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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 establish a storage facility subsidy program for seniors that will provide financial 19 |
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| 20 | 20 | | assistance to cover their storage facility fees. 20 |
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| 22 | 22 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 22 |
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| 24 | 24 | | act may be cited as the “Senior Citizens’ Storage Facility Subsidy Act of 2024”. 24 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 2. Storage facility subsidy program for senior citizens. 26 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) There is established a storage facility fee subsidy program for senior citizens 28 |
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| 30 | 30 | | which shall be administered through a partnership between the mayor and DACL; 30 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The fund shall consist of revenue from appropriated funds, grants, donations 32 |
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| 34 | 34 | | or gifts from public and private sources; 34 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) After reasonable expenses funds shall be used to subsidize storage facility 36 |
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| 38 | 38 | | costs for low-income seniors paying more than 35% of their incomes on housing costs; 38 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (d) DACL shall file quarterly reports with the District of Columbia Council on 40 |
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| 42 | 42 | | activities and expenditures. 42 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 44 |
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| 46 | 46 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the 46 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act 47 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D. C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 49 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 51 |
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| 53 | 53 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto 53 |
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| 55 | 55 | | by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of 55 |
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| 57 | 57 | | congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home 57 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 59 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the district of Columbia Register. 61 |
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