ORIGINAL
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To amend, on an emergency basis, the District of
Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 to prohibit
command staff in the Metropolitan Police Department and Fire and Emergency
Medical Services Department from receiving overtime compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Police and Fire Senior
Management Overtime Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 ".
Sec. 2. Section 1103 of the District of Columbia
Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 is amended by adding
a new subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f)(1) Uniformed members of the
Metropolitan Police Department at the rank of Inspector and above shall
not receive overtime compensation for work performed in excess of a
40-hour administrative workweek, excluding rollcall."(2) Uniformed members of the Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Department at the rank of Assistant Fire
Chief and above shall not receive overtime compensation for work
performed in excess of 40 hours in an administrative workweek and in
excess of 48 hours in a workweek for those uniformed members of the
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department at the rank of
Assistant Fire Chief and above in the Firefighting Division."(3) Uniformed members of the
Metropolitan Police Department at the rank of Inspector and above and
uniformed members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Department at the rank of Assistant Fire Chief and above shall not be
suspended for disciplinary actions for less than a full pay
period.".
Sec. 3. This act shall apply to pre-1980
employees of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency
Medical Services Department upon its enactment by Congress.
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
In the Fiscal Year 2002 budget submission for the
Metropolitan Police Department Mayor Williams
proposed "ending the practice of paid overtime for senior staff’ and
assumed savings totaling $250,000. Subsequently, administration witnesses
testified this was to apply to captains and above. Because captains, like
lieutenants in the Department, have neither the advantage of recent pay
increases afforded members of the collective bargaining unit (sergeants
and below) nor the manager-level salaries afforded inspectors and above,
this title restricts overtime for inspectors and above, and does not
impose any restrictions on captains and lieutenants.
Although the Mayor’s budget did not specifically
address overtime restrictions for senior managers within the Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Department, the District’s personnel policies
generally have been consistent with regard to the 2 major public safety
agencies and, therefore, this act also proposes that the restriction apply
equally to the 2 departments.
Sec. 5. Effective date.
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), approval by the Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority as provided in section 203(a) of the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 116; D.C. Code
§47-392.3(a)), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as
provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in
section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; D.C. Code §1-229(a)).
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
Mayor
District of Columbia