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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Environmental Citations - Default
FOR the purpose of extending to one year the deadline by which a person can be considered in default and subject to certain penalties; and generally relating to the administration of environmental citations.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Section(s) 40-8
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 1. Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Subtitle 40. Environmental Control Board
ยง 40-8. Default by person cited.
(a) Failure to respond constitutes admission of liability.
Any person cited under an environmental citation is conclusively considered to have admitted liability for the violation cited and responsibility for abating the violation if, within [the time allowed by the rules of the Board] 1 YEAR OF THE CITATION, the person:
(1) neither pays the prescribed prepayable fine nor requests a hearing on the violation; or
(2) having requested a hearing, fails to appear on a designated hearing date.
(b) Board order; default penalty.
Under either of the circumstances described in subsection (a) of this s...
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