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A BILL 12-622 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To amend the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985; and An Act To control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia to provide penalties, to prescribe rules of evidence, and for other purposes, to allow investigators employed by the Office Inspector General to carry firearms, to make arrests if a felony violation is being committed in the presence of the investigator, and to apply for and execute search warrants. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this act may be cited as the "Office of the Inspector General Law Enforcement Powers Amendment Act of 1998". Sec. 2. Section 208 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Code §1-1182.8), is amended by adding a new subsection (f-1) to read as follows: "(f- 1) An employee of the Office of the Inspector General who, as part of his or her official duties, conducts investigations of alleged felony violations, shall possess the following authority while engaged in the performance of official duties:
Sec. 3. Section 5(a) of An Act To control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia, to provide penalties, to prescribe rules of evidence, and for other purposes, approved July 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 651; D.C. Code §22-3205(a)), is amended by inserting the phrase "including criminal investigators of the Office of the Inspector General, designated in writing by the Inspector General, while engaged in the performance of their official duties," after the phrase "duly appointed law-enforcement officers,".. Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the Committee Report on Bill 12-622 as the fiscal impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code §1-233 (c)(3)). Sec. 5. This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor, (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), approval by the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority as provided in section 203(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 116; D.C. Code §47-392.3(a)), a 60-day period of Congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code §1-233(c)(2), and publication in the District of Columbia Register. |
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