City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0005

• File #: 17-0005
• Version: 0
• Name: Charter Amendment - Term Limits
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 1/9/2017
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/25/2018
• Title: Charter Amendment - Term Limits For the purpose of providing that a person who has served a certain number of terms as Mayor, Comptroller, President of the City Council, or Member of the City Council is ineligible to again serve in that office during the immediately following term; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
• Sponsors: Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, Brandon M. Scott, Robert Stokes, Sr., Leon F. Pinkett, III, John T. Bullock, Kristerfer Burnett, Shannon Sneed, Mary Pat Clarke, President Young
• Indexes: Charter Amendment, Term Limits

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2018	0	City Council	Withdrawn
2/13/2018	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Conducted Public Hearing	Fail
2/13/2018	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably	Fail
2/5/2018	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Employees' and Elected Officials' Retirement Systems
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
1/9/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
1/9/2017	0	City Council	Introduced

Introduced by: Councilmember Schleifer
A Resolution Entitled

A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council concerning
title
Charter Amendment - Term Limits
For the purpose of providing that a person who has served a certain number of terms as Mayor, Comptroller, President of the City Council, or Member of the City Council is ineligible to again serve in that office during the immediately following term; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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By proposing to amend
Article III - City Council
Sections 1(b) and 3(a)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

By proposing to add
Article IV - Mayor
Section 1(a)(3)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

By proposing to add
Article V - Comptroller
Section 1(a)(5)
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

§ 1. Legislative Department; qualification and salary of members.

(b) Qualifications.

(1) Members of the City Council, except the President whose qualifications are provided for in Section 3, shall be citizens of the United States, at least 18 years old, and registered voters of Baltimore City.

(2) They also shall be residents of the districts the members have been chosen to represent for at least 1 year next preceding their election, except as provided in Section 7(e), and during their term of office.

(3) After December 9, 2020, a person who has been popularly elected to serve 3 consecutive terms as a Member of the City Council is ineligible to again serve as a Member durin...