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| 2 | 2 | | Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL 6 |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________________ 8 |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10 |
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| 12 | 12 | | _________________________ 12 |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to exempt the issuance of 15 |
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| 16 | 16 | | occupational and business licenses from the Clean Hands Certification requirement and 16 |
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| 17 | 17 | | to increase the debt threshold applicable under the Clean Hands Act. 17 |
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| 19 | 19 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 19 |
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| 20 | 20 | | act may be cited as the “Clean Hands Economic Expansion and Revitalization Amendment Act 20 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of 2025”. 21 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 2. Subchapter II of Chapter 28 of Chapter 47 of the District of Columbia Official 22 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Code is amended as follows: 23 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) Section 47-2861(2) is amended as follows: 24 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) Subparagraph (B) is amended by striking the word “or” at the end. 25 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) Subparagraph (C) is amended by striking the period and inserting the phrase “; 26 |
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| 27 | 27 | | or” in its place. 27 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) A new subparagraph (D) is added to read as follows: 28 |
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| 29 | 29 | | “(D) Beginning on October 1, 2025, any occupational or business license issued 29 |
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| 30 | 30 | | pursuant to §§ 47-2801 through 47-2853.224; §§ 47.2883.01-47-2889.08; and Title 3 of the 30 |
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| 31 | 31 | | District of Columbia Official Code.”. 31 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Section 47-2862 is amended as follows: 32 (1) Subsection (a) is amended as follows: 33 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are amended by striking the phrase “$100” both 34 |
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| 34 | 34 | | times it appears and inserting the phrase “$2,500” in its place. 35 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) Paragraph (7) is amended by striking the phrase “$100” and inserting 36 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the phrase “$2,500” in its place. 37 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking phrase “$100” and inserting the phrase 38 |
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| 38 | 38 | | “$2,500” in its place. 39 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) Section 47-2863(a)(2) is amended by striking the phrase “$100” and inserting the 40 |
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| 40 | 40 | | phrase “$2,500” in its place.” 41 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 42 |
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| 42 | 42 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 43 |
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| 43 | 43 | | impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 44 |
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| 44 | 44 | | approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 45 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 46 |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 47 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 48 |
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| 48 | 48 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 49 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 50 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Columbia Register. 51 |
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