D.C. Act 22-394. Fiscal Year 2018 Revised Local Budget Emergency Adjustment Act of 2018.

AN ACT

To adjust, on an emergency basis, certain allocations requested in the Fiscal Year 2018 Local Budget Act of 2017 pursuant to the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Fiscal Year 2018 Revised Local Budget Emergency Adjustment Act of 2018".

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 817 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, approved March 13, 2009 (123 Stat. 699; D.C. Official Code § 47-369.02), the Fiscal Year 2018 budget shall be adjusted as follows:

PART A. SUMMARY OF EXPENSES

$6,155,000 is added (including ($5,020,000) removed from local funds (including ($21,343,000) removed from dedicated taxes)), $855,000 added in other funds, and $10,320,000 added in enterprise and other funds); to be allocated as follows:

PART B. DIVISION OF EXPENSES

Governmental Direction and Support

The appropriation for Governmental Direction and Support is increased by $416,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:

(1) Department of General Services. – ($62,000) is removed from local funds.

(2) Office of the Chief Financial Officer. – $118,000 is added to be available in local funds.

(3) Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. – $360,000 is added to be available in local funds.

Economic Development and Regulation

The appropriation for Economic Development and Regulation is decreased by ($32,917,000) in local funds; to be allocated as follows:

(1) Deputy Mayor for Economic Development. – $2,990,000 is added to be available in local funds;

(2) Housing Production Trust Fund Subsidy. – ($35,802,000) is removed from local funds; and

(3) Office of the Tenant Advocate. – ($105,000) is removed from local funds.

Public Safety and Justice

The appropriation for Public Safety and Justice is decreased by ($400,000) in local funds; to be allocated as follows:

(1) Department of Forensic Sciences. – ($400,000) is removed from local funds.

Public Education

The appropriation for Public Education is decreased by ($4,493,000) (including ($5,348,000) removed from local funds (including $2,832,000 added in dedicated taxes) and $855,000 added in other funds); to be allocated as follows:

(1) Office of the State Superintendent of Education. – ($168,000) is removed from local funds (including $2,832,000 added in dedicated taxes); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Healthy Schools Fund are authorized for expenditure until September 30, 2018; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Healthy Tots Fund are authorized for expenditure until September 30, 2018.

(2) University of the District of Columbia Subsidy Account. – $320,000 is added to be available in local funds;

(3) Non-Public Tuition. – ($2,500,000) is removed from local funds;

(4) Special Education Transportation. – ($3,000,000) is removed from local funds; and

(5) District of Columbia Public Schools. – $855,000 is added in other funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Nonprofit School Food Services Fund are authorized for expenditure until September 30, 2018.

Human Services

The appropriation for Human Services is increased by $5,781,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:

(1) Not-For Profit Hospital Corporation Subsidy. – $10,000,000 is added to be available in local funds;

(2) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. – ($1,675,000) is removed from local funds;

(3) Department of Human Services. – ($182,000) is removed from local funds; and

(4) Child and Family Services Agency. – ($2,362,000) is removed from local funds.

Public Works

The appropriation for Public Works is decreased by ($11,493,000) in local funds; to be allocated as follows:

(1) District Department of Transportation. – ($5,213,000) is removed from local funds;

(2) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. – ($5,001,000) is removed from the local budget; and

(3) Department of Public Works. – ($1,279,000) is removed from local funds.

Financing and Other

The appropriation for Financing and Other is increased by $38,941,000 in local funds (including ($24,175,000) removed from dedicated taxes) to be allocated as follows:

(1) Workforce Investments. – ($33,487,000) is removed from local funds;

(2) Pay-As-You-Go Capital Fund. – ($24,175,000) is removed from local funds (including ($24,175,000) removed from dedicated taxes); and

(3) Emergency and Contingency Reserve Funds. – $96,603,000 is added to be available in local funds.

Enterprise and Other

The appropriation for Enterprise and Other is increased by $10,320,000 in enterprise and other funds; to be allocated as follows:

(1) University of the District of Columbia. – $320,000 is added to be available in enterprise and other funds; and

(2) Not-For Profit Hospital. – $10,000,000 is added to be available in enterprise and other funds.

Sec. 3. Remaining Fiscal Year 2018 unexpended revenue of $122,985,000 shall be carried over into Fiscal Year 2019 as fund balance and shall be available as set forth in the approved Fiscal Year 2019 Budget and Financial Plan.

Sec. 4. Capital project rescissions and increases.

In Fiscal Year 2018, the Chief Financial Officer shall rescind or increase capital project allotments as set forth in the following tabular array, with the savings to be used in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2019 Local Budget Act of 2018, passed on 2nd reading on May 29, 2018 (Enrolled version of Bill 22-754):

Sec. 5. Designated fund transfers.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the use of funds in the accounts listed in the following chart, the Chief Financial Officer shall transfer in Fiscal Year 2018 the following amounts from certified fund balances in the identified accounts to the General Fund of the District of Columbia:

(b) The total amount identified in subsection (a) of this section shall be made available as set forth in the approved Fiscal Year 2019 Budget and Financial Plan.

Sec. 6. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

Sec. 7. Effective date.

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 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).