{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-702","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-702","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n\n(1)\nThe term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.\n\n(2)\nThe term “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.\n\n(3)\nThe term “Speaker” means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n\n(4)\nThe term “President pro tempore” means the President pro tempore of the Senate.\n\n(5)\nThe term “Board” means the District of Columbia Retirement Board established by § 1-711.\n\n(6)\nThe term “Custodian of Retirement Funds” means the Board, except that until such time as the members of the Board are first elected and the Board certifies pursuant to § 1-711(h) that it is assuming responsibility for the Funds established by this chapter, the term “Custodian of Retirement Funds” means the Director of the Office of Budget and Financial Management of the District of Columbia (established by Organization Order No. 30, Commissioner’s Order No. 72-80, April 5, 1972).\n\n(6A)\nThe term “good cause” means board members not attending more than half of the scheduled board meetings in a 12 month period.\n\n(7)\nThe term “retirement program” means:\n(A)\nThe program of annuities and other retirement and disability benefits for members and officers of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, but does not include the program of annuities and other retirement and disability benefits for members and officers of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division under the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Official Code § 5-701 et seq.);\n(B)\nThe program of annuities and other retirement and disability benefits for judges of the courts of the District of Columbia under subchapter III of Chapter 15 of Title 11 of the District of Columbia Code; or\n(C)\nThe program of annuities and other retirement and disability benefits for teachers in the public day schools of the District of Columbia.\n\n(8)\nThe term “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, and the Canal Zone.\n\n(9)\nThe term “party in interest” means:\n(A)\nAny person (including a member of the Board) having fiduciary responsibilities under this chapter;\n(B)\nAny person providing services to a Fund;\n(C)\nThe government of the District of Columbia;\n(D)\nAn employee organization; and\n(E)\nA spouse or domestic partner, ancestor, lineal descendant, or spouse or domestic partner of a lineal descendant of any individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph.\n\n(10)\nThe term “Fund” means the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-712, the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-713, or the District of Columbia Judges’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-714.\n\n(11)\nThe term “current value” means fair market value where available (as determined in good faith by a fiduciary in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board), or otherwise the fair value (as determined in good faith by a fiduciary in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board), assuming an orderly liquidation at the time of such determination.\n\n(12)\nThe term “future value” means a liability for a given prior fiscal year expressed in terms of the price level expected to prevail in a given future fiscal year, adjusted at the rate of inflation used with regard to determinations made under § 1-722(a)(1).\n\n(13)\nThe term “qualified public accountant” means a person who is a certified public accountant, certified by a regulatory authority of a state.\n\n(14)\nThe term “enrolled actuary” means an actuary enrolled under subtitle C of Title III of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.\n\n(15)\nThe term “security” means a security as defined in § 2(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77b].\n\n(16)\nThe term “employee organization” means any labor union or any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee, association, group, or plan, in which individuals covered by a retirement program participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with the government of the District of Columbia concerning such retirement program.\n\n(17)\nThe term “teacher” means a teacher as defined in § 38-2021.13.\n\n(18)\nThe term “judge” means a judge as defined in § 11-1561(1).\n\n(19)\nThe term “participant” does not include an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division, to whom the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (D.C. Official Code, § 5-701 et seq.) applies; and, unless the context requires otherwise, the term “beneficiary” does not include a beneficiary under such Act of any such officer or member.\n\n(20)\n(A)\nThe term “fiduciary” means, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, any individual who, with respect to a Fund:\n(i)\nExercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of such Fund or exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management or disposition of its assets;\n(ii)\nRenders investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of such Fund, or has any authority or responsibility to do so; or\n(iii)\nHas any discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of such Fund.\n(B)\nIf any money or other property of a Fund is invested in securities issued by an investment company registered under title I of An Act To provide for the registration and regulation of investment companies and investment advisers, and for other purposes (15 U.S.C. § 80a-1 et seq.) (“Investment Company Act of 1940”), that investment shall not by itself cause the investment company or the investment company’s adviser or principal underwriter to be deemed to be a fiduciary or a party in interest as those terms are defined in this chapter. Nothing contained in this subparagraph shall limit the duties imposed on that investment company, investment adviser, or principal underwriter by any other law.\n\n(21)\nThe term “governing authority” means, without limitation, any statutes, laws, amendments, resolutions, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures that govern the management and administration of the retirement program and management and control of the Funds.\n\n(22)\nThe term “post employment benefit programs” means health insurance benefit plans applicable under § 1-621.01, health benefits plans authorized under § 1-621.05, life insurance benefits applicable under § 1-622.01, and life insurance benefits authorized under § 1-622.03.\n\n(23)\nThe term “Trust Document” means the document that contains all the current statutes, laws, resolutions, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures by which authority the Board shall administer the retirement program and manage and control the Funds.\n\n(24)\nThe term “pooled or commingled real estate investment vehicle means any real estate investment structure or conveyance formed for the purpose of combining assets of multiple investors in order to achieve greater diversification than could be achieved by any single investor on a stand-alone basis.\n\n(25)\nThe term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3).","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 7. District of Columbia Employees Retirement Program Management.","Subchapter I. Findings; Purpose; Definitions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-702","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"291409220c5b7d4ad3a177eb494ffe7cfe62b7043453d69f699893e7d053a028","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-701","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}