Director and Deputy Director; appointment; duties; membership in bar required

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5. Director and Deputy Director; appointment; duties; membership in bar required

The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Director and Deputy Director of the Service, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Director shall be responsible for the supervision of the work of the Service and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Trustees may prescribe. The Deputy Director shall assist the Director and shall perform such duties as he may prescribe. The Director and Deputy Director shall be members of the bar of the District of Columbia.

(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 656, Pub. L. 91-358, title III, § 304; Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 3205(cc), 25 DCR 5740; Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 762, Pub. L. 105-33, § 11272(b); Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2427, Pub. L. 105-274, § 7(d).)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 1-2704.

1973 Ed., § 2-2224.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 1-636.02.

Cross References

Effective date of this section, see § 1-63

Editor's Notes

Section 11272 of Pub. L. 105-33: Section 7(d) of Pub. L. 105-274 provided that § 11272 of Pub. L. 105-33, which rewrote this section, is repealed, effective October 21, 1998. This section is set out above as it appeared prior to the enactment of § 11272.

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