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Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 2
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Councilmember Anita Bonds 7
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A BILL 13
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 16
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To amend the Business Improvement District Acts of 1996 to permit the Mayor to approve a 19
petition by the Anacostia BID to expand its geographic area to include exempt real 20
property owners. 21
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 23
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act may be cited as the “Anacostia Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act of 2024”. 25
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Sec. 2. Section 21 of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective May 29, 27
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1996 (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.21 et seq.), is amended as follows: 29
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(a) Designate the existing text as subsection (a). 31
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(b) A new subsection (b) is added to read as follows: 33
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“(b) The Mayor may approve a petition by the Anacostia BID to expand its 35
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geographic area to include exempt real property owners adjacent to or abutting the Anacostia 37
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BID’s geographical area as delineated in DC Code §2-1215.59 .”. 39
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Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 41
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The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the 43
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fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act 45
46 of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D. C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 47
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Sec. 4. Effective date. 49
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This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto 51
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by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of 53
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congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home 55
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Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 57
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206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the district of Columbia Register. 59