4561830 Resolution 20-277, “Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Technical Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”  

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    A RESOLUTION

     

    20-277 

     

    IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     

    September 17, 2013

     

     

    To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to make minor, technical, and clarifying amendments to various budget-related provisions of law.

     

                RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Technical Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.

     

                Sec. 2. (a) On June 26, 2013, the Council passed the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Act of 2013, signed by the Mayor on August 28, 2013 (D.C. Act 20-157; 60 DCR 12472).   The Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Act of 2013 is projected to become effective at some point during the fall of 2013.         

                (b) Following the passage of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Act of 2013, staff at the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of Tax and Revenue, executive agencies, and the Council identified certain provisions in the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Act of 2013,  provisions of law that were amended by the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Act of 2013, as well as related provisions that need to be clarified or amended to effectuate their intent.

                (c) The proposed modifications include conforming amendments, clarifying provisions, and other minor amendments of a technical nature that must go into effect immediately to clarify the law and implement the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget and Financial Plan as approved by the Council and the Mayor.

     

                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 2014 Budget Support Technical Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 be adopted after a single reading.    

     

                Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.