(a) There is hereby established an Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (“Office”) to provide technical, administrative, and financial reporting assistance to the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Subject to appropriations beginning in Fiscal Year 2001, the Office shall be funded by an annual budget allocation. The Office is intended to support the efforts of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and is not empowered to direct or supervise the actions of Commissions.
(b) The Office shall be headed by an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Council.
(c) Funds may be transferred from the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions through an intra-District transfer for the operations of the Office.
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(Oct. 10, 1975, D.C. Law 1-21, § 18, as added June 27, 2000, D.C. Law 13-135, § 3(e), 47 DCR 2741; Mar. 6, 2002, D.C. Law 14-80, § 2(b), 48 DCR 11268.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 14-80 rewrote subsec. (b) and added subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows:
“(b) The Office shall be headed by an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Council for a term of 3 years and may be reappointed. The Executive Director may be removed by the Council for cause or by a vote of ‘no confidence’ by two-thirds of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions within a 6 month period. Once a ‘no-confidence’ resolution is adopted by a Commission, the secretary of the respective Commission shall transmit the resolution to the Council.”
Temporary Amendments of Section
For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Temporary Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14-21, September 6, 2001, law notification 48 DCR 9091).
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-56, May 2, 2001, 48 DCR 4410).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-104, July 23, 2001, 48 DCR 7149).
Legislative History of Laws
For Law 13-135, see notes following § 1-309.01.
For Law 14-80, see notes following § 1-309.13.