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                                             AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To designate Good Hope Road, SE, between Anacostia Drive, SE, and Alabama Avenue, SE, as

       Marion Barry Avenue, SE; to symbolically designate Marion Barry Avenue, SE, between

       the intersection of Naylor Road, SE, and 25th Street, SE, and Alabama Avenue, SE, as

       Good Hope Way; and to require the District to reissue certain documents to individuals

       and entities with new addresses on Marion Barry Avenue, SE.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the “Marion Barry Avenue Designation Act of 2023”.

        Sec. 2. (a) Pursuant to section 401 and notwithstanding section 421 of the Street and

Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 4-

201; D.C. Official Code §§ 9-204.01 and § 9-204.21), the Council designates Good Hope Road,

SE, between Anacostia Drive, SE, and Alabama Avenue, SE, as depicted in the plat in the

committee report, as “Marion Barry Avenue, SE”.

        (b) Pursuant to section 401 and notwithstanding section 423 of the Street and Alley

Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 4-201;

D.C. Official Code §§ 9-204.01 and 9-204.23), the Council symbolically designates the portion

of the newly designated Marion Barry Avenue, SE, between the intersection of Naylor Road, SE,

and 25th Street, SE, and Alabama Avenue, SE, as “Good Hope Way”.

        Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the District shall reissue at no charge

the following documents to any individual or entity having an address on Good Hope Road, SE,

as of July 1, 2023, to reflect the designation of Marion Barry Avenue, SE:

                (1) Business licenses issued by the Department of Licensing and Consumer

Protection;

                (2) Professional licenses issued by the Department of Licensing and Consumer

Protection;

                (3) Driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by the Department of Motor

Vehicles; and

                (4) Motor vehicle registrations issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

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       Sec. 4. Applicability.

       This act shall apply as of July 1, 2023.

       Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.

       The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal

impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,

approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

       Sec. 6. Effective date.

       This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the

Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as

provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December

24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of

Columbia Register.

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               Chairman

               Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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