PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996
110 STAT. 1321-92
(b) Section 433(b)(5) (title 11, App. 433) is amended to read
as follows:
"(5) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for services rendered in connection with their official duties
on the Commission.".
MuLTiYEAR CONTRACTS
SEC. 134. Section 451 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Grovernmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code,
sec. 1-1130), is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read
as follows:
"(c)(1) The District may enter into multiyear contracts to obtain
goods and services for which funds would otherwise be available
for obligation only within the fiscal year for which appropriated.
"(2) If the funds are not made available for the continuation
of such a contract into a subsequent fiscal year, the contract shall
be cancelled or terminated, and the cost of cancellation or termination may be paid from—
"(A) appropriations originally available for the performance
of the contract concerned;
"(B) appropriations currently available for procurement of
the type of acquisition covered by the contract, and not otherwise obligated; or
"(C) funds appropriated for those payments.
"(3) No contract entered into under this section shall be valid
unless the Mayor submits the contract to the Council for its
approval and the Council approves the contract (in accordance
with criteria established by act of the Council). The Council shall
be required to take affii*mative action to approve the contract within
45 days. If no action is taken to approve the contract within 45
calendar days, the contract shall be deemed disapproved.".
CALCULATED REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE RESCISSION AND REAL
PROPERTY TAX FREEZE
SEC. 135. The District of Columbia Real Property Tax Revision
Act of 1974, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1051; D.C.
Code, sec. 47-801 et seq.), is amended as follows:
(1) Section 412 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-812) is amended as
follows:
(A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking the third
and fourth sentences and inserting the following sentences
in their place: "If the Council does extend the time for
establishing the rates of taxation on real property, it must
establish those rates for the tax year by permanent legislation. If the Council does not establish the rates of taxation
of real property by October 15, and does not extend the
time for establishing rates, the rates of taxation applied
for the prior year shall be the rates of taxation applied
during the tax year.".
(B) A new subsection (a-2) is added to read as follows:
"(a-2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section, the real property tax rates for taxable real property in
the District of Columbia for the tax year beginning October 1,
1995, and ending September 30, 1996, shall be the same rates
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