On February 9, 2012, the D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary will hold a public hearing on, inter alia, the “Real Property Tax Assessment Evidence Clarification Act of 2011″ (B19-602). This legislation, if enacted, would have the effect of abrogating case law holding that evidence of assessed tax value is inadmissible in condemnation proceedings. To read a
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On December 21, 2011, the District of Columbia enacted the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act of 2011 (the “Act”). The legislation, which was introduced as Bill 19-216, was unanimously approved by the D.C. Council on its final reading in early December and was then signed by the Mayor. The Act is designated Act 19-246 and will become
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On December 2, 2011, Councilmember Jack Evans introduced the “Real Property Tax Assessment Evidence Clarification Act of 2011″ (B19-602). The legislation would amend D.C. Code § 16-1317, which concerns civil procedures for condemnation proceedings initiated by the District of Columbia; specifically, it would add the following sentence: “The owner of property subject to the condemnation proceeding
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