{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-604.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-604.04","heading":"Issuance of rules and regulations affecting personnel for employees of the District of Columbia.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters II, IV, VII, VIII, VIII-B, IX, IX-A, X-A, XI, XII, XIII, XIII-A, XV, XVI-A, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XX-A, XX-B, XX-C, XX-D, XX-E, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, and XXXIV of this chapter, for all employees of the District of Columbia, except as may be otherwise provided in this subchapter.\n\n(a-1)\n(1)\nThe Attorney General shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters VII, VIII, IX, IX-A, XI, XII, XIII, XIII-A, XIV-A, XVI-A, XVII, XIX, XXIV, XXVII, and XXXI of this chapter for employees under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General.\n(2)\nThe rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall apply to employees under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General unless the Attorney General has issued a superseding rule or regulation.\n\n(b)\nThe District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall each issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapter VIII-A of this chapter.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nThe District of Columbia Board of Education shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters VII, XIII, XIX, XXIV, and XXVII of this chapter, and §§ 1-602.03, 1-604.03 and 1-611.11 for educational employees under its respective jurisdictions.\n(2)\nThe Board of the University of the District of Columbia shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters VII and XXVII of this chapter, and §§ 1-602.03, 1-604.03, and 1-611.11 for educational employees under its jurisdiction.\n(3)\nRepealed.\n\n(d)\nThe District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall each issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters XII, XIII-A, XVI-A, XVII, XXV, and XXXI of this chapter, and § 1-602.02(2) for all employees under their respective jurisdictions.\n\n(e)\nThe Public Employee Relations Board shall issue rules and regulations to carry out its authority under subchapters V and XVII of this chapter.\n\n(f)\nThe Office of Employee Appeals shall issue rules and regulations to carry out its authority under subchapter VI of this chapter.\n\n(g)\nThe District of Columbia Board of Elections shall issue rules and regulations to carry out its authority under subchapter XXV of this chapter.\n\n(h)\nExcept where proscribed by law or issued under the authority of subsection (e), (f), or (g) of this section, rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be a bar to collective bargaining during the negotiation process with an exclusively recognized labor organization.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter IV. Organization for Personnel Management."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-604.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"02aae3b7cb97a8ff59bfd03a9dd45a07dcfd0660cbf8a316832278ce15804d50","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-604.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-604.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}