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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-15 Election approval process.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-15" heading="Election approval process.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="List of eligible voters.">The Board of Estimates, with the assistance of the interim Board, and the Department of Finance 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.">Each real property tax parcel is entitled to one vote to be exercised by the owner of that real property tax parcel.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Election.">
      <para num="(1)">A ballot shall be provided to each eligible voter for the approval of the establishment of the District.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Each ballot, with a signature of the eligible voter must be returned to the Board of Estimates, care of the Comptroller’s Office.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The voting period shall be established by the Board of Estimates and shall be not more than 21 days from the date ballots are provided to eligible voters.</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 percent of the aggregate votes cast in the election approved the establishment of the District, the Board of Estimates shall certify the District and Authority as approved for operation.</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>
