4948472 Resolution 20-485, "Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

20-485  

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

June 3, 2014         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Temporary Amendment Act of 2013 and the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 to clarify the authority of the Director of the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) to enter into an agreement pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 5310 and a payment agreement for services related to DDOT’s review of proposed and existing projects.

 

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

            Sec. 2.  (a) In December 2012, the Council enacted D.C. Law 19-241, the District Department of Transportation Accessible Vehicles Fund Amendment Act of 2012.  This law amended the District Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 and authorized the District Department of Transportation to administer the Federal Transit Administration 5310 grant program that provides public and nonprofit organizations with vehicles to transport elderly and residents with disabilities.

            (b) In December 2013, the Council enacted D.C. Law 20-68, the Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Temporary Amendment Act of 2013.  This law also amended the District Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002.  Unfortunately, technical edits made to this law inadvertently removed provisions added by the District Department of Transportation Accessible Vehicles Fund Amendment Act of 2012.

            (c) The purpose of this emergency legislation is to restore provisions from the District Department of Transportation Accessible Vehicles Fund Amendment Act of 2012 that were inadvertently removed when the Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Temporary Amendment Act of 2013 was enacted.

            (d) This congressional review emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that there is no gap between when the original emergency legislation expires and when the temporary version of this legislation becomes effective.

            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 Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading. 

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.