City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0097

• File #: 08-0097
• Version: 0
• Name: Sale of Residential Property - Disclosure of Property Tax
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/7/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/7/2009
• Enactment #: 09-162
• Title: Sale of Residential Property - Disclosure of Property Tax FOR the purpose of requiring certain materials used in connection with the sale of certain residential property to disclose the estimated amount of property taxes and assessments a buyer would be obligated to pay; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; raising the penalty for failure to disclose a certain zoning limitation; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the sale of residential property.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton
• Indexes: City Property - Sale, Property, Sale

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/7/2009	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
4/27/2009	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
4/20/2009	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
4/20/2009	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
10/28/2008	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/16/2008	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/7/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
4/7/2008	0	City Council

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

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Sale of Residential Property - Disclosure of Property Tax

FOR the purpose of requiring certain materials used in connection with the sale of certain residential property to disclose the estimated amount of property taxes and assessments a buyer would be obligated to pay; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; raising the penalty for failure to disclose a certain zoning limitation; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the sale of residential property.
Body
BY renaming
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Subtitle 14. Real Estate Practices – SingleFamily Dwellings
to be
Subtitle 14. Real Estate Practices – Residential Property
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

BY renumbering, repealing, and reordaining, with amendments
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Section(s) 14-1 and 14-2
to be
Section(s) 14-3
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

BY adding
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Section(s) 14-1 and 14-5
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 2. Consumer Protections

Sub...