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 Cole
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Controlled Dangerous Substances - Nonresident Buyers
FOR the purpose of imposing a civil penalty on nonresidents who come to the City to buy controlled dangerous substances; defining certain terms; setting certain procedures; and generally relating to activities involving controlled dangerous substances.
Body
BY adding
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Section(s) 41-14 (2)(Subtitle 18)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
BY adding
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 18-1 to 18-4, to be under the new subtitle designation,
"Subtitle 18. Drugs - Nonresident Buyers"
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 1. Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Subtitle 41. Civil Citations
§ 41-14. Offenses to which subtitle applies - Listing.
(2) Article 19. Police Ordinances
. . . .
SUBTITLE 18. DRUGS - NONRESIDENT BUYERS $1,000
. . . .
Article 19. Police Ordinances
SUBTITLE 18. DRUGS - NONRESIDENT BUYERS
§ 18-1. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE
"CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 5 101 OF THE STATE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE.
(C) NONRESIDENT.
"NONRESIDENT" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO, AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER ARREST FOR AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED IN § 18-2 {"CIVIL PENALTY FOR NONRESIDENT BUYERS"} OF THIS SUBTITLE, IS NOT DOMICILED IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.
§ 18-2. CIVIL PENALTY FOR NONRESIDENT BUYERS.
ANY NONRESIDENT WHO BUYS OR ATTEMPTS TO BUY A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IS, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AUTHORIZED BY LAW, SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY UNDER CITY CODE ARTICLE 1, SUBTITLE 41 {"CIVIL CITATIONS"}.
§ 18-3. CITATION.
ON ARRESTING A PERSON FOR BUYING OR ATTEMPTING TO BUY A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, THE POLICE OFFICER SHALL ALSO ISSUE A CIVIL CITATION FOR THE OFFENSE IF THE PERSON IS UNABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT SHE OR HE IS DOMICILED IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.
§ 18-4. REMEDY NOT EXCLUSIVE.
THE ISSUANCE OF A CIVIL CITATION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IS IN ADDITION TO AND DOES NOT PRECLUDE PURSUING ANY OTHER CRIMINAL OR CIVIL PENALTY, REMEDY, OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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