Ch. 655

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 655
(House Bill 262)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City - Community Benefits Districts - Continuation of Authority

FOR the purpose of requiring the General Assembly to make a certain determination;
providing for the termination of a community benefits district and its district
management authority under certain circumstances; and extending the termination
date on certain provisions of law that relate to the authority to establish community
benefits districts in Baltimore City and the administration of community benefits
districts.

BY repealing and reenacting, without with amendments,
The Charter of Baltimore City
Article II - General Powers
Section (63)
(1996 Edition, as amended)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 732 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994
Section 3

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

The Charter of Baltimore City

Article II - General Powers

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have full power and authority to
exercise all of the powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it by the Constitution of
Maryland or by any Public General or Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland; and in
particular, without limitation upon the foregoing, shall have power by ordinance, or such
other method as may be provided for in its Charter, subject to the provisions of said
Constitution and Public General Laws:

(63) (a) (1) To establish, by ordinance, not more than six community benefits
district management authorities, including the Charles Village Community Benefits
District, within the City to provide services consistent with paragraph (2) of this
subsection to the business interests and residents of the proposed district.

(2) To establish community benefits district management authorities to
promote and market districts, provide supplemental security and maintenance services,
provide amenities in public areas, provide park and recreational programs and functions,
and after an authority is established, other services and functions as requested by the
authority and approved through an ordinance by the Mayor and City Council.

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