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3 Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau
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7 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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12 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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18 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need authorize the Office of Human
19 Rights to adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Language
20 Access Act of 2004.
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22 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
23 resolution may be cited as the “Language Access Rulemaking Emergency Declaration
24 Resolution of 2024”.
25 Sec. 2. (a) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure the Mayor, through the Office of
26 Human Rights, can promulgate and amend rules and regulations to allow for the the fair and
27 effective enforcement of the Language Access Act of 2004, effective June 19, 2004 (D.C. Law
28 15-167; D.C. Official Code § 2-1931 et seq.).
29 Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances in section 2 constitute emergency
30 circumstances, making it necessary that the Language Access Rulemaking Emergency
31 Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
32 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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