Baltimore City Council
File #: 12-0110    Version: 0 Name: Public Ethics Law - Gifts to Elected Officials
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed
File created: 7/16/2012 In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
On agenda: Final action: 7/15/2013
Enactment #:
Title: Public Ethics Law - Gifts to Elected Officials FOR the purpose of expanding certain provisions to prohibit elected officials from soliciting or accepting certain gifts from any person who does or seeks to do business with the City, engages or seeks to engage in an activity regulated or controlled by the City, or is or recently has been a lobbyist; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector.
Sponsors: President Young, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Edward Reisinger, Brandon M. Scott, Mary Pat Clarke, William "Pete" Welch, Robert Curran, Nick Mosby
Indexes: Elected Officials, Ethics
Attachments: 1. 12-0110 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Ethics - 12-0110.pdf, 3. Law - 12-0110.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

Introduced by: President Young
At the request of: Ethics Board

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Public Ethics Law - Gifts to Elected Officials

FOR the purpose of expanding certain provisions to prohibit elected officials from soliciting or accepting certain gifts from any person who does or seeks to do business with the City, engages or seeks to engage in an activity regulated or controlled by the City, or is or recently has been a lobbyist; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 8 - Ethics
Section(s) 6-26 and 6-27
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 8. Ethics

Subtitle 6. Conflicts of Interest

§ 6-26. Solicitation prohibited.

(a) [In general] PUBLIC SERVANTS GENERALLY.

Except as permitted under subsection [(b)] (C) of this section, a public servant may not solicit or facilitate the solicitation of a gift, whether on the public servant’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, from any person that the public servant knows or has reason to know:

(1) does or seeks to do business of an...

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