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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmembers Kraft, Clarke, Cole
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Boards, Commissions, etc. - Meetings on Election Days
FOR the purpose of precluding boards, commissions, councils, authorities, committee, and other multi-member units of City government from holding public meetings on a primary- or general-election day.
Body
BY adding
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Section(s) 6-3.1
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 1. Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Subtitle 6. Meetings of Boards And Commissions
ยง 6-3.1. NO MEETING ON PRIMARY- OR GENERAL-ELECTION DAY.
NO BOARD, COMMISSION, COUNCIL, AUTHORITY, COMMITTEE, OR OTHER MULTI-MEMBER UNIT OF CITY GOVERNMENT MAY HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING, REGULAR OR SPECIAL, ON A DAY DURING WHICH A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION IS BEING HELD IN THE CITY.
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 Ordinance.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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