B23-1002 — Metropolitan Police Department Overtime Spending Accountability Emergency Act of 2020

ENROLLED ORIGINAL AN ACT ________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________ To require, on an emergency basis, the Metropolitan Police Department to provide a written report every 2 _____________________________pay _____________________________periods Councilmemberon Charlesits Allenovertime Councilmemberpay Briannespending K.to the Council, and to require those reports to include the amount spent year-to-date on overtime pay and describe the staffing plan and conditions justifying the overtime pay.

Nadeau 5 _____________________________ _____________________________ Councilmember Vincent C.

Gray Councilmember Robert C.

White, Jr.

9 A BILL _________________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________ To require, on an emergency basis, the Metropolitan Police Department to report to the Council within 14 days of expending more than 5% above the amount allocated to overtime pay in the approved budget of a fiscal year, to require the Metropolitan Police Department to thereafter provide the Council with a monthly report on its overtime spending until the end of the fiscal year, and to require those reports to describe the staffing plan and conditions justifying the overtime pay.

(a) The Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) shall reportprovide toa thewritten Councilreport inevery writing2 withinpay 14periods calendaron daysMPD’s of expending more than 5% above the amount allocated to MPD for overtime pay inspending to the approvedCouncil. budget of a fiscal year.

(b) UponThe providingreport noticerequired ofby the overage pursuant to subsection (a) of this sectionandsection beginning on the first of the following month, MPD shall provideinclude the Councilamount inspent writingyear-to-date a monthly report on MPD’s overtime spendingpay, untiland thea enddescription of the fiscalstaffing yearplan inand whichconditions MPDjustifying incurred the overage.overtime pay.

(c) The reports required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, shall include a description of the staffing plan and conditions justifying the overtime pay.

This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section ENROLLED ORIGINAL 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 2