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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Lamps and Lighting - LED Lights for Street Lamps
FOR the purpose of requiring the use of Light Emitting Diode lighting for City street lamps from the 2014 fiscal year onward; correcting certain references to the City department responsible for street lighting; and generally relating to City electric street lamps.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 26 - Surveys, Streets, and Highways
Section(s) 13-1
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 26. Surveys, Streets, and Highways
Subtitle 13. Lamps and Lighting
ยงย 131. Street lamps, etc.
(a) Contracts for services.
The Department of [Public Works] TRANSPORTATION, subject to the powers of the Board of Estimates, shall make all contracts:
(1) for furnishing, operating, and maintaining lamps and lamp standards;
(2) for furnishing steam for public buildings; and
(3) for furnishing illuminating gas and electric current for street lamps and public buildings.
(b) Maintaining street lamps.
[It shall] THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MUST:
(1) regulate the lighting...
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