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| 2 | 2 | | Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL 10 |
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| 12 | 12 | | __________ 12 |
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| 15 | 15 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15 |
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| 17 | 17 | | __________________ 17 |
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| 19 | 19 | | To require the Mayor in partnership with the Department of Aging and Community 19 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Living to establish a minimum percentage cap on storage facility fees for senior 20 |
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| 21 | 21 | | residents who rely on storage units for their personal belongings. 21 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 23 |
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| 25 | 25 | | act may be cited as the “Senior Citizens’ Storage Fee Protection Act of 2024”. 25 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 2. Minimum percentage cap on storage units for senior citizens. 27 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) The Mayor in partnership with DACL shall establish a minimum percentage 29 |
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| 31 | 31 | | cap on storage facility fees for senior residents; 31 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The Mayor and DACL shall determine the criteria for senior residents to 33 |
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| 35 | 35 | | qualify for the storage facility fee cap benefit. 35 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 37 |
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| 39 | 39 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the 39 |
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| 41 | 41 | | fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act 41 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D. C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 43 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 45 |
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| 47 | 47 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto 47 |
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| 49 | 49 | | by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of 49 |
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| 51 | 51 | | congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home 51 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 53 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the district of Columbia Register. 55 |
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