D.C. Code § 5-545.06a: Council authorized to change or suspend provisions.

(a)

The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to change or suspend by resolution the provisions of §§ 5-541.01, 5-542.01, 5-542.02, 5-542.03, 5-543.01, 5-543.02, 5-543.03, 5-543.04, 5-543.05, 5-544.01, 5-545.01, and 5-545.03 insofar as they relate to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.

(b)

The Council’s authority to act pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be effective beginning on January 1, 1980.