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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11 Sustainability and related funds.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11" heading="Sustainability and related funds.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Authorization.">By Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may establish 1 or more continuing, nonlapsing funds for purposes of promoting sustainability, maintaining and establishing parks and other open spaces, and cleaning and preserving the natural environment within the City of Baltimore, including:<para num="(1)">supporting the activities of a City office of sustainability and of other offices necessary or appropriate for these purposes and goals;</para>
      <para num="(2)">performing educational outreach on these purposes and goals;</para>
      <para num="(3)">providing assistance by loan, grant, or otherwise to individuals and organizations undertaking activities to further these purposes and goals; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">conducting research to advance theses purposes and goals.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Revenue sources.">A fund established under &lt;cite data-path="I|§11"&gt;this section&lt;/cite&gt; may comprise:<para num="(1)">money appropriated to the fund  in the annual Ordinances of Estimates; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">grants or donations made to the fund.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Continuing nature of fund.">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of a fund established under &lt;cite data-path="I|§11"&gt;this section&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">remain in the fund, to be used exclusively for their ordained purposes;</para>
      <para num="(2)">do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">their appropriations do not lapse.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Res. 10-021, ratified Nov. 2, 2010</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
