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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-15 Election approval process.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-15" heading="Election approval process.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="List of eligible voters.">The Board of Estimates, with the assistance of the interim Board, the Department of Finance, and the Supervisor of the Board of Elections, shall be responsible for compiling a list of those persons eligible to vote on the establishment of the District and on any question relating to its renewal.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Eligibility criteria.">The following persons are eligible to vote subject to the limitations that no person may have more than 1 vote:<para num="(1)">owners of property within the District which is subject to tax under § 6-8;</para>
      <para num="(2)">voters registered to vote within the District; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">any current member of the Baltimore City Council.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Election.">
      <para num="(1)">A ballot shall be provided to each eligible voter regarding approval of the establishment of the District and the Authority consistent with this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Each ballot, with a certified signature of the eligible voter, shall be returned to the Board of Estimates, c/o the Comptroller’s Office, within 30 days of the date specified on the ballot.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Percentage approval.">
      <para num="(1)">At the end of the election period, the Board of Estimates shall determine the aggregate votes cast by the eligible voters.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If the Board of Estimates determines that at least 58% of the aggregate votes cast approved the establishment of the Authority, the Board of Estimates shall certify the Authority as approved for operation.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §263</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-414</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 12-016</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
