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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Young
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Parking Fines - Penalties for Nonpayment
FOR the purpose of setting a limit on the amount of 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.
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BY repealing and reordaining. with amendments
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 36-22(b)(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 31. Transit and Traffic
Subtitle 36. Parking, etc., Fines, Penalties, and Procedures
ยงย 3622. Imposition of penalties.
(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) 5 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE IMPOSED FOR THE VIOLATION FOR WHICH THE CITATION WAS ISSUED.
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 Or...
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