D.C. Law 21-24. Fiscal Year 2015 Second Revised Budget Request Temporary Adjustment Act of 2015.
AN ACT
To adjust, on a temporary basis, certain allocations requested in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act 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 2015 Second Revised Budget Request Temporary Adjustment Act of 2015".
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 2015 budgets for the following agencies shall be adjusted by the following amounts:
TITLE II. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS—SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
$99,652,000 is removed from local funds (including an increase of $106,000 in dedicated taxes); $215,000 is increased in other funds; and $260,000 is increased in enterprise and other funds; to be allocated as follows:
Government Direction and Support
The appropriation for Governmental Direction and Support is decreased by $7,073,000 in local fund s and increased by $162,000 in other funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) Department of General Services. – ($5,500,000) is removed from local funds;
(2) Office of the Secretary. – ($100,000) is removed from local funds;
(3) Office of Contracting and Procurement. – ($500,000) is removed from local funds;
(4) Office of Risk Management. – ($200,000) is removed from local funds;
(5) Department of Human Resources. – ($84,000) is removed from local funds and $162,000 is added to be available in other funds;
(6) Office of Campaign Finance. – ($233,000) is removed from local funds;
(7) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor. – ($122,000) is removed from local funds;
(8) Office of the Attorney General. – ($300,000) is removed from local funds;
(9) Contract Appeals Board. – ($24,000) is removed from local funds; and
(10) Public Employee Relations Board. – ($11,000) is removed from local funds.
Economic Development and Regulation
The appropriation for Economic Development and Regulation is decreased by $3,015,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) Department of Employment Services. – ($372,000) is removed from local funds;
(2) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. – ($136,737) is removed from local funds;
(3) Office of Motion Picture and Television Development. – ($1,507,000) is removed from local funds; and
(4) Commission on the Arts and Humanities. – ($1,000,000) is removed from local funds.
Public Safety and Justice
The appropriation for Public Safety and Justice is decreased by $1,792,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) Office of Unified Communications. – ($1,401,000) is removed from local funds;
(2) Department of Forensic Sciences. – ($196,000) is removed from local funds; and
(3) Office of Administrative Hearings. – ($194,000) is removed from local funds.
Public Education
The appropriation for Public Education is decreased by $15,542,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) Office of the State Superintendent of Education. – ($6,182,000) is removed from local funds;
(2) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education. – ($4,000,000) is removed from local funds;
(3) District of Columbia Public Charter Schools. – ($2,500,000) is removed from local funds;
(4) State Board of Education. – ($10,000) is removed from local funds; and
(5) Special Education Transportation. – ($2,850,000) is removed from local funds.
Human Support Services
The appropriation for Human Support Services is decreased by $28,119,000 in local funds (including an increase of $106,000 in dedicated taxes) and increased by $53,000 in other funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) Department of Human Services. – ($600,000) is removed from local funds;
(2) Department of Parks and Recreation. – ($1,750,000) is removed from local funds;
(3) Department of Health Care Finance. – ($25,085,000) is removed from local funds (including an increase of $106,000 in dedicated taxes) and $53,000 is added to be available in other funds;
(4) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. – ($463,000) is removed from local funds;
(5) Office on Latino Affairs. – ($10,000) is removed from local funds;
(6) Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. – ($6,000) is removed from local funds;
(7) Office of Veterans Affairs. – ($5,000) is removed from local funds; and
(8) Office on Aging. – ($200,000) is removed from local funds.
Public Works
The appropriation for Public Works is decreased by $175,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) District Department of Transportation. – $250,000 is added to be available in local funds; and
(2) Department of Motor Vehicles. – ($425,000) is removed from local funds.
Financing and Other
The appropriation for Financing and Other is decreased by $43,936,000 in local funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) Repayments of Loans and Interest. – ($20,328,000) is removed from local funds;
(2) Certificates of Participation. – ($22,670,000) is removed from local funds;
(3) Non-departmental. – ($6,300,000) is removed from local funds;
(4) Workforce Investments. – ($8,000,000) is removed from local funds;
(5) TIF and PILOT Transfer. – $9,907,000 is added to be available in local funds; and
(6) Emergency and Contingency Reserve Funds. - $3,455,000 is added to be available in local funds.
Enterprise and Other Funds
The appropriation for Enterprise and Other Funds is increased by $260,000 in enterprise and other funds; to be allocated as follows:
(1) University of the District of Columbia. – $260,000 is added to be available in enterprise and other funds.
Sec. 3. Of the Fiscal Year 2015 local funds within the budget of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, $700,000 shall be reallocated from the Justice Grants Administration program to the Community-Based Violence Reduction Fund.
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(3)).
Sec. 5. Effective date.
(a) 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), a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia Register.
(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
