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                                            AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To amend, on a temporary 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 Temporary 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” 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.

       (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

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24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)).

       (b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.

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               Chairman

               Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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