District Of Columbia § 1-604.06 - Personnel authority.

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§ 1-604.06. Personnel authority.

1-604.06
(a)

The implementation of the rules and regulations shall be undertaken by the appropriate personnel authority for employees of the District.

(b)

For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the personnel authority for District of Columbia government means the Mayor for all employees, except as provided in and as follows:

(1)

For noneducational employees of the District of Columbia Board of Education, the personnel authority is the District of Columbia Board of Education;

(2)

For noneducational employees of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, the personnel authority is the Board of Trustee of the University of the District of Columbia;

(3)

For employees of the Council of the District of Columbia, the personnel authority is:

(A)
(i)

The Chairman of the Council for all central staff of the Council and the employees in the Legal Services employed by the Council of the District of Columbia. For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “central staff of the Council” refers to those employees described in except those assigned to an individual member of the Council; provided, however, that the Secretary, General Counsel, and Budget Director to the Council to the Council shall be appointed by the Council of the District of Columbia according to its rules of procedure and organization; and

(ii)

For employees of the Council, the Chairman of the Council shall exercise the authority possessed by the Director of the Department of Human Resources and may adopt personnel procedures applicable to those employees; and

(B)

each member of the Council for his or her personal and committee staff; provided, however, that the respective committees of the Council shall approve the appointment of each committee staffperson. The Chairman and each member of the Council shall utilize the Secretary to the Council for the actual transaction of all personnel matters for employees of the Council;

(3A)

For the Executive Director of the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the personnel authority is the Chairman of the Council;

(4)

For employees of the Board of Elections, the personnel authority is the Board of Elections; provided, however, that this authority shall not apply to the Director of Campaign Finance (). For employees in the Office of Director of Campaign Finance, the personnel authority is the Director of Campaign Finance;

(5)

For employees of the Public Service Commission, the personnel authority is the Public Service Commission; provided, however, that the People’s Counsel () shall be appointed according to law and for employees under the direct administrative control of the People’s Counsel, the personnel authority is the People’s Counsel;

(6)

For the Executive Director of the Public Employee Relations Board, created by , the personnel authority is the Public Employee Relations Board; and for all other employees of the Board, the personnel authority is the Executive Director of the Board;

(7)

For the Executive Director of the Office of Employee Appeals and the General Counsel of the Office of Employee Appeals created by , the personnel authority is the Office of Employee Appeals; and for all other employees of the Office, the personnel authority is the Executive Director;

(8)

For employees of the Office of District of Columbia Auditor (), the personnel authority is the Auditor of the District of Columbia;

(9)

Repealed;

(10)

For employees of the District of Columbia Armory Board (), the personnel authority is the Armory Board;

(11)

For employees of the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission, the personnel authority is the Chairman of the Council;

(12)

For employees of the District of Columbia Board of Library Trustees, the personnel authority is the Board of Library Trustees;

(13)

Repealed;

(14)

For the Executive Director and Deputy Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board (“Board”), the personnel authority is the Board, and for all other employees of the Board the personnel authority is the Executive Director of the Board;

(15)

For employees of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, the personnel authority is the District of Columbia Retirement Board;

(16)

For the Director of the Office of Zoning, the personnel authority shall be the District members of the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, and for any other employee of the Office of Zoning the personnel authority shall be the Director of the Office of Zoning;

(17)

For employees of the Child and Family Services Agency, the personnel authority is the Director of the Child and Family Services Agency;

(18)

For employees of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, the personnel authority is the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council;

(19)

For employees of the District of Columbia Sentencing and Criminal Code Revision Commission, the personnel authority is the District of Columbia Sentencing and Criminal Code Revision Commission;

(20)

For employees of the Department of Mental Health, the personnel authority is the Director of the Department of Mental Health;

(21)

For the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, the personnel authority shall be the members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for the District of Columbia, and for any other employee of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, the personnel authority shall be the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration;

(22)

For employees of the State Board of Education, the personnel authority is the State Board of Education;

(23)

For the Executive Director of the Office of the Statehood Delegation, the personnel authority is the Statehood Delegation as defined in ; and

(24)

For employees of the Office of the Attorney General, the personnel authority is the Attorney General.

Annotations

Applicability: Section 4 of provided: “This act shall apply as of January 1, 2007.”

“(b) the Chief Financial Officer shall prepare and submit to the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of Columbia under part D of title IV of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1993, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; Public Law 93-198), as amended, for fiscal years 1996, 1997 and 1998, annual estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the operation of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the year. All such estimates shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council of the District of Columbia for its action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of such Act, without revision but subject to recommendations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of such Act, the Council may comment or make recommendations concerning such estimates, but shall have no authority to revise such estimates.”

“The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority established pursuant to Public Law 104-8, approved April 17, 1995, may remove such individuals from office for cause, after consultation with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer.

“The Department of Finance and Revenue.

“The Office of Financial Information Services.

“The Office of the Budget.

“The Controller of the District of Columbia.

“The Office of the Treasurer.

“(a) the heads and all other personnel of the following offices, together with all other District of Columbia executive branch accounting, budget, and financial management personnel, shall be appointed by, shall serve at the pleasure of, and shall act under the direction and control of the Chief Financial Officer:

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1996 and September 30, 1997 —

Powers of Chief Financial Officer: Section 152 of Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 220 provided that:

Drug Free Workplace Policy: See Mayor’s Order 90-27, January 31, 1990.

Repeal of § 4(b) of Law 6-177: Section 3(b) of , effective March 15, 1990, provided that § 4(b) of is repealed.

Repeal of § 3 of Law 6-177: Section 4(b) of provided that the provisions of § 3 are repealed on the 1st day following the 36-month period after February 24, 1987.

Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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