Baltimore City Council
File #: 12-0023    Version: 0 Name: Charter Amendment - Municipal Elections
Type: Mayor and City Council Res. Status: Enacted
File created: 1/23/2012 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/26/2012
Enactment #: 12-03
Title: Charter Amendment - Municipal Elections FOR the purpose of providing for the election of the Mayor, the Comptroller, and the President and Members of the City Council in 2016 and in every succeeding fourth year; adjusting the terms of office for those elected in 2011; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: Rochelle Spector, Bill Henry, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Brandon M. Scott, Nick Mosby, William "Pete" Welch, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, William H. Cole, IV, Carl Stokes
Indexes: Elections, Mayor and City Council Resolution, Municipal Elections, Resolution-Mayor and City Council
Attachments: 1. 12-0023- 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Law - 12-0023.pdf, 3. Law - 12-0023.(REV.)pdf, 4. Finance - 12-0023.pdf, 5. Bd. of Elections - 12-0023.pdf, 6. BOE - 12-0023.pdf, 7. 12-0023 - 3rd Reader.pdf
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
(Charter Amendment)


Introduced by: Councilmember Spector

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
title
Charter Amendment - Municipal Elections

FOR the purpose of providing for the election of the Mayor, the Comptroller, and the President and Members of the City Council in 2016 and in every succeeding fourth year; adjusting the terms of office for those elected in 2011; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
body

BY proposing an amendment to
Article III - City Council
Section(s) 2(a)(1)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

Article IV - Mayor
Section(s) 1(a)(1)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

Article V - Comptroller
Section(s) 1(a)(1)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:

Baltimore City Charter


Article III – City Council

§ 2. Members.

(a) Election and term.

(1) The voters shall elect the members of the City Council on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November [2007] 2016, and on the same day and month in every succeeding fourth year.

Article IV – Mayor

§ 1. Election, term, etc.

(a) Election and qualifications.

(1) The voters of Baltimo...

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