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AIMD-96-45R 1 (1996-02-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaclbr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-271115 February 21, 1996 The Honorable Thomas M. Davis III Chairman, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to a request from your office to provide information on ti nature and use of the District of Columbia's authority to adopt emergency legislation during calendar years 1994 and 1995. Specifically, you asked that v (1) describe how legislation is enacted in the District, especially emergency legislation, (2) determine how many emergency bills were enacted in calendar years 1994 and 1995 and their disposition, and (3) determine the disposition oJ two emergency acts which exempted two leases from compliance with certain District laws regarding competitive procurement. An emergency act is effective for only 90 days and is not subject to the congressional review that applies to most of the District's legislation. We identified a total of 62 emergency acts that were adopted in 1994 and 76 emergency acts that were adopted in 1995. These emergency acts were used 1 address a variety of situations which the D.C. Council and the Mayor deemed urgent, affecting, for example, revenues, expenses, or policy issues; waiving le requirements; or granting the Council approval to take certain actions. In mai instances, an emergency act was passed in order to cover the period during w another District act containing similar provisions was undergoing the required congressional review. The enclosure to this letter lists the emergency legislati we reviewed. You specifically asked about two emergency acts. One was passed to provide office space for District employees who were being relocated from buildings GAO/AIMD-96-45R Information on Emergency Legislatio

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