City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0098

• File #: 17-0098
• Version: 0
• Name: Water Bills - Restoring Informal Conferences
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 7/17/2017
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2019
• Title: Water Bills - Restoring Informal Conferences For the purpose of requiring the Director of Public Works to provide informal conferences to certain customers seeking an abatement of water charges before water service is cut-off for nonpayment, or other actions are taken to collect on delinquent water accounts; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to City water billing.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, John T. Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Brandon M. Scott, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Ryan Dorsey, Shannon Sneed, Edward Reisinger, President Young, Eric T. Costello
• Indexes: Conferences, Restore, Water Bills

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/5/2019	0	City Council	Withdrawn
7/22/2019	0	City Council	Reassigned
7/20/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
7/20/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
7/20/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
7/17/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
7/17/2017	0	City Council	Introduced

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: Councilmember Clarke


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Water Bills - Restoring Informal Conferences
For the purpose of requiring the Director of Public Works to provide informal conferences to certain customers seeking an abatement of water charges before water service is cut-off for nonpayment, or other actions are taken to collect on delinquent water accounts; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to City water billing.
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By repealing, and reordaining with amendments
Article 24 - Water
Section(s) 2-2
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 24. Water

Subtitle 2. Bills

§ 2-2. Abatements.

(a) Director may abate.

The Director of Public Works [shall have full power and authority to] may abate any charge for water made against any property, whether the [same be] charge was made by meter, fixed charge, or otherwise, whenever the Director [in his discretion may], for any cause, [deem such] deems an abatement proper and advisable.

(b) Scope.

[Said] An abatement under this section may, in the discretion of the Director of Public Works, be of the whole or any part of the charge [so made], and [upon such] on any terms and conditi...