D.C. Law 23-114. Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact Amendment Act of 2020.

AN ACT

To amend the Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact Act of 1999 to add the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas "Mac" Middleton Bridge, Sandy Hook Bridge, Brunswick Bridge, Point of Rocks Bridge, and Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge to the list of bridges covered under the Compact.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact Amendment Act of 2020".

Sec. 2. Section 2(c) of the Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact Act of 1999, effective March 31, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-63; D.C. Official Code § 9-1117.01(c)), is amended by striking the phrase "Chain Bridge, and American Legion Memorial Bridge." and inserting the phrase "Chain Bridge, Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas "Mac" Middleton Bridge, Sandy Hook Bridge, Brunswick Bridge, Point of Rocks Bridge, and American Legion Memorial Bridge." in its place.

Sec. 3. Section 2(c) of the Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact Act of 1999, effective March 31, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-63; D.C. Official Code § 9-1117.01(c)), is amended by striking the phrase "Rochambeau Memorial Bridge, George Mason Memorial Bridge" and inserting the phrase "Rochambeau Memorial Bridge, Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge, George Mason Memorial Bridge" in its place.

Sec. 4. Applicability.

Section 3 shall apply on the date by which both the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland approve legislation to add the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact.

Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report 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. 6. 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), 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.