(a)(1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed as granting the Department of Housing and Community Development or any other agency of the District government power or authority over the Rental Housing Commission's powers, duties, or personnel.

(2) For as long as the Rental Housing Commission's budget is captured by a program code within the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Rental Housing Commission shall have exclusive authority to administer the Rental Housing Commission's budget, subject to compliance with District law;

(b)(1) Within 30 days after October 1, 2019, all positions, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, assessments, and other funds available or to be made available to the Rental Housing Commission, while captured as a program code within the Department of Housing and Community Development, relating to the duties and functions assigned to the Rental Housing Commission pursuant to §§ 42-3502.01 through 42-3502.02a, shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Commission.

(2) All rules, orders, obligations, determinations, grants, contracts, licenses, and agreements of the Department of Housing and Community Development relating to functions transferred to the Rental Housing Commission pursuant to the Rental Housing Commission Independence Clarification Amendment Act of 2018 [D.C. Law 22-220, February 22, 2019], shall remain in effect according to their terms until lawfully amended, repealed, or modified.

(c) The Mayor shall provide funding for the Rental Housing Commission in the annual budget request to the Council as a separate agency code.

(July 17, 1985, D.C. Law 6-10, § 202b; as added Feb. 22, 2019, D.C. Law 22-200, § 2(e), 65 DCR 12066.)

Applicability of D.C. Law 22-200: Section 6(a) of D.C. Act 23-165 repealed, on an emergency basis, § 4 of D.C. Law 22-200. Therefore the creation of subsection (b) and (c) of this section by D.C. Law 22-200 has been implemented.

Applicability of D.C. Law 22-245: § 4 of D.C. Law 22-245 provided that the creation of subsection (b) of this section by § 2(e) of D.C. Law 22-200 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.

Applicability of D.C. Law 22-200: § 4 of D.C. Law 22-200 provided that the creation of subsection (c) of this section by § 2(e) of D.C. Law 22-200 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.