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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0758* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 758 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L2 3lr2788 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 3lr2791 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Carter |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of repealing a prohibition on certain Baltimore City ordinances or acts of 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | certain municipal officials from conflicting, impeding, obstructing, hindering, or 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | interfering with the powers of the Baltimore City Police Commissioner; and 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | generally relating to the Baltimore City Police Commissioner. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | The Charter of Baltimore City 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article II – General Powers 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section (27) 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2007 Replacement Volume, as amended) 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (As enacted by Chapters 39 and 40 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2009) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | The Charter of Baltimore City 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article II – General Powers 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have full power and authority to 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | exercise all of the powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it by the Constitution of 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Maryland or by any Public General or Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland; and in 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | particular, without limitation upon the foregoing, shall have power by ordinance, or such 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | other method as may be provided for in its Charter, subject to the provisions of said 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Constitution and Public General Laws: 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (27) 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | To have and exercise within the limits of Baltimore City all the power commonly 24 2 SENATE BILL 758 |
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| 51 | 51 | | known as the Police Power to the same extent as the State has or could exercise that power 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | within the limits of Baltimore City[; provided, however, that no ordinance of the City or act 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of any municipal officer, other than an act of the Mayor pursuant to Article IV of this 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Charter, shall conflict, impede, obstruct, hinder or interfere with the powers of the Police 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Commissioner]. 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 1, 2023. 7 |
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