PUBLIC LAW 106-522—NOV. 22, 2000 114 STAT. 2473 described in subsection (b) prior to the expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the date the Court receives a completed voucher for a claim for the pa3niient, interest shall be assessed against the amount of the payment which would otherwise be made to take into account the period which begins on the day after the expiration of such 45-day period and which ends on the day the Court makes the payment. (b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED. — ^A payment described in this subsection is— (1) a payment authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act); (2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code; or (3) a pa5anent for counsel authorized under section 21- 2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986). (c) STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED VOUCHERS.— The chief judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall establish standards and criteria for determining whether vouchers submitted for claims for pa5niients described in subsection (b) are complete, and shall publish and make such standards and criteria available to attorneys who practice before such Courts. (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the assessment of interest against any claim (or portion of any claim) which is denied by the Court involved. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE. —This section shall apply with respect Applicability. to claims received by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals after the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 150. (a) Effective 120 days after the date of the enactment Effective date. of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any Needle exchange, needle or syringe for the hj^jodermic injection of any illegal drug in any area of the District of Columbia which is within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school (including a public charter school). It is stipulated that based on a survey by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia that sites at 4th Street Northeast and Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Southern Avenue Southeast and Central Avenue Southeast, 1st Street Southeast and M Street Southeast, 21st Street Northeast and H Street Northeast, Minnesota Avenue Northeast and Clay Place Northeast, and 15th Street Southeast and Ives Street Southeast are outside the 1,000-foot perimeter. Sites at North Capitol Street and New York Avenue Northeast, Division Avenue Northeast and Foote Street Northeast, Georgia Avenue Northwest and New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, and 15th Street Northeast and A Street Northeast are found to be within the 1,000-foot perimeter. (b) The Public Housing Police of the District of Columbia Reports. Housing Authority shall prepare a monthly report on activity involving illegal drugs at or near any public housing site where a needle exchange program is conducted, and shall submit such reports to the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, who shall submit them to the Committees on
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