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Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)

Citation
Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)
Parent Document
Administrator of Veterans Affairs v. Valentine, 490 A.2d 1165 (1985)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1985-04-24

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Appellee relies on this section as a statement of legislative intent to nullify section 45-222 when it appears to conflict with the later-enacted section 45-1561. In fact, however, section 45-1661 supports the contrary argument of appellant. The reference to "this chapter" in section 45-1661 is to the Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act of 1980,[4] not the Rental Housing Act of 1980. Section 45-1561 is not a part of "this chapter."[5] Because these two statutes — the Rental Housing Act and the Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act — were enacted at almost the same time, I can only conclude that the City Council made a conscious choice to omit from the Rental Housing Act a section comparable to the "Statutory Construction" section of the Conversion and Sale Act, i.e., section 45-1661. The absence of such a provision from the Rental Housing Act, when it would have been a simple matter to include it, convinces me that the Council did not intend section 45-1561 to supersede or override section 45-222.