City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0170

• File #: 17-0170
• Version: 0
• Name: City Officials - Residency Requirements
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 12/4/2017
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/27/2018
• Enactment #: 18-111
• Title: City Officials - Residency Requirements For the purpose of establishing residency requirements for certain agency heads and at-will supervisory employees; providing a certain qualified, short-term exception; defining certain terms; providing for the prospective application of this Ordinance; and generally relating to residency requirements, as limited by State law, for City personnel.
• Sponsors: Shannon Sneed, Brandon M. Scott, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Leon F. Pinkett, III
• Indexes: City Officials, Residency Requirements

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/23/2018	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
3/12/2018	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
2/26/2018	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
2/26/2018	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably
2/12/2018	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
2/5/2018	0	Labor Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
12/7/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
12/7/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
12/4/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
12/4/2017	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 Sneed

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
City Officials - Residency Requirements
For the purpose of establishing residency requirements for certain agency heads and at-will supervisory employees; providing a certain qualified, short-term exception; defining certain terms; providing for the prospective application of this Ordinance; and generally relating to residency requirements, as limited by State law, for City personnel.
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By authority of
State Code Article - General Provisions
Section 1-201
(2014 Volume and 2016 Supplement)
(As amended by Chapter 776, 2017 Acts of the General Assembly)

By adding
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Section 7-10
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 1. Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies

Subtitle 7. City Officers and Employees

§ 7-10. Residency Requirements for City Officials.

(a) Definitions.

(1) In general.

In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.


(2) Agency.

“Agency” means any department, any bureau or division within a department, and any board, commission, authority, council, committee, office, or other unit of City government.

(3) Official.

“Official” means:

(i) the head of an agency who repor...