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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry, President Young, Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Parking Fines and Penalties - Amnesty
FOR the purpose of modifying the permitted frequency of offering amnesties on penalties for parking, stopping, and standing violations; providing for a special amnesty; repealing certain obsolete provisions; and generally relating to parking, stopping, and standing violations, fines, penalties, and procedures.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 36-23
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
ยง 36-23. Amnesties.
(a) General authority to offer amnesty.
Except as otherwise [provide] PROVIDED in SUBSECTION (B) OF this section, the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Board of Estimates, may periodically offer amnesty from the payment of penalties that have accumulated on fines for parking, stopping, or standing violations.
(b) [Special 2-day amnesty; 10-year moratorium] FREQUENCY.
NO AMNESTY MAY BE OFFERED UNDER THIS SECTION MORE THAN ONCE DURING ANY 4-YEAR MAYORAL TERM OF OFFICE.
[(1) Within 60 days of the enactment of this section, the Di...
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