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