HR 7658 · 93th Congress · District of Columbia
District of Columbia Law Revision Commission Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia.(1973-05-09)
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District of Columbia Law Revision Commission Act - Establishes a District of Columbia Law Revision Commission consisting of 15 attorneys who have been admitted to practice either in the District of Columbia or in any of the States. Declares it to be the duty of the Commission to: (1) examine the common law and statutes relating to the District of Columbia, the ordinances and regulations of the District of Columbia Council, and all relevant judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law relating to the District of Columbia and recommending needed reforms; (2) receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute, the Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States, any bar association or other learned bodies; (3) receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers, and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law relating to the District of Columbia; and (4) recommend, from time to time, to the Congress, and where appropriate to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Council, such changes in t…
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