CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL _______________
(First Reader)
Introduced by: President Mosby
Introduced and read first time: May 1, 2023
Assigned to: _________________________________
REFERRED TO THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: City Solicitor, Department of Finance, Office of Equity and Civil Rights
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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Charter Amendment - Community Reinvestment and Reparations Fund
FOR the purpose of establishing a continuing, non-lapsing Community Reinvestment and Reparations Fund, to be used exclusively to support the work of the Community Reinvestment and Reparations Commission; 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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9 BY proposing to add
10 Article I - General Provisions
11 Section 20
12 Baltimore City Charter
13 (1996 Edition)
14 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:
15 Baltimore City Charter
16 Article I. General Provisions
17 § 20. Community Reinvestment and Reparations Fund.
i (A) DEFINITIONS.
(1) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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12 (B) AUTHORIZATION.
13 BY ORDINANCE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE MAY ESTABLISH A CONTINUING, NONLAPSING FUND FOR PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND REPARATIONS COMMISSION WHICH IS TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES INTENDED TO BENEFIT LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DRUG PROHIBITION AND ENFORCEMENT POLICIES.
18 (C) REVENUE SOURCES.
19 THE FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL COMPRISE:
29 (1) DISPURSEMENTS FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER FROM THE STATE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND REPARI FUND; AND
31 (2) FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
1 (D) CONTINUING NATURE OF FUND.
2 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHARTER, UNSPENT PORTIONS OF THE FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION:
4 (1) REMAIN IN THE FUND, TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEIR ORDAINED PURPOSES;
5 (2) DO NOT REVERT TO THE GENERAL REVENUES OF THE CITY; AND
6 (3) THEIR APPROPRIATIONS DO NOT LAPSE.
7 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment to the City
8 Charter be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of Baltimore City, for adoption or rejection, 9 in accordance with Article XI-A, § 5 of the Maryland Constitution, in the form specified by the 10 City Solicitor.