Baltimore City Council
File #: 19-0354    Version: 0 Name: Underground Conduit System for Cables, Wires, and Similar Facilities
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 3/18/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/17/2019
Enactment #: 19-263
Title: Underground Conduit System for Cables, Wires, and Similar Facilities For the purpose of clarifying the location and administration of an underground conduit system for cables, wires, and similar facilities; requiring the Department of Transportation to administer and maintain the system and to prepare the plans and specifications for its construction, maintenance, and repair; limiting use of the conduit system to persons who have obtained certain permits and other legal authorizations and have paid certain annual charges; requiring the removal of unauthorized installations; providing for the voluntary and mandatory relocation of certain facilities; prohibiting tampering with, opening, or interfering with manholes or facilities in the conduit system; proving for records of and annual reporting by conduit users; authorizing the issuance, service, and enforcement of stop-work orders; imposing civil and criminal penalties for offenses; providing for a special effective date; and generally ...
Sponsors: President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Brandon M. Scott, Zeke Cohen, Kristerfer Burnett, Robert Stokes, Sr., Leon F. Pinkett, III, John T. Bullock, Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, Eric T. Costello, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke
Indexes: Cables, Conduits, Facilities, Wires
Attachments: 1. 19-0354~1st Reader, 2. Law 19-0354, 3. BCIT 19-0354, 4. Finance 19-0354, 5. BDC 19-0354, 6. DOT 19-0354, 7. 19-0354~3rd Reader, 8. Complete Bill File 19-0354
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
6/17/20190 Mayor Signed by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/20190 City Council Approved and Sent to the Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/20190 City Council 3rd Reader, for final passage  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/13/20190 Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Recommended Favorably  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/7/20190 Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/20190 Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/21/20190 The City Council Refer to Mayor's Office of Information Technology  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/21/20190 The City Council Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/21/20190 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Finance  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/21/20190 The City Council Refer to City Solicitor  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/21/20190 The City Council Refer to Dept. of Transportation  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/18/20190 City Council Assigned  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/18/20190 City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available

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
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
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Underground Conduit System for Cables, Wires, and Similar Facilities
For the purpose of clarifying the location and administration of an underground conduit system for cables, wires, and similar facilities; requiring the Department of Transportation to administer and maintain the system and to prepare the plans and specifications for its construction, maintenance, and repair; limiting use of the conduit system to persons who have obtained certain permits and other legal authorizations and have paid certain annual charges; requiring the removal of unauthorized installations; providing for the voluntary and mandatory relocation of certain facilities; prohibiting tampering with, opening, or interfering with manholes or facilities in the conduit system; proving for records of and annual reporting by conduit users; authorizing the issuance, service, and enforcement of stop-work orders; imposing civil and criminal penalties for offenses; providing for a special effective date; and generally updating the laws governing the construction, use, maintenance, and repair of an underground conduit system for electrical, communication, and service cables, wires, and similar facilities.
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lBy repealing
Article 26 - Surveys, Streets, and Highways
Subtitle 23 {“Underground Conduits for Wires”}, in its entirety
Baltimore City ...

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