City of Baltimore - File #: 20-0626

• File #: 20-0626
• Version: 0
• Name: Water Accountability and Equity Act - Modifications
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/5/2020
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Enactment #: 20-468
• Title: Water Accountability and Equity Act - Modifications For the purpose of clarifying tenants’ access to programs at the Department of Public Works; protecting against conflicts of interest by employees at the Office of Water-Customer Advocacy and Appeals and by hearing officers and their overseers at the Environmental Review Board; improving and specifying data collection metrics by the Office of Water-Customer Advocacy and Appeals; clarifying a customer’s right to dispute determinations by the Department of Public Works before the Department, the Office, or the ECB; deleting the Director of Public Works or the Director’s designee from the list of members of the Committee for Office Oversight and replacing that member with the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee; modifying the effective date of the “Water Accountability and Equity Act”, as enacted by Ordinance 20-336 and modified in part by this Ordinance; mandating the publication for public comment of all proposed new or amended rules and re...
• Sponsors: Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, John T. Bullock, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Shannon Sneed, Sharon Green Middleton, Zeke Cohen, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Edward Reisinger, Robert Stokes, Sr.
• Indexes: Equity, Modifications, Water Accountability

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/16/2020	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
11/16/2020	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
11/16/2020	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
11/12/2020	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
11/2/2020	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Human Services
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Inspector General
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
10/8/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
10/5/2020	0	City Council	Assigned
10/5/2020	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: President Brandon Scott

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Water Accountability and Equity Act - Modifications
For the purpose of clarifying tenants’ access to programs at the Department of Public Works; protecting against conflicts of interest by employees at the Office of Water-Customer Advocacy and Appeals and by hearing officers and their overseers at the Environmental Review Board; improving and specifying data collection metrics by the Office of Water-Customer Advocacy and Appeals; clarifying a customer’s right to dispute determinations by the Department of Public Works before the Department, the Office, or the ECB; deleting the Director of Public Works or the Director’s designee from the list of members of the Committee for Office Oversight and replacing that member with the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee; modifying the effective date of the “Water Accountability and Equity Act”, as enacted by Ordinance 20-336 and modified in part by this Ordinance; mandating the publication for public comment of all proposed new or amended rules and regulations governing the operations of the Office of Customer Advocacy or ECB hearings or restricting the rights granted customers under the Water Accountability and Equity Act and this Ordinance; suspending water service cut-offs and the imposition of service restoration fees until the Water Accountability and Equity Act, as amended by this...