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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-11 Residency requirements – Police Department command staff.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-11" heading="Residency requirements – Police Department command staff.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Command staff member.">“Command staff member” means:<para num="(i)">a member of the Baltimore Police Department with the rank of colonel; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a member of the Baltimore Police Department with the rank of deputy commissioner.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Residency requirements.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Scope.">Nothing in this section applies to a command staff member who:<para num="(i)">on January 1, 2022, held the rank of colonel; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">was subsequently promoted to the rank of deputy commissioner.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each command staff member must:<para num="(i)">be a resident and registered voter of Baltimore City at the time of the command staff member’s appointment; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">remain a resident and registered voter of Baltimore City throughout the command staff member’s entire term of office.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Timing of compliance.">An individual has 120 days after the date of hire for or promotion to a command staff member position to begin to reside in Baltimore City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Waiver of residency requirements.">If a command staff member is married to an individual who is employed by a governmental entity that has similar residency requirements as those in subsection (b) of this section, the Police Commissioner or the Police Commissioner’s designee may grant that command staff member a waiver from the requirements in subsection (b) of this section.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Termination for failure to comply.">If a command staff member fails to comply with this section the command staff member is automatically terminated.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Annual reporting requirement.">No later than June 30 of each year, the Police Commissioner or the Police Commissioner’s designee shall submit a report to the Mayor and City Council detailing the residency and voter registration status of all command staff members.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-415</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">
          This § 7-11 was enacted by Ordinance 20-415, effective January 1, 2022, in accord with and by authority of the PLL of Baltimore City § 16-1(6), (7), and (8), and § 16-2A, as amended by Ch.  512, Acts of 2020.  Section 2 of Ord. 20-415 contains the following “legacy clause”
          [T]his Ordinance applies only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect or application to the continued employment at the same level of any individual who, before the effective date of this Ordinance, is employed by the Baltimore Police Department as a member of its “command staff”, as that term is defined in this Ordinance.
        </annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
