City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0634

• File #: 11-0634
• Version: 0
• Name: Charter Amendment - City Council - Age Requirements
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/10/2011
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/20/2011
• Enactment #: 11-34
• Title: Charter Amendment - City Council - Age Requirements FOR the purpose of lowering the minimum age requirement for members of the City Council; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry
• Indexes: Age Requirement, City Council, Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/20/2011	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
7/18/2011	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
7/18/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
7/18/2011	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
6/20/2011	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/10/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
1/10/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

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
(Charter Amendment)

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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Charter Amendment - City Council - Age Requirements

FOR the purpose of lowering the minimum age requirement for members of the City Council; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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BY proposing to amend
Article III - City Council
Section(s) 1(b)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:

Baltimore City Charter

Article III. City Council

§ 1. Legislative Department; qualification and salary of members.

(b) Qualifications.

Members of the City Council, except the President whose qualifications are provided for in Section 3, shall be citizens of the United States, [above the age of twentyone] AT LEAST 18 years OLD, and registered voters. They also shall be residents of the districts the members have been chosen to represent for at least [one] 1 year next preceding their election, except as provided in Section 7(e), and during their term of office.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment to the City Charter be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of Baltimore City, for adopt...