6247496 Resolution 21-612, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-612

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

October 11, 2016        

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Act of 2016 to clarify provisions supporting the Fiscal Year 2017 budget.

 

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) On June 21, 2016, the Council passed Bill 21-669, the Fiscal Year 2017

Budget Support Act of 2016 (“Act”).  Following the passage of the Act, staff at the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Council identified certain provisions in the Act that need to be clarified or amended to effectuate their intent.

            (b) The proposed modifications include conforming amendments, clarifying provisions, or other minor amendments that must go into effect immediately to clarify the law and implement the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget and Financial Plan as approved by the District.

 

            Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.        

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.