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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 34-12 Director’s powers and duties – Rules and regulations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="34-12" heading="Director’s powers and duties – Rules and regulations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Director may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Scope.">These rules and regulations shall require transparency and community-based public participation mechanisms to provide input to and track the progress of the City’s development and implementation of City policies that make all City operations achieve:<para num="(1)">by January 1, 2025, a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels;</para>
      <para num="(2)">by January 1, 2030, a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">by January 1, 2045, net-zero emissions, as defined in &lt;cite data-path="|1|§34-1|(f)"&gt;§ 34-1(f) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
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    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-484</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/09/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.  22-131</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed the text subsection (b) to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
