________________________ 1 Chairman Phil Mendelson 2 3 4 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5 6 ________ 7 8 9 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10 ________________ 11 12 13 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve measures that are 14 necessary to support action taken on the District’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial 15 Plan. 16 17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18 resolution may be cited as “Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Emergency Declaration Resolution 19 of 2024”. 20 Sec. 2. (a) The Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 contains various measures 21 necessary to support the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial Plan. 22 (b) There are several time- sensitive provisions contained in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget 23 Support Act of 2024 that need to be in place in advance of October 1, 2024. 24 (c) Other provisions in the emergency bill will retain the October 1, 2024 applicability 25 date as provided in the permanent legislation but should be enacted prior to October 1 to allow 26 agencies and stakeholders to prepare for implementation. 27 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 28 enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Fiscal 29 Year 2025 Budget Support Emergency Act of 202 4 be adopted after a single reading. 30 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 31 32