EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
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* 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: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Office of the Mayor)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Special Fund for Quality Schools - Reinvesting in Our Youth
FOR the purpose of establishing the Public School Construction and Renovation Special Fund; making the Special Fund continuing and nonlapsing; specifying its purposes, sources of revenue, and uses; and generally relating to the establishment and operation of this Special Fund to provide increased support for the Baltimore City Public School System.
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BY authority of
Article I - General Provisions
Section(s) 12
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
BY adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 8-1, to be under the new subtitle,
"Subtitle 8. Special Funds"
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 5. Finance, Property, and Procurement
SUBTITLE 8. SPECIAL FUNDS
§ 8-1. PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION SPECIAL FUND.
(A) FUND ESTABLISHED.
THERE IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION SPECIAL FUND.
(B) NATURE OF FUND.
THE SPECIAL FUND IS A CONTINUING, NONLAPSING FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CITY CHARTER ARTICLE I, § 12 ("SPECIAL FUNDS FOR EDUCATION").
(C) PURPOSE OF FUND.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL FUND IS TO PROVIDE INCREASED SUPPORT TO THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR:
(1) NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION; AND
(2) THE RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
(D) CONTENTS OF FUND.
THE SPECIAL FUND CONSISTS OF:
(1) MONEY APPROPRIATED TO IT BY THE ANNUAL ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES OR BY A SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION; AND
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS, OR GIFTS RECEIVED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECIAL FUND.
(E) USES OF FUND.
THE SPECIAL FUND MAY BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.
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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