D.C. Code § 47-2827
Commission merchants in food; bakeries; bottling, candy-manufacturing, and ice cream manufacturers; groceries; markets; delicatessens; restaurants; private clubs; wholesale fish dealers; dairies.
[Repealed].
History
July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 626, ch. 1352, § 7, par. 27
July 1, 1932, 47 Stat. 554, ch. 366
Sept. 14, 1976, D.C. Law 1-82, title I, § 104(r), 23 DCR 2461
Sept. 29, 1988, D.C. Law 7-173, § 6, 35 DCR 5758
Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 302(e), 42 DCR 3684
enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575
Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-261, § 2003(pp)(24), 46 DCR 3142
Oct. 4, 2000, D.C. Law 13-166, § 3(d), 47 DCR 5821
Oct. 28, 2003, D.C. Law 15-38, § 3(hh)(4)(N), 50 DCR 6913
Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223,§ 5052, 57 DCR 6242
Mar. 22, 2023, D.C. Law 24-333, § 5(b)(21)
Delegation of Authority
Delegation of authority pursuant to an Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes, see Mayor’s Order 98-139, August 20, 1998 ( 45 DCR 6591).
Short Title
Short title: Section 5051 of D.C. Law 18-223 provided that subtitle F of title V of the act may be cited as the “Department of Health Fee Modifications Amendment Act of 2010”.
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 5052 of Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-463, July 2, 2010, 57 DCR 6542).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(hh)(4)(N) of Streamlining Regulation Emergency Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-145, August 11, 2003, 50 DCR 6896).
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 18-223 added subsec. (k).
D.C. Law 15-38, in subsec. (i), substituted “Food Establishments: Wholesale endorsement to a basic business license under the basic” for “Class A Food Establishments: Wholesale endorsement to a master business license under the master”; and in subsec. (j), substituted “Food Establishments: Retail endorsement to a basic business license under the basic” for “Class A Food Establishments: Retail endorsement to a master business license under the master”.
“(iv) In the case of a supermarket development that is a new supermarket, only if at the time construction of the new supermarket commenced no other supermarket, as that term is defined in § 47-3801(2), existed within a one mile radius of the new supermarket.”
“(iii) Only during the time that the supermarket development is in compliance with the requirements of § 1-1161 et seq.; and
“(ii) In the case of a supermarket development on real property not owned by the supermarket, only if the owner of the real property leases the land or structure to the supermarket at a rent reduced from the fair market rent by an amount equal to the amount of the real property tax exemption provided by § 47-1002(23);
“(i) Only during the time that the real property is used as a supermarket;
“(B) The license fee exemption granted by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall apply:
“(A) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph a grocery store that is a supermarket development as that term is defined in § 47-3801(3) in an underserved area of the District approved pursuant to § 47-3803, shall be exempt from the license fee imposed by this subsection for the first 5 years beginning after the date of issuance of the final certificate of occupancy for the supermarket.
D.C. Law 13-166, rewrote subsec. (b)(3), which previously read:
Prior Codifications
1973 Ed., § 47-2327.
1981 Ed., § 47-2827.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 8-102.01, § 47-3801, § 47-3802, and § 48-108.01.
Cross References
Supermarket tax incentives, “supermarket” defined, see § 47-3801.
Mayor, Council and other offices, application of certain sections to boards, commissions and committees, see § 1-321.02.
Applicability
Applicability of D.C. Law 24-333: § 9 of D.C. Law 24-333 provided that the repeal of this section by § 5(b)(21) of D.C. Law 24-333 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
Section 7286 of D.C. Law 25-217 amended section 9 of D.C. Law 24-333 making the repeal of this section by section 5(b) of D.C. Law 24-333 applicable as of October 1, 2025.