D.C. Act 25-436. Litigation Support Fund Emergency Amendment Act of 2024.

AN ACT

To amend, on an emergency basis, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia Clarification and Elected Term Amendment Act of 2010 to increase the not-to-exceed amount for the Litigation Support Fund to $27 million, and to increase maximum spending from the fund on public safety initiatives from $9 million to $9.7 million.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Litigation Support Fund Emergency Amendment Act of 2024".

Sec. 2. Section 106b of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia Clarification and Elected Term Amendment Act of 2010, effective October 22, 2015 (D.C. Law 21-36; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.86b), is amended as follows:

(a) Subsection (c)(2) is amended to read as follows:

"(2) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2024, up to $9.7 million deposited into the Fund each fiscal year may be used for the purposes of crime reduction, violence interruption, and other public safety initiatives.".

(b) Subsection (d)(3)(A) is amended by striking the phrase "$23.5 million" both times it appears and inserting the phrase "$27 million" in its place.

Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director 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. 4. 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)).