(a) As soon as possible after June 19, 1976, but in no case more than 5 days after such date, the Board shall:
- (1) Make available to any resident of a Commission area copies of petition forms for collecting signatures of registered qualified electors in such area; and
- (2) Publish in the District of Columbia Register, and post in conspicuous places in each Commission area, the number of registered qualified electors in such Commission area.
- (b) Upon certification by the Board to the Chairman of the Council that 5 percent of the registered qualified electors of a Commission area have signed a petition calling for the establishment of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission in such area, the Council shall then establish, by resolution, a nonpartisan elected Advisory Neighborhood Commission for such Commission area, with its members to be elected from the single-member districts established for such Commission area. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit an individual to sign more than 1 petition for the establishment of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
History
June 19, 1976, D.C. Law 1-72, § 3, 23 DCR 575
Prior Codifications
1973 Ed., § 1-171n.
1981 Ed., § 1-266.