2022 District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
Chapter 2 - District of Columbia Home Rule
Subchapter IV - The District Charter
Part G - Initiatives, Referendums, and Recalls
Subpart 1 - Initiative and Referendum
§ 1–204.105. Approval of measure

Universal Citation: DC Code § 1–204.105 (2022)
§ 1–204.105. Approval of measure.

If a majority of the registered qualified electors voting in a referendum approve an act or adopt legislation by initiative, then the adopted initiative or the act approved by referendum shall be an act of the Council upon the certification of the vote on such initiative or act by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, and such act shall become law subject to the provisions of § 1-206.02(c).

(Mar. 10, 1978, D.C. Law 2-46, § 2, 24 DCR 199; Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 2023, Pub. L. 95-526.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 1-285.

1973 Ed., § 1-185.

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