{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-1507.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-1507.01","heading":"Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1986","body":"(Effective February 4, 1987)\n\nPrepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1986, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter.\n\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF PAROLE\n\nI.\nThe Office of Parole Supervision is hereby transferred from the District of Columbia Department of Corrections to the District of Columbia Board of Parole, to be under the supervision of the Chair of the Board. The Chair shall carry out the functions, duties and authorities transferred to the Board.\n\nII.\nThe mission of the Board of Parole is to determine if and when it is appropriate to grant parole to an offender who has served the minimum term in prison ordered by the court. In granting parole, the Board determines 1) the terms and conditions of such parole; 2) the standards of supervision for parolees or mandatory release; and, 3) if and when to terminate a parole or mandatory release, as well as whether to modify the terms and conditions thereof.\n\nIII.\nTo establish policy and standards, and to administer the parole supervision function.\n\nIV.\nAll Department of Corrections positions, personnel, property, records and unexpended balance of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available relating to the duties and functions assigned herein, are hereby transferred to the Board of Parole. These funds are to be used only for the purposes for which the appropriation or allocation was originally made. All authority for parole supervision services previously authorized or delegated to the Department of Corrections is hereby transferred to the Board of Parole.\n\nV.\nNo agency of the District of Columbia government is abolished as a consequence of this reorganization. An amendment to Organization Order No. 7 shall be made so as to exclude parole supervision from the functions of the Department of Corrections.\n\nVI.\nThis Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1986 shall become effective in accordance with Section 422(12) of Public Law 93-198, or on a date thereafter to be designated pursuant to Executive Order of the Mayor.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 15. Reorganization of the District Since the Establishment of Home Rule.","Subchapter VII. 1986"],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-1507.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d82a1c28b663310d5c59dc7d0823df33978211a97b0afa00f976a322bbb15b82","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-1506.05","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-1507.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}