Ill STAT. 2186 PUBLIC LAW 105-100—NOV. 19, 1997 SEC. 157. (a) DEPOSIT OF ANNUAL FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION WITH AUTHORITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, as amended by section 11601(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, is amended by inserting after section 204 the following new section: "SEC. 205. DEPOSIT OF ANNUAL FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION WITH AUTHORITY. "(a) IN GENERAL.— "(1) DEPOSIT INTO ESCROW ACCOUNT.—In the case of a fiscal year which is a control year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit any Federal contribution to the District of Columbia for the year authorized under section 11601(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 into an escrow account held by the Authority, which shall allocate the funds to the Mayor at such intervals and in accordance with such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate to implement the financial plan for the year. In establishing such terms and conditions, the Authority shall give priority to using the Federal contribution for cash flow management and the payment of outstanding bills owed by the District government. "(2) EXCEPTION FOR AMOUNTS WITHHELD FOR ADVANCES. — Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any portion of the Federal contribution which is withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with section 605(b)(2) of title VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1939 to reimburse the Secretary for advances made under title VI of such Act. "(b) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUTHORITY INSTRUCTIONS.— Any funds allocated by the Authority to the Mayor from the escrow account described in paragraph (1) may be expended by the Mayor only in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Authority at the time the funds are allocated.". (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 204 the following new item: "Sec. 205. Deposit of annual Federal contribution with Authority.". (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. (b) DISHONORED CHECK COLLECTION. —The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to prescribe penalties for the handling and collection of dishonored checks", approved September 28, 1965 (D.C. Code, sec. 1 -357) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by inserting after the third sentence the following: "The Mayor may enter into a contract to collect the amount of the original obligation."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(c) In a case in which the amount of a dishonored or unpaid check is collected as a result of a contract, the Mayor shall collect any costs or expenses incurred to collect such amount from such person who gives or causes to be given, in payment of any obligation or liability due the government of the District of Columbia, a check which is subsequently dishonored or not duly paid. In a
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