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 87 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-198-DEC. 24, 1973

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COMPENSATION

SEC. 403. (a) Each member of the Council shall receive compensation, payable in periodic installments, at a rate equal to the maximum rate as may be established from time to time for grade 12 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 of the United States Code. On and after the end of the two-year period beginning ^^^^^^ "^^ on the day the members of the Council first elected under this Act take office, the Council may, by act, increase or decrease such rate of compensation. Such change in compensation, upon enactment by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall apply with respect to the term of members of the Council beginning after the date of enactment of such change. (b) All members of the Council shall receive additional allowances for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties of office as may be approved by the Council. (c) The Chairman shall receive, in addition to the compensation diSniTcompe'^nto which he is entitled as a member of the Council, $10,000 per annum, sation. payable in equal installments, for each year he serves as Chairman, but the Chairman shall not engage in any employment (whether as an employee or as a self-employed individual) or hold any position (other than his position as Chairman), for which he is compensated in an amount in excess of his actual expenses in connection therewith. POWERS o r THE COUNCIL

SEC. 404. (a) Subject to the limitations specified in title VI of this Act, the legislative power granted to the District by this Act is vested in and shall be exercised by the Council in accordance with this Act. I n addition, except as otherwise provided in this Act, all functions granted to or imposed upon, or vested in or transferred to the District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967, shall be carried out by the Council in accordance 81 Stat. 948. 5 USC app. II. with the provisions of this Act. D.C. C o d e (b) The Council shall have authority to create, abolish, or organize -app. any office, agency, department, or instrumentality of the government of the District and to define the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any such office, agency, department, or instrumentality. P u b l i c notifica' (c) The Council shall adopt and publish rules of procedures which t ion. shall include provisions for adequate public notification of intended actions of the Council. (d) Every act shall be published and codified upon becoming law as the Council may direct. Ten-day legisi(e) An act passed by the Council shall be presented by the Chair- lative decision. man of the Council to the Mayor, who shall, within ten calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) after the act is presented to him, either approve or disapprove such act. If the Mayor shall approve such act, he shall indicate the same by affixing his signature thereto, and such act shall become law subject to the provisions of section 602(c). If the Mayor shall disapprove such act, he shall, within ten calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) after it is presented to him, return such act to the Council setting forth in writing his reasons for such disapproval. If any act so passed shall not be returned to the Council by the Mayor within ten calendar days after it shall have been presented to him, the Mayor shall be deemed to have approved it, and such act shall become law subject to the provisions of section 602(c). If, within thirty calendar days after Transmittals an act has been timely returned by the Mayor to the Council with his to P r e s i d e n t. disapproval, two-thirds of the members of the Council present and ! •

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