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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 73-APR. 19, 1949 49 1940 edition, sec. 45-1601), as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "April 30, 1949" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1950". SEC. 2 . Subsection (3) (b) of section 2 of such Act (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1602), as amended by the Act approved April 29, 1948 (Public Law 507, Eightieth Congress), is amended to read as 55 Stat. 788; 62 Stat. follows: D. C . Code, Supp. "(b) Any housing accommodations the construction of which was VII 4-1602 (3)(b). completed after March 31, 1948, or which are additional housing accommodations created by conversion after March 31, 1948, except as hereinafter provided;". SEC. 3 . Section 2 of such Act, as amended by the Act approved April 29, 1948 (Public Law 507, Eightieth Congress), is amended 55 Stat. 788; 62 Stat. further by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as D. C. Code, Supp. follows : v II, § 45-1602. "(4) Any housing accommodations resulting from any conversion Conversion on or created on or after May 1, 1949, shall continue to be housing accom- modations subject to maximum rent ceilings and minimum service standards unless the Administrator issues an order decontrolling them, which he shall issue if he finds that the conversion resulted in additional, self-contained family units as defined by regulations issued by him." SEC. 4. Paragraph (2) of section 5 (b) of such Act, as amended 65Stat. 791. (D. C . Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1605), is amended by adding after vII, 45-160d(b) (2). the word "dwelling" a colon and the following: "Provided, That in Cooperative corpo- the case of housing accommodations in a structure or premises owned ration. or leased by a cooperative corporation or association no such action or proceeding under this paragraph or paragraph (3) of this section shall be maintained unless stock or membership in the cooperative corporation or association has been acquired by persons who are or were tenants in occupancy of at least 65 per centum of the dwelling units in the structure or premises at the time said cooperative cor- poration or association either (1) acquired or leased said structure or premises, or (2) entered into a contract or option to acquire or lease said structure or premises, whichever date is earliest, and who as such stockholders or members are entitled to possession of their respective dwelling units in the structure or premises by virtue of proprietary leases or otherwise, and this provision shall apply whether such corporation or association acquired or leased such structure or premises or entered into a contract or option to do so prior to or after the effective date of this amendatory Act or unless as the holder of stock or membership acquired in the cooperative corporation or asso- ciation prior to March 1, 1949, a stockholder or member was entitled to possession of a dwelling unit in the structure or premises by virtue of a proprietary lease or otherwise". SEC. 5 . Section 2 (2) (e) of such Act, as amended, is amended to 65 Stat. 789. D. C . Code, Supp. read as follows: II,§45-1602 (2)(e). "(e) For the purposes of this section, the term 'hotel' means an "Hotel." establishment operating under a hotel license and occupied by an appreciable number of persons who are provided customary hotel services such as maid service, furnishing and laundering of linen, telephone and secretarial or desk service, use and upkeep of furniture and fixtures, and bellboy service." SEC. 6. Section 10 of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking DsC at7 . d4. out subsection (b) thereof. VII, §45-1610 (b). SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing or Recontrol of hous- permitting the recontrol of any housing accommodations which have been heretofore decontrolled. Approved April 19, 1949. 81939°--50- -PT. --- 4

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