B 26-0421 — Soul of the City Business Improvement District Amendment Act of 2025

ENGROSSEDENROLLED ORIGINAL AAN BILLACT 3________________________ 26-421 5 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8 ________________________ To amend the Business Improvement DistrictDistricts Act of 1996 to authorize the establishment and administration of the Soul of the City Business Improvement District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this Actact may be cited as the “Soul of the City Business Improvement District Amendment Act of 2025”.2026”.

22. The Business Improvement District Act of 1996, effective May 29, 1996 (D.C.

The Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective May 29, 1996 (D.C.

“Section“Sec. 213.

213.

“(a) Subject to review and approval by the Mayor pursuant to sections 56 and 6,7, the formation of the Soul of the City Business Improvement District (“BID”), including nonexempt real property within the geographic area set forth in subsection (b) of this section, is authorized and the BID taxes imposed in subsection (c) of this section shall be imposed, and become effective for the half tax year beginning on April 1, 2026, through the earlier of the expiration of this act or the termination or dissolution of the BID.

“(b) The Soul of the City BID boundary shall be the geographical area approved by the ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Mayor, which encompassesshall encompass the following lots as those lots exist as of the effective date of the Soul of the City Business Improvement District Emergency Amendment Act of 2025,2026, approvedeffective byJanuary the22, Committee2026 on(D.C. Business and Economica Development on December 17, 2025 (Committee print of Bill 26-421), which lot descriptions shall remain fixed for the purposes of this act notwithstanding any later subdivision, consolidation, reconfiguration, or renumbering of those lots:

Act 26-246;

73 DCR ___), which lot descriptions shall remain fixed for the purposes of this act notwithstanding any later subdivision, consolidation, reconfiguration, or renumbering of those lots:

Square 5890, Lots 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, ENROLLED ORIGINAL 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167;

Square 5919, Lots 2, 3, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL 4, 801, 802, 803, 804;

Square 5950, Lots 1, 10, 11, 18, 19, 24, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL 25, 26, 801, 802, 803, 804, 808, 809, 810;

Square 5978, ENROLLED ORIGINAL Lots 5, 21, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 884, 944, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070;

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Square 6005, Lots 800, 803, 806, 807;

“(ii) If a residential unit is restricted to residents based upon income pursuant to a federal or District affordable housing program, any residential unit with a household income of 100% or less of the area median income, which the BID shall identify and ENGROSSED ORIGINAL certify as such, shall be exempt from the BID tax that would otherwise be due on the unit.

“(3) Taxable property for which the Ownerowner has expended more than $250,000 during the previous tax year on safety-related activities that either enhance public space abutting the Owner’sowner’s taxable property or supplement retail security for the Owner’sowner’s taxable property within the BID, which the BID shall certify subject to satisfactory proof provided by the Owner,owner, ENROLLED ORIGINAL shall be exempt from the BID tax that would otherwise be due on the property for the following taxable year.

“(4) Subject to the requirements of section 8(b),9(b), a 3% annual increase in the BID taxes over the current tax year rates specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection is authorized.”.

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Sec.

This act shall take effect following the approval by the Mayor (or in the event of a veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

Official Code § 1-2602.02(c)(1)).1-206.02(c)(1)).

___________________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 4