ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-608
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
September 17, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to adopt the local portion of
the budget of the District of Columbia government for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2025.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) On June 12, 2024, the Council approved on final reading the Fiscal Year 2025
Local Budget Act of 2024, enacted on July 15, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-501; 71 DCR 8366). The act
was enacted on July 15, 2024, and transmitted to Congress on August 6, 2024, for the30-day
passive review period required by 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)).
(b) Legislation approving a Fiscal Year 2025 budget must be effective prior to October 1,
2024, the start of the new fiscal year.
(c) Due to the congressional recess schedule, the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of
2024 will not complete the congressional review period before October 1, 2024.
(d) The Mayor therefore transmitted to the Council the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget
Emergency Act of 2024 to ensure that an approved budget and financial plan for Fiscal Year
2025 will be effective before the start of the fiscal year.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget
Emergency Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.