5749304 Resolution 21-285, Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Angie Gates Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-285

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

November 3, 2015         

 

                                                                               

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to confirm the appointment of Ms. Angie Gates as Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Angie Gates Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2.  (a) The Entertainment and Media Production and Development Amendment Act of 2015, effective October 22, 2015 (D.C. Law 21-36; 62 DCR 10905), created the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment (“OCTFME”) by merging the Office of Cable Television and the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development.

            (b) The OCTFME will realize efficiencies by better utilizing staff and resources to achieve the previously separate agencies’ complementary missions.

            (c) Ms. Gates was unanimously confirmed by the Council as Director of the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development on April 14, 2015. 

(d) To ensure that OCTFME has permanent leadership as soon as possible, emergency legislation is necessary to confirm Ms. Angie Gates as Director. 

 

            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 Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Angie Gates Emergency Confirmation Resolution of 2015 be adopted on an emergency basis.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.