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Ill STAT. 776 PUBLIC LAW 105-33 —AUG. 5, 1997 "(1) The Act entitled 'An Act authorizing the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia no longer required for public purposes', approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1211; DC Code sec. 9-401 et seq.). "(2) Subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 16, District of Columbia Code. "(3) Any other provision of District of Columbia law that prohibits or restricts lease-purchase financing, "(m) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: '(1) The term 'revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations' means special fund bonds, notes, or other obligations (including refunding bonds, notes, or other obligations) used to borrow money to finance, assist in financing, refinance, or repay, restore or reimburse moneys used for purposes referred to in subsection (a)(l) the principal of and interest, if any, on which are to be paid and secured in the manner described in this section and which are special obligations and to which the full faith and credit of the District of Columbia is not pledged. "(2) The term 'District instrumentality' means any agency or instrumentality (including an independent agency or instrumentality), authority, commission, board, department, division, office, body, or officer of the District of Columbia government duly established by an act of the Council or by the laws of the United States, whether established before or afi^r the date of enactment of the District of Columbia Bond Financinglmprovements Act of 1997. "(3) The term 'available revenues' means gross revenues and receipts, other than general fund tax receipts, lawfully available for the purpose and not otherwise exclusively committed to another purpose, including enterprise funds, grants, subsidies, contributions, fees, dedicated taxes and fees, investment income and proceeds of revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this section. "(4) The term 'enterprise fund' means a fund or account ' for operations that are financed or operated in a manner similar to private business enterprises, or established so that separate determinations may more readily be made periodically of revenues earned, expenses incurred, or net income for management control, accountability, capital maintenance, public poucy, or other purposes. "(5) The term 'dedicated taxes and fees' means taxes and surtaxes, portions thereof, tax increments, or payments in lieu of taxes, and fees that are dedicated pursuant to law to the payment of the debt service on revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized under this section, the provision and maintenance of reserves for that purpose, or the provision of working capital for or the maintenance, repair, reconstruction or improvement of the undertaking to which the revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations relate. "(6) The term 'tax increments' means taxes, other than the special tax provided for in section 481 and pledged to the payment of general obligation indebtedness of the District, allocable to the increase in taxable value of real property or the increase in sales tax receipts, each from a certain date or dates, in prescribed areas, to the extent that such increases