5149456 Resolution 20-626, "Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014"

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

20-626

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

October 7, 2014         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to make minor, technical, and clarifying amendments to various budget-related provisions of law.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) On June 24, 2014, the Council passed D.C. Act 20-377, the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2014. The act was vetoed by the Mayor on July 11, 2014, and the Council overrode the veto on July 14, 2014. D.C. Act 20-377 will expire on October 12, 2014.

            (b) On June 24, 2014, the Council also passed Bill 20-750, the Fiscal Year 2015

Budget Support Act of  2014.  The Mayor returned that permanent legislation unsigned, and it is currently undergoing congressional review. The Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Act of 2014, enacted on September 23, 2014 (D.C. Act 20-424; 61 DCR 9990), is likely to go into effect at some point in the fall of 2014.

            (c) The congressional review period for the permanent legislation will create a gap in authority between D.C. Act 20-377 and D.C. Act 20-424. This gap must be avoided for the proper implementation and balancing of the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget and Financial Plan.

 

            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 2015 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading. 

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.