[PUBLIC LAW 466-80TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 163-2D SESSION] [H. R. 5856] AN ACT To extend for a temporary period the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate rents in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 2, 1941, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1601), is hereby amended by striking out "March 31, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "April 30, 1948”. Approved March 30, 1948. (396) [PUBLIC LAW 507-80TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 243-2D SESSION] [S. 2195] AN ACT To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate rents in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 2, 1941, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1601), is hereby amended by striking out "on April 30, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "at the close of March 31, 1949". SEC. 2. Section 2 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1602), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(3) After April 30, 1948, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the following housing accommodations, and no maximum rent ceilings or minimum service standards shall be prescribed with respect thereto : "(a) Any housing accommodations in hotels, which accommodations are used exclusively for transient occupancy, that is, for living. quarters for nonresidents upon a short-time basis; "(b) Any housing accommodations the construction of which was completed after March 31, 1948, or which are additional housing accommodations created by conversion after March 31, 1948; "(c) Nonhousekeeping, furnished housing accommodations, located within a single dwelling unit not used as a rooming or boarding house, but only if (A) no more than two paying tenants, not members of the landlord's immediate family, live in such dwelling unit, and (B) the remaining portion of such dwelling unit is occupied by the landlord or his immediate family." SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 9 (a) of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1609), is amended to read as follows: "Within ten days after issuance of an order of the Administrator under section 4, any party may file a petition to review such action in the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and shall forthwith serve a copy of such petition upon the Administrator." (b) Section 9 (c) of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1609), is amended to read s follows: "(c) The municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia is hereby granted exclusive jurisdiction to review any order of the Administrator made pursuant to section 4 of this Act. The judgment and decree of the court shall be final, subject to review as provided by law relative to other judgments of the court." SEC. 4. All cases now pending before the statutory three-judge court of the municipal court which have not been presented to that court for decision at the time this Act takes effect shall forthwith be certified by said court to the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia. Nothing herein contained shall affect the validity of any judgment or decree of the statutory court (consisting of three judges of the municipal court as heretofore provided by law) rendered subsequent to the effective date of this Act in cases heretofore presented to that court and now awaiting decision. Approved April 29, 1948. [PUBLIC LAW 45-81ST CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 73-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 1757] AN ACT To amend and extend the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate rents in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 2, 1941 (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1601), as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "April 30, 1949" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1950". SEC. 2. Subsection (3) (b) of section 2 of such Act (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1602), as amended by the Act approved April 29, 1948 (Public Law 507, Eightieth Congress), is amended to read as follows: "(b) Any housing accommodations the construction of which was completed after March 31, 1948, or which are additional housing accommodations created by conversion after March 31, 1948, except as hereinafter provided;". SEO. 8. Section 2 of such Act, as amended by the Act approved April 29, 1948 (Public Law 507, Eightieth Congress), is amended further by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: "(4) Any housing accommodations resulting from any conversion created on or after May 1, 1949, shall continue to be housing accommodations subject to maximum rent ceilings and minimum service standards unless the Administrator issues an order decontrolling them, which he shall issue if he finds that the conversion resulted in additional, self-contained family units as defined by regulations issued by him." SEC. 4. Paragraph (2) of section 5 (b) of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 45-1605), is amended by adding after the word "dwelling" a colon and the following: "Provided, That in the case of housing accommodations in a structure or premises owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or association no such action or proceeding under this paragraph or paragraph (3) of this section shall be maintained unless stock or membership in the cooperative corporation or association has been acquired by persons who are or were tenants in occupancy of at least 65 per centum of the dwelling units in the structure or premises at the time said cooperative corporation or association either (1) acquired or leased said structure or premises, or (2) entered into a contract or option to acquire or lease said structure or premises, whichever date is earliest, and who as such stockholders or members are entitled to possession of their respective dwelling units in the structure or premises by virtue of proprietary leases or otherwise, and this provision shall apply whether such corporation or association acquired or leased such structure or premises or entered into a contract or option to do so prior to or after the effective date of this amendatory Act or unless as the holder of stock or membership acquired in the cooperative corporation or association prior to March 1, 1949, a stockholder or member was entitled to possession of a dwelling unit in the structure or premises by virtue of a proprietary lease or otherwise". SEC. 5. Section 2 (2) (e) of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(e) For the purposes of this section, the term 'hotel' means an establishment operating under a hotel license and occupied by an appreciable number of persons who are provided customary hotel services such as maid service, furnishing and laundering of linen, telephone and secretarial or desk service, use and upkeep of furniture and fixtures, and bellboy service." SEC. 6. Section 10 of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out subsection (b) thereof. SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing or permitting the recontrol of any housing accommodations which have been heretofore decontrolled. Approved April 19, 1949. |