Baltimore City Council
File #: 21-0112    Version: 0 Name: Charter Amendment - Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund
Type: Mayor and City Council Res. Status: Enacted
File created: 7/19/2021 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/7/2022
Enactment #: 22-01
Title: Charter Amendment - Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund For the purpose of establishing a continuing, nonlapsing Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund, to be used exclusively to supplement rewards offered to the public for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, and conviction of criminal suspects; providing for certain modes of appropriation to this Fund; authorizing the Mayor and City Council, by Ordinance, to provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of this Fund; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, John T. Bullock
Indexes: Charter Amendment, Criminal , Fund
Attachments: 1. 21-0112~1st Reader, 2. Law 21-0112, 3. BPD 21-0112, 4. Finance 21-0112, 5. Written Testimony #1, 6. Written Testimony 2 21-0112, 7. Written Testimony 3 21-0112.pdf, 8. Final Synopsis 21-0112, 9. Final Hearing Notes 21-0112 10 19 21, 10. Final Synopsis 21-0112 12 14 21, 11. Final Hearing Notes 21-0112 12 14 21, 12. 2nd Reader Amendments 1st(Comm), 13. 21-0112~3rd Reader, 14. 21-0112 Signed, 15. Completed Ordinance 21-0112
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
3/21/20220 Mayor Signed by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/24/20220 Baltimore City Council Approved and Sent to the Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/10/20220 Baltimore City Council 3rd Reader, for final passage  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/10/20220 Ways and Means Recommended Favorably with Amendment  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/14/20210 Ways and Means Recommended Favorably with AmendmentPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/20210 Ways and Means Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/20210 Ways and Means    Action details Meeting details Not available
10/4/20210 Ways and Means Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/22/20210 Baltimore City Council Refer to City Solicitor  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/22/20210 Baltimore City Council Refer to Police Department  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/22/20210 Baltimore City Council Refer to Dept. of Finance  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/19/20210 Baltimore City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/19/20210 Baltimore City Council Assigned  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          

                     (Charter Amendment)

                                                                                                                                                           

Introduced by: Councilmember Schleifer                                                                                         

                     

                     A Resolution Entitled

 

A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council concerning

title

Charter Amendment - Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund

For the purpose of establishing a continuing, nonlapsing Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund, to be used exclusively to supplement rewards offered to the public for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, and conviction of criminal suspects; providing for certain modes of appropriation to this Fund; authorizing the Mayor and City Council, by Ordinance, to provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of this Fund; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

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By proposing to add

Article I - General Provisions

Section 19

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 I.  General Provisions

 

§ 19.  Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund.

 

(a)  Fund established; Scope.

 

There is a continuing, nonlapsing  Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund, to be used exclusively for purposes of supplementing rewards offered to the public from time to time by the Baltimore Police Department or a non-profit organization for the successful apprehension, arrest, and conviction of criminal suspects.

 

 

(b)                     Limitations on use.

 

The  Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund:

 

(1)                     shall only be used to supplement rewards; and

 

(2)                     may not be used to substitute for or replace existing funding for rewards provided by the Baltimore Police Department or any non-profit organizations as described in subsection (a) of this section.

 

(c)  Revenue sources.

 

The fund established under this section may consist of:

 

(1) money appropriated to the fund in the annual Ordinances of Estimates;

 

(2) grants or donations made to the fund; and

 

(3) proceeds from fines, fees, surcharges, or other revenues dedicated to the fund by Ordinance.

 

(d)                     Continuing nature of fund.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of the fund established under this section:

 

(1) remain in the fund, to be used exclusively for their ordained purposes;

 

(2) do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and

 

(3) their appropriations do not lapse.

 

(e)                     Implementation.

 

By Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council may provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of the fund described in this section.

 

Section 2.  And be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment to the City Charter be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of Baltimore City, for adoption or rejection, in accordance with Article XI-A, § 5 of the Maryland Constitution, in the form specified by the City Solicitor.