PR 23-0455 — Commission on the Arts and Humanities Budget Subtitle Technical Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2019

nENROLLED eORIGINAL ChairmailMendelson R B A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 23-213 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.COLUMBIA September 17, 2019 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Commission on the Arts and Humanities Independence and Funding Restructuring Amendment Act of to include an applicability date provision.

llRESOLVED, ToelaeteexseneofnBY megenyTHE ihrepcttohenedtoamenheCommissionCOUNCIL teArsandHmaitesInepndnceadOF uningRstutuigTHE AendentDISTRICT ctofOF 219toetreanplcaiiydaepoiso.COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Commission on the Arts and Humanities Budget Subtitle Technical Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2019”.

RESOLVED,BYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,athsSec. eoutonmayectdashe“Commission onteAtsndHuantisBugetutileecncal Emergenelaaionf219.

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a)OnJun5,2019,theCouncilappricalYear2020BudgetSupport(a) EmergencyActofD..Act3-1.On June 25, 2019, the Council passed the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2019, effective July 22, 2019 (D.C.

Act 23-91;

66 DCR 8497) (“D.C.

Act 23- 91”).

Act 23-91 included asubtitleentitledthea Commission on theArts and Humanities Independenceand FundingRestructuringEmergency Amendmbil.Actof2019 (CAH s The CAH subtitle establishedentitled the Commission on the Arts and Humanities asIndependence anand independentFunding agencyRestructuring oftheDistrictgovernmentEmergency andAmendment restructuredAct thegrantmakingof programs2019 attheagency.(“CAH subtitle”).

(c) The CAH subtitle includedestablished anthe applicabilityCommission provisionon thatthe providedArts thatand theHumanities CAHas subtitlean wouldindependent becomeagency effectiveof onthe District government and restructured the dategrantmaking D.C.programs at the agency.

Act(c) 23-91The wasCAH enactedsubtitle whichincluded wasan onapplicability Julyprovision 22,that 2019.provided that the CAH subtitle would apply as of the effective date of D.C.

(d)TheAct Council23-91, approvedwhich thewas introducedJuly version22, ofD.C.2019.

Act(d) 23-91The onCouncil Junepassed 25, 2019 with the applicabilityintroduced provision included, but the enrolled version thatof wasD.C. signed by the Mayor inadvertently leftoutthe provision.

()TheAct underlyigiltinresoestheapicbiiyprovisionand23-91 provhatheon CJune A25, H2019 subtitlewillwith applythe retroactivelyapplicability asofprovision Julyincluded, 22,but 2019.the enrolled version of D.C.

f)ThisehnclamendmentsnecessarolaiythttheCommissionoheArtsandAct HumanitiesbeganoperasanindependentagencyofitrctgovernmentonJuly22™23-91 whichthat iswhat was votedsigned onby when the CouncilMayor approvedinadvertently theleft Cout Athe Happlicability subtitle.provision.

Sec.3.(e) The underlying legislation adds the applicability provision to the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Act of 2019, effective September 11, 2019 (D.C.

TheLaw Council23-16; of the DiColumbia determines that the -circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circut necessary that the Commissiothe Arts and Humanities Bubite Technical Emergency Declaration Rsoltinof2019beadopteferasnleredig, Sec.

4.This66 resolutionDCR shall8621) takeeffectand immediately.provides that the permanent version of the CAH subtitle will apply retroactively as of July 22, 2019.

(f) This technical amendment is necessary to clarify that the Commission on the Arts and Humanities began operating as an independent agency of the District government on July 22, 2019, which is what was voted on when the Council approved the CAH subtitle.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL 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 Commission on the Arts and Humanities Budget Subtitle Technical Emergency Amendment Act of 2019 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec.

4.

This resolution shall take effect immediately.