CONTENTS Public Law 93-379 and amendments.. Tentative proposals-I-Revisions of the Criminal Code, and II-Ex- December 14, 1977 (Re Lorton) (Appendix B). December 17, 1977 (Law Revision Commission) (Appendix C)----- Adams-Morgan Federation, George Frain, president_--- American Bar Association, William Greenhalgh, chairperson, Committee American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Matthew Myers, accompanied by James H. Heller, National Capital Area American Civil Liberties Car and Truck Renting and Leasing Association, Calvin Kuhlman, accom- Clarke, Hon. David A., member, District of Columbia Council_ District of Columbia Commission on Status of Woman, Helen Lewis, 211, 465 152 District of Columbia Fire Department, Joseph R. Jeffrey, fire marshal_. 145 279 231 Metropolitan Police Department, Vernon S. Gill, general counsel 256, 276 170 223 187 234, 415 195 Ruttenberg, Charles B., Esq., accompanied by James Schwartz, president, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Judith Avner, accompanied by Val Jones___ 156 MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Council of the District of Columbia, Resolution 1-459, Against the Death 377-415 District of Columbia Commission on the Status of Women, Helen S. Lewis, letter and enclosures, dated January 18, 1978, to Congressman District of Columbia Council Resolution 1-459, against the death penalty__ District of Columbia Fire Department recommendations__. District of Columbia Law Revision Commission proposals. District of Columbia State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Audra B. Rafter, president, letter dated December 29, 1977 Fegan, David C., letter, dated December 23, 1977, to Chairman Diggs. Silbert, Earl J., U.S. attorney, letter dated November 11, 1977, to Con- 445 442 436 432 Wald, Patricia M., assistant attorney general, Office of Legislative Af- 429 Lifers for Prison Reform, Inc., Messrs. Richard Bruning and Mark 362 Rape Crisis Center, Inc., statement_ 438 Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., Lawrence I Kaplan, 209 418-427 Superior Court of the District of Columbia, correspondence, DeWitt S. Letter dated October 21, 1977 to Congressman Mazzoli. 428 429 November 28, 1977, article entitled, "Reforming Criminal Sentences". October 8, 1976, article enttiled "Blacks Urged to Fight Crime". SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY 255 375 442 444 Text of complete tentative proposal for a new basic criminal code__ 3, 11-140 213 150 304, 341 302 296 266 377 309 258 260 334, 336 345 295, 338 261, 264 266, 268 270 Conversions in the District_. Dashboard notice___ Failure to return rented vehicle_. LRC proposed changes Need for legislation_ Present law.... Proper time period Rental cars in Washington_. State laws___ Statistical data on conversions in District of Columbia, October 1975 343 LAW REVISION COMMISSION PERTINENT STATUTES Public Law 93-379 An Act To create a Law Revision Commission for the District of Columbia, and to establish a municipal code for the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as "the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission Act". SEC. 2. (a) There is established in the District of Columbia a District of Columbia Law Revision Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Commission") which shall consist of fifteen members appointed as follows: (1) Two members shall be appointed by the President of the United States. (2) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (3) One member shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. (4) One member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. (5) One member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. (6) Three members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, one of whom shall be a nonlawyer. and one of whom shall be a member of the law faculty of a law school in the District of Columbia. (7) One member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the District of Columbia Council. (8) Two members shall be appointed by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia. (9) One member shall be appointed by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel. (10) Two members shall be appointed by the Board of Governors of the District of Columbia unified bar. (b) No person may be appointed as a member of the Commission unless he is a citizen of the United States. At least eight persons appointed to the Commission shall be bona fide residents of the District of Columbia who have maintained an actual place of abode in the District of Columbia for at least the ninety days immediately prior to their appointments as such members. The remaining persons appointed as members of the Commission shall be residents of the National Capital Region, as defined in the Act of June 6, 1924 (D.C. Code. sec. 1-1001 et seq.) (establishing the National Capital Planning Commission), who have maintained an actual place of abode in the National Capital Region for at least ninety days immediately prior to their appointments as such members. (c) Members of the Commission shall serve for four-year terms and may be reappointed. (d) The Chairman of the Commission shall be selected by the members of the Commission from among their number. (e) Each appointment of members of the Commission shall be made. without regard to political party affiliation, on the basis of the ability of that person to perform his duties with the Commission. (f) Appointments made to fill vacancies on the Commission shall be made in the same manner, and on the same basis, as original appointments to the Commission are made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the member whose vacancy he was appointed to fill. (IX) The Distriot Columbia Law Revision Com mission. Establishment. 88 STAT. 480 88 STAT. 481 Citizenship requirement. 43 Stat. 463; 66 Stat. 781. 40 USC 71. Term. Non-partisan appointment. |