5748431 Resolution 21-276, Fiscal Year 2016 Second Budget Support Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

 

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-276

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

November 3, 2015         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Act of 2015 and various other acts to clarify provisions supporting the Fiscal Year 2016 budget; and to amend the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 to clarify the descriptions of the boundaries around the White House and the U.S. Naval Observatory within which a concealed pistol licensee is prohibited from carrying a pistol.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2016 Second Budget Support Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2.  (a)  On June 30, 2015, the Council passed the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Act of 2015, effective October 22, 2015 (D.C. Law 21-36; 62 DCR 10905) (“Act 21-248”).  Act 21-248 was signed by the Mayor on August 11, 2015, was transmitted to Congress on September 9, 2015, and became effective on October 22, 2015.

            (b)  At the June 30, 2015 Legislative Meeting, the Council also adopted the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2015, effective July 27, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-127; 62 DCR 10201) (“Act 21-127”), an emergency version of Act 21-148.  Act 21-127 was signed by the Mayor and became effective on July 27, 2015.

            (c)  Following the Council’s adoption of Acts 21-127 and 21-148, it was discovered that several provisions within these measures were in need of technical corrections or further clarification.  On September 22, 2015, the Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2015, effective October 16, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-164; 62 DCR 13734) (“Act 21-164”) and approved a corresponding temporary measure, the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Clarification Temporary Amendment Act, passed on 2nd reading on November 3, 2015 (Engrossed version of Bill 21-396), on first reading.

            (d)  Since the Council’s adoption of D.C. Act 21-164, additional necessary clarifications or other changes to the law have come to the Council’s attention, necessitating the adoption of the revisions contained in the Fiscal Year 2016 Second Budget Support Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2015, including:

                        (1)  Necessary clarifications to the District’s license-to-carry-a-pistol law;

                        (2)  Provisions authorizing the Board of Review of Anti-Deficiency Violations to access records and materials to perform the Board’s investigatory functions;

                        (3)  Modifications to the District’s combined reporting provisions;

                        (4)  Revisions to the structure of the District’s parking-meters program;

                        (5)  Clarification to the application of the cost-of-living computation as it pertains to the standard deduction; and

                        (6)  Other technical revisions.            

           

            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 2016 Second Budget Support Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.      

           

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.