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Division VIII - GENERAL LAWSTitle 47 - TAXATION, LICENSING, PERMITS, ASSESSMENTS, AND FEES
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 47-102 - Total indebtedness not to be increased

D.C. Code § 47-102

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Section 47-102 - Total indebtedness not to be increased

There shall be no increase of the amount of the total indebtedness of the District of Columbia existing on June 11, 1878; and any officer or person who shall knowingly increase, or aid or abet in increasing, such total indebtedness, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, and by fine not more than the amount set forth in [§ 22-3571.01].

D.C. Code § 47-102

June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 108, ch. 180, § 13; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 286(a), 60 DCR 2064.

Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.