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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-12 Collection and disbursement.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-12" heading="Collection and disbursement.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Authority shall establish with the appropriate City agencies the methods by which the Supplemental Tax is to be assessed, collected, and disbursed to the Authority.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Funds not part of City revenue.">Amounts collected by the City on behalf of the Authority:<para num="(1)">may not be included in the revenues of the City;</para>
      <para num="(2)">are not and may not be deemed subject to the budgetary and appropriation process; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">shall be disbursed promptly upon collection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="City to bear expense of collection, etc.">As part of the City’s contribution to the District, such collection, assessment, disbursement, record-keeping, and enforcement shall not be a charge to or against the Authority or the District but shall be an element of the Baseline Plus.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Department of Finance authorized to collect.">
      <para num="(1)">The Department of Finance of the City may collect the Supplemental Tax and other charges as approved by the Board of Estimates.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The assessment for the Supplemental Tax may be included with the annual real property tax bill submitted to the owners of properties within the District.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Department of Finance shall make regular remittances of the amounts collected to the Board of the Authority.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Penalties and interest.">The penalties and interest applicable to delinquent taxes shall be applied to delinquencies in payment of the Supplemental Tax.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Lien on property.">
      <para num="(1)">The amount of any outstanding assessment on any property, and accrued interest, and other charges shall constitute a lien on the property.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The lien:<para num="(i)">shall take precedence over all other liens, whether created before or after the assessment, commensurate with a lien for State and county taxes, general municipal taxes, and prior improvement assessments; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">may not be defeated or postponed by:<para num="(A)">any private or judicial sale;</para>
          <para num="(B)">any mortgage; or</para>
          <para num="(C)">any error or mistake in the description of the property or in the names of the owners.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">No error in the proceedings of the City or the Board of the Authority shall exempt any property from:<para num="(i)">the lien;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the lien’s payment; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the penalties or interest thereon, as herein provided.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §266</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-613</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-432</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §267</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §268</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §269</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §270</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §271</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §272</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(a), (b)(1), (b)(3)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(b)(2), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(f)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §274</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §275</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §276</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §277</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §278</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By a series of enactments (the most recent being Resolution 20-017), the Mayor and City Council has continued the Authority and District through June 30, 2024.</annotation>
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  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
