D.C. Code § 2-221.06
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§ 2-221.06. Determination of receipt and payment dates; construction of rental contracts.
Official statutory text
(a) An invoice shall be deemed to have been received by an agency on (1) the date on which the agency’s designated payment office actually receives a proper invoice, or (2) the date on which the agency accepts the property or service concerned, whichever is later.
(b) (1) District agencies shall mail or otherwise deliver checks to a business concern on or about the same day that the checks are dated.
(2) If a District agency makes a payment by check on or about same day as the date of the check, then the payment shall be considered made on the date on which a check for payment is dated.
(c) A contract for the rental of real or personal property is a contract for the acquisition of that property.
(b) (1) District agencies shall mail or otherwise deliver checks to a business concern on or about the same day that the checks are dated.
(2) If a District agency makes a payment by check on or about same day as the date of the check, then the payment shall be considered made on the date on which a check for payment is dated.
(c) A contract for the rental of real or personal property is a contract for the acquisition of that property.
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