District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Amended Through October 21, 1998) PDF Download

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Public Law 93-198; 87 Stat. 777; D.C. Code § 1-201 passim Approved December 24, 1973 Table of Contents TITLE I - SHORT TITLE, PURPOSES, AND DEFINITIONS - 2 TITLE II -- GOVERNMENTAL REORGANIZATION - 4 TITLE III -- DISTRICT CHARTER PREAMBLE, LEGISLATIVE POWER, AND CHARTER AMENDING PROCEDURE - 8 TITLE IV -- THE DISTRICT CHARTER - 10 TITLE V -- FEDERAL PAYMENT [Repealed] - 102 TITLE VI -- RESERVATION OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY - 103 TITLE VII -- REFERENDUM; SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT; TEMPORARY PROVISIONS; MISCELLANEOUS; AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION ACT; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; AND EFFECTIVE DATES - 112 SEC. 102. [D.C. Code 1-201] (a) Subject to the retention by Congress of the ultimate legislative authority over the nation's capital granted by article I, 8, of the Constitution, the intent of Congress is to delegate certain legislative powers to the government of the District of Columbia; authorize the election of certain local officials by the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia; grant to the inhabitants of the District of Columbia powers of local self-government; modernize, reorganize, and otherwise improve the governmental structure of the District of Columbia; and, to the greatest extent possible, consistent with the constitutional mandate, relieve Congress of the burden of legislating upon essentially local District matters. (b) Congress further intends to implement certain recommendations of the Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District of Columbia and take certain other actions irrespective of whether the charter for greater self-government provided for in title IV of this Act [District Charter] is accepted or rejected by the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia.