6146228 Resolution 21-552, Sale of Synthetic Drugs Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016  

  • A RESOLUTION

    21-552

    IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    July 12, 2016

     

    To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend section 47-2844 of the District of Columbia Official Code to enable the Mayor to suspend or revoke the business license of any business engaged in the buying or selling of a synthetic drug and to enable the Chief of Police to seal a business licensee’s premises for up to 96 hours for the buying or selling of a synthetic drug; and to amend the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985 to designate the sale of a synthetic drug as a per se imminent danger to the health or safety of District residents and provide for an administrative hearing after the sealing of a business licensee’s premises.

     

                RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Sale of Synthetic Drugs Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

     

                Sec. 2. (a) This bill is necessary to prevent a gap in the law as the temporary legislation, the Sale of Synthetic Drugs Temporary Amendment Act of 2016, enacted on June 30, 2016 (D.C. Act 21-444; 63 DCR 9314), is pending congressional review.

    (b) Emergency legislation, the Sale of Synthetic Drugs Emergency Amendment Act of 2016, effective May 19, 2016 (D.C. Act 21-400; 63 DCR 7916), will expire on August 17, 2016.

    (c) The temporary legislation will not become law until after the expiration of the emergency legislation; therefore, a congressional review emergency is needed to prevent a gap in the law.

     

    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 Sale of Synthetic Drugs Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

     

    Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.