D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 3-1801
In order to commence the Charter amending process, the Council of the District of Columbia shall pass an Act that:
Following approval of the Act by the Mayor or, in the event of a veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto, the Chairman of the Council shall transmit the Act to the Board.
If the Act makes multiple amendments to the Charter, each amendment shall be identified as a proposed Charter amendment and subjected to a separate referendum.
The first proposed Charter amendment shall be numbered "I" in Roman numerals. Succeeding proposed Charter amendments shall be numbered "II, III, IV," and so on ad infinitum.
Once assigned a serial number, a proposed Charter amendment shall be known and designated on all election ballots, and throughout all proceedings, as "Proposed Charter Amendment _______."
Within five (5) days after the Board receives the proposed Charter amendment(s), the Board shall submit for publication in the D.C. Register a "Notice of Public Hearing: Receipt and Intent to Formulate Proposed Ballot Language."
The "Notice of Public Hearing: Receipt and Intent to Formulate Proposed Ballot Language" shall include either the entire Act or the provisions of the Act that would amend the Charter.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 3-1801