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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Young
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Parking Fines - Penalties for Nonpayment
FOR the purpose of setting a limit on the penalty imposed for nonpayment of a citation issued for certain parking, stopping, standing, and related offenses; and generally relating to fines, penalties, and procedures for certain offenses.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 36-22
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
§ 36-22. Imposition of penalties.
(a) Notice to offender.
If a person fails to pay the appropriate fine for a violation by the date specified in the citation and fails to file a notice of intention to stand trial for the offense, a formal notice of the violation shall be sent to the owner's last known address.
(b) Penalties if not paid.
(1) If, within 15 days from the date of the notice, the citation has not been satisfied, the person who received the citation is liable for a penalty EQUAL TO THE LESSER of:
(I) $16 for each month or part of a month the citation remains unsatisfied; AND
(II) 3 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE IMPOSED FOR THE VIOLATION FOR WHICH THE CITATION WAS ISSUED.
(2) If the City has requested the State Motor Vehicle Administration to refuse registration or transfer of registration of the subject vehicle until the charge has been satisfied, a further penalty of $25 is imposed.
(3) These penalties are in addition to and may be collected in the same manner as the fines imposed by this subtitle.
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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