6090841 Resolution 21-491, Metropolitan Police Department Officer Retention and Recruitment Incentives Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-491

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

June 7, 2016        

 

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 and the Metropolitan Police Department Application, Appointment, and Training Requirements Act of 2000 to create incentives for the retention and recruitment of Metropolitan Police Department officers.

           

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Metropolitan Police Department Officer Retention and Recruitment Incentives Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to create incentives for the retention and recruitment of Metropolitan Police Department officers.

(b) On March 1, 2016, the Council passed the Metropolitan Police Department Officer Retention and Recruitment Incentives Emergency Amendment Act of 2016, effective March 17, 2016 (D.C. Act 21-332; 63 DCR 4304). This emergency legislation will expire on June 15, 2016.

 (c) Permanent legislation, which is substantively identical to the emergency legislation – Title II, Subtitle I of the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2016 – was enacted on March 26, 2016 (D.C. Act 21-356; 63 DCR 4659). The permanent legislation is undergoing congressional review and is not expected to become law until September 8, 2016.

(d) In order to prevent a gap in the law, it is now necessary to move this congressional review emergency legislation.  

 

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 Metropolitan Police Department Officer Retention and Recruitment Incentives Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.