District Of Columbia § 1-204.41 - Fiscal year.
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§ 1-204.41. Fiscal year.
1-204.41Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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 30th day of September of the succeeding calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. The District may change the fiscal year of the District by an act of the Council. If a change occurs, such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year.
The fiscal year for the Armory Board shall begin on the first day of January and shall end on the thirty-first day of December of each calendar year.
Effective with respect to fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year, the fiscal year for the District of Columbia Public Schools (including public charter schools) and the University of the District of Columbia may begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June of each calendar year.
Annotations
On May 27, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued Order No. 14-7067, vacating the lower court’s judgment, dismissing the appeal, and remanding the case to the District Court with instructions to remand the case to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. See Council of the Dist. of Columbia v. Bowser, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 8881 (2015). The amendments contained in are codified in this section.
was declared invalid by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in a memorandum opinion dated May 19, 2014, Civil Action No. 2014-0655. The court held that although the Council of the District of Columbia, the Mayor, and United States District Court for the District of Columbia are powerless to grant to the residents of the District of Columbia full budget autonomy, the United States Congress and the President of the United States are empowered to do so; and concluded that the Budget Autonomy Act was unlawful. See Council of the Dist. of Columbia v. Gray, 42 F. Supp. 3d 134, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68055 (2014).
Applicability of : Section 3 of provided that section 2 of the act shall apply as of January 1, 2014.
Definitions applicable: The definitions in apply to this section.
Enactment upon adoption of federal legislation: Section 4 of provided that “§§ , , , , , , , , , , , through , through , through , and through of Title 47 §§ , , , , , , , , , , , through , , through , through , , , and , 2001 Ed. of the District of Columbia Code shall be enacted as part of Title 47 upon the adoption by Congress of legislation so enacting these sections.”
Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia: Sections 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 of the Act of September 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1205, Pub. L. 94-399, as amended by the Act of September 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 750, Pub. L. 95-386 and the Act of June 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 75, Pub. L. 96-27, provided for the establishment of the Temporary Commission on Finance Oversight of the District of Columbia for the purpose of improving the financial planning, reporting, and control systems of the District government. 31 U.S.C. § 715 sets up audit of accounts in D.C. on a permanent basis as of 1982 in .
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