Baltimore City Council
File #: 22-0260    Version: 0 Name: Ethics Board Financial Disclosures - Public Inspection - Identifying Information
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed - End of Term
File created: 8/15/2022 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 12/4/2024
Enactment #:
Title: Ethics Board Financial Disclosures - Public Inspection - Identifying Information For the purpose of repealing the requirement that an individual provide certain identifying information when inspecting a financial disclosure for a public servant.
Sponsors: Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos
Indexes: Disclosures, Ethics, Financial
Attachments: 1. 22-0260~1st Reader, 2. LAW 22-0260, 3. ETHICS 22-0260, 4. Finance 22-0260

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

 

                     * Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.

                     The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.

                     Introductory*

 

                     City of Baltimore

                     Council Bill          

                                                                                                                                                           

Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                     A Bill Entitled

 

An Ordinance concerning

title

Ethics Board Financial Disclosures - Public Inspection - Identifying Information

For the purpose of repealing the requirement that an individual provide certain identifying information when inspecting a financial disclosure for a public servant.

body

 

By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments

Article 8 - Ethics

Section(s) 7-4

Baltimore City Code

(Edition 2000)

 

Section 1.  Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

 

                     Baltimore City Code

 

                     Article 8.  Ethics

 

                     Subtitle 7.  Financial Disclosure

 

§ 7-4. Public Inspections.

 

(a) In general.

 

[(1)] Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Ethics Board shall allow a person to inspect a financial disclosure filed by a public servant under this subtitle.

 

(b)  [(2)]  Exceptions.

 

(1)                     The Ethics Board may not provide public access to a portion of a statement that is filed on or after January 1, 2019, and that expressly identifies an individual’s home address.

 

(2)                     The Ethics Board may not provide public access to a portion of a statement that expressly identifies the address of a family member of the individual who filed the disclosure.

 

[(b) Record of inspections.

 

The Executive Director must:

 

(1) require each person who inspects a statement filed under this subtitle to identify him- or herself; and

 

(2) record:

 

(i) the inspecting person’s name, address, telephone number, and organization

represented; and

 

(ii) the name of the person whose statement was inspected.]

 

Section 2.  And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.