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PUBLIC LAW 93-395-AUG. 29, 1974

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Public Law 93-395 AN ACT To amend section 204(g) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (84 Stat. 774) is amended as follows: (1) The second sentence of subsection (g) of section 204 of that Act is repealed. (2) Subsection (b) of section 401 of that Act is amended by (A) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (B) inserting immediately after paragraph (2) the following: "(3) To fill a vacancy in the Office of Chairman, the Board of Elections shall hold a special election in the District on the first Tuesday occurring more than one hundred and fourteen days after the date on which such vacancy occurs, unless the Board of Elections determines that such vacancy could be more practicably filled in a special election held on the same day as the next general election to be held in the District occurring within sixty days of the date on which a special election would otherwise have been held under the provisions of this paragraph. The person elected Chairman to fill a vacancy in the Office of Chairman shall take office on the day in which the Board of Elections certifies his election, and shall serve as Chairman only for the remainder of the term during which such vacancy occurred. When the Office of Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall select one of the elected at-large members of the Council to serve as Chairman and one to serve as Chairman pro tempore until the election of a new Chairman." (3) The first sentence of section 441 of that Act is amended to read as follows: "The fiscal year of the District shall, beginning on October 1, 1976, commence on the first day of October of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of September of the succeeding calendar year." (4) Paragraph (1) of section 462 of that Act is amended to read as follows: "(1) briefly describing each project to be financed by the act;". (5) The first sentence of section 465 of that Act is amended to read as follows: "At the end of the twenty-day period specified in section 464, the Mayor may issue general obligation bonds as authorized pursuant to the provisions of sections 461 through 465." (6) The second sentence of section 466 is amended by striking out "Council" and inserting in lieu thereof "Mayor". (7) Section 502 of that Act is amended to read as follows:

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"SEC, 502. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, the sum of $230,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, the sum of $254,000,000; for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, the sum of $280,000,000; for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of $300,000,000. For the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, there is authorized to be appropriated a Federal payment of $70,000,000." (8) Section 771 of that Act as amended to read as follows:

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