# § 17 Supplementary criminal apprehension and conviction fund.

Current through 2026-10-01. Source: Laws of Md., ch. 485 (2026 Session Md. Gen. Assembly). Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 17 Supplementary criminal apprehension and conviction fund.

Balt., Md., Charter art. I, § 17 (2026)

(a) There is a continuing, nonlapsing  Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund, to be used exclusively for purposes of supplementing rewards offered to the public from time to time by the Baltimore Police Department or a non-profit organization for the successful apprehension, arrest, and conviction of criminal suspects.

(b) The  Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund:

  (1) shall only be used to supplement rewards; and

  (2) may not be used to substitute for or replace existing funding for rewards provided by the Baltimore Police Department or any non-profit organizations as described in <cite data-path="I|§17|(a)">subsection (a) of this section</cite>.

(c) The fund established under <cite data-path="I|§17">this section</cite> may consist of:

  (1) money appropriated to the fund in the annual Ordinance of Estimates; and

  (2) grants or donations made to the fund.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of the fund established under <cite data-path="I|§17">this section</cite>:

  (1) remain in the fund, to be used exclusively for their ordained purposes;

  (2) do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and

  (3) their appropriations do not lapse.

(e) By Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council may provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of the fund described in <cite data-path="I|§17">this section</cite>.

*History: Res. 22-001, ratified Nov. 8, 2022*