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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry, President Young, Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Parking Fines and Penalties - Amnesty
FOR the purpose of modifying the permitted frequency of offering amnesties on penalties for parking, stopping, and standing violations; providing for a special amnesty; repealing certain obsolete provisions; and generally relating to parking, stopping, and standing violations, fines, penalties, and procedures.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 36-23
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 31. Transit and Traffic
Subtitle 36. Parking, etc., Fines, Penalties, and Procedures
ยง 36-23. Amnesties.
(a) General authority to offer amnesty.
Except as otherwise [provide] PROVIDED in SUBSECTION (B) OF this section, the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Board of Estimates, may periodically offer amnesty from the payment of penalties that have accumulated on fines for parking, stopping, or standing violations.
(b) [Special 2-day amnesty; 10-year moratorium] FREQUENCY.
NO AMNESTY MAY BE OFFERED UNDER THIS SECTION MORE THAN ONCE DURING ANY 4-YEAR MAYORAL TERM OF OFFICE.
[(1) Within 60 days of the enactment of this section, the Director of Finance shall offer a 2-day amnesty period during which outstanding fines for parking, stopping, and standing violations may be paid without liability for any penalties that have accumulated on those fines.]
[(2) At the end of that 2-day amnesty period, no further amnesties may be offered for 10 years.]
(c) Rules and regulations.
(1) The Director of Finance may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this section.
(2) A copy of these rules and regulations must be filed with the Department of Legislative Reference before they take effect.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That, within 60 days of the enactment of this Ordinance, the Director of Finance shall offer a 5-day amnesty period during which outstanding fines for parking, stopping, and standing violations may be paid without liability for any penalties that have accumulated on those fines.
SECTION 3. 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 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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