6123530 Resolution 21-535, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

 

21-535

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

June 28, 2016

                                                                                                                                                                                            

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, known as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact, to provide that the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation appoints the federal government representatives to the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

 

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  The federal government has changed the appointing authority for federal appointees to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact (“WMATA Compact”) from the Administrator of General Services to the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation.

(b)  Each jurisdiction member of the WMATA Compact agreed to have this legislation passed effective July 1, which is the start of WMATA’s new fiscal year.

(c)  To ensure that our law is current and that the District is in concert with Virginia and Maryland, which have already revised their legislation, with an effective date of July 1, it is important that the Council enact its own legislation as soon as possible.

 

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 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.