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A RESOLUTION
21-538
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 28, 2016
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve measures that are necessary to support action taken on the District’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget and Financial Plan.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as “Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.
Sec. 2.(a) The Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Act of 2016 contains various measures necessary to support the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget and Financial Plan.
(b) There are several time-sensitive provisions contained in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Support Act of 2016 that need to be in place in advance of October 1, 2016.
(c) Other provisions in the emergency bill will retain the October 1, 2016 applicability date as provided in the permanent legislation, but should be enacted before October 1, 2016, to allow agencies and stakeholders to prepare for implementation.
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 2017 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
