ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A
RESOLUTION
12-658
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 30. 1998
To declare the existence of an emergency, with respect to the need to put certain
provisions of Bill 12- 584 in place immediately to clarify the firearms registration
provisions and health occupations licensing provisions applicable to the operator of any
private prison facility housing inmates in the District of Columbia for the District of
Columbia Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and to enable the
private prison operator of the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility to come into
compliance with the laws and rules of the District of Columbia regarding these matters.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited
as the "Correctional Treatment Facility Firearms Registration and Health Occupations
Licensing Amendment Emergency Declaration Resolution of 1998".
Sec. 2. (a) The Council, at the Legislative Session on July 30, 1998, approved on first
reading Bill 12-584, the "Correctional Treatment Facility Amendment Act of 1998"
(Bill 12-584), which amends the Correctional Treatment Facility Act of 1996, effective
June 3, 1997 (D.C. Law 11 -276; D.C. Code §24-495.1 et seq.) ("CTF
Act").
(b) Section 2(d) of Bill 12-584 adds a new section 3b to the CTF Act setting forth the
firearms registration requirements that apply to the operator of any private prison
facility housing inmates in the District of Columbia for the District of Columbia
Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
(c) Section 2(e) of Bill 12-584 adds a new section 3b to the CTF Act to clarify the
health occupations licensing requirements that apply to a small number of health
professionals who transferred from District government employment to employment by a
private prison operator and who perform essentially the same services for the private
prison operator as they performed during their District government employment.
(d) The Committee on the Judiciary recommended approval of sections 2(d) and (e) of
Bill 12-584 in order to assure that the private operator of the Correctional Treatment
Facility at 1901 E Street, S.E., can come into compliance with District laws and rules and
applicable court orders regarding these matters as quickly as possible. Ambiguities in the
CTF Act, as currently written, prevent the private operator of the Correctional Treatment
Facility from coming into compliance with these laws, rules, and court orders.
(e) Sections 2(d) and (e) of Bill 12-584 carry out the original intent of the Council
when it enacted the CTF Act.
(f) It is in the best interest of the District of Columbia to enact statutory
clarifications on an emergency basis whenever necessary to remove obstacles that prevent
subject individuals and entities from achieving full and timely compliance.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Correctional Treatment Facility Firearms Registration and Health Occupations Licensing
Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.