5337442 Resolution 20-778, Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Second Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014

A RESOLUTION

20-778

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

December 17, 2014

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to enact and amend 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 Second Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) On June 24, 2014, the Council passed the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2014, effective July 14, 2014 (D.C. Act 20-377; 61 DCR 7598). The act was vetoed by the Mayor on July 11, 2014, and the Council overrode the veto on July 14, 2014. Act 20-377 expired on October 12, 2014.

            (b) On June 24, 2014, the Council also passed the Fiscal Year 2015

Budget Support Act of 2014, enacted on September 22, 2014 (D.C. Act 20-424; 61 DCR 9990).  The Mayor returned that permanent legislation unsigned, and it is currently undergoing congressional review. It is unclear when  the review period will end and, thus, when D.C. Act 20-424 will become law.

            (c) On October 7, 2014, the Council passed the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2014, effective October 10, 2014 (D.C. Act 20-449; 61 DCR 10915). The Mayor signed that congressional review emergency on October 10, 2014, and it is projected to expire on January 7, 2015.

            (d) The congressional review period for the permanent legislation will create a gap in authority between Act 20-449 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 Second Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.