Performance incentives.
The Mayor may authorize performance incentives for exceptional service for subordinate agency heads not to exceed 10% of the rate of basic pay in any year. Exceptional service incentives may be paid only if: The agency head is bound by a performance contract, available to the public upon request, that clearly identifies measurable goals and outcomes; and The agency head has exceeded contractual expectations in the year for which the incentive is paid.
Annotations
Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1057 as added June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(m), 45 DCR 2464 Oct. 1, 2002, D.C. Law 14-190, § 2802, 49 DCR 6968 Applicability of § 101(m) of D.C. Law 12-124: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-610.51. Short title of title XXVIII of Law 14-190: Section 2801 of D.C. Law 14-190 provided that title XXVIII of the act may be cited as the Executive Compensation and Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act of 2002. For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2702 of Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-453, July 23, 2002, 49 DCR 8026). D.C. Law 14-190 rewrote the section which had read as follows: “The Mayor may authorize performance incentives for exceptional service for subordinate agency heads not to exceed 10% of the rate of basic pay in any year. Exceptional service incentives may be paid only when the agency head is bound by a performance contract that clearly identifies measurable goals and outcomes and the agency head has exceeded contractual expectations in the year for which the incentive is paid.” 1981 Ed., § 1-611.57.
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