Baltimore City Council
File #: 23-0363    Version: 0 Name: Land Bank Authority
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 3/13/2023 In control: Ways and Means
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Land Bank Authority For the purpose of providing certain unamended authorizing language for context of this Ordinance; establishing the Land Bank Authority of Baltimore City; providing for the Authority’s powers, duties, and limitations; providing for a Board of Directors, for the selection and terms of the Board’s members, and for the powers and duties of the Board; providing certain immunities; providing for certain tax exemptions; and generally relating to the establishment and operation of a Land Bank Authority, as authorized by the City Charter.
Sponsors: Odette Ramos, James Torrence, Phylicia Porter, John T. Bullock, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen
Indexes: Land Bank Authority
Attachments: 1. ETHICS 23-0363, 2. 23-0363(2)~1st Reader
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: Councilmembers Ramos and Torrence


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Land Bank Authority
For the purpose of providing certain unamended authorizing language for context of this Ordinance; establishing the Land Bank Authority of Baltimore City; providing for the Authority’s powers, duties, and limitations; providing for a Board of Directors, for the selection and terms of the Board’s members, and for the powers and duties of the Board; providing certain immunities; providing for certain tax exemptions; and generally relating to the establishment and operation of a Land Bank Authority, as authorized by the City Charter.
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By authority of
Article - Local Government
Sections 1-1401 to 1-1431
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2013 Volume and 2022 Supplement)

By authority of
Article II - General Powers
Section (65)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

By adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Sections 22-1 to 22-27, to be under the new subtitle,
“Subtitle 22. Land Bank Authority”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments
Article 8 - Ethics
Sections 2-2, 2-3, and 7-8
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the following is included herein without amendment and for context only:


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