* 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: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Finance)
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
title
Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation - State’s Attorney - $1,190,562
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $1,190,562 to the State’s Attorney - Service 786 (Victim Witness Services), to provide funding for the development and implementation of strategies specifically intended to provide assistance to victims of crime in the City of Baltimore; and providing for a special effective date.
body
By authority of
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 8(b)(2) and (c)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents a grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention in excess of the revenue relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
That grant could not have been expected with reasonable certainty when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2017 was formulated.
On May 3, 2017, the Board of Estimates recommended this appropriation to the City Council.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That $1,190,562 shall be made available to the State’s Attorney - Service 786 (Victim Witness Services) as a Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2017, to provide funding for the development and implementation of strategies specifically intended to provide assistance to victims of crime in the City of Baltimore. The source of revenue for this appropriation is the grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention in excess of the amount from this source that was relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
Section 2. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.