City of Baltimore - File #: 23-0456

• File #: 23-0456
• Version: 0
• Name: Charter Amendment - Sustainability Fund - Acceptance of Fees
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Introduced In Council
• File created: 12/4/2023
• In control: Rules and Legislative Oversight
• Title: Charter Amendment - Sustainability Fund - Acceptance of Fees For the purpose of authorizing the Sustainability Fund to include proceeds from certain revenues dedicated to the Fund by ordinance; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
• Sponsors: Mark Conway
• Indexes: Charter Amendment, Fund, Sustainability

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement
12/7/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
12/7/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
12/7/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
12/7/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Office of Sustainability
12/4/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
12/4/2023	0	Baltimore 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
(Charter Amendment)

Introduced by: Councilmember Conway


A Resolution Entitled

A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council concerning
title
Charter Amendment - Sustainability Fund - Acceptance of Fees
For the purpose of authorizing the Sustainability Fund to include proceeds from certain revenues dedicated to the Fund by ordinance; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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By proposing to amend
Article I - General Provisions
Section 11(b)
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

§ 11. Sustainability and related funds.

(b) Revenue sources.

A fund established under this section may comprise:

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

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

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



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 specifie...