheit or 35 24 |
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| 25 | 25 | | degrees Celsius.”. 25 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 26 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 27 |
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| 28 | 28 | | statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 28 |
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| 29 | 29 | | October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 29 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 30 |
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| 31 | 31 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 31 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30 -day period of congressional review as 32 |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 33 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 34 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Columbia Register. 35 |
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