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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 36-23 Amnesties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="36-23" heading="Amnesties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="General authority to offer amnesty.">Except as otherwise provide in this section, the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Board of Estimates, may periodically offer amnesty from the payment of penalties that have accumulated on fines for parking, stopping, or standing violations.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Special 2-day amnesty; 10-year moratorium.">
      <para num="(1)">Within 60 days of the enactment of this section, the Director of Finance shall offer a 2-day amnesty period during which outstanding fines for parking, stopping, and standing violations may be paid without liability for any penalties that have accumulated on those fines.</para>
      <para num="(2)">At the end of that 2-day amnesty period, no further amnesties may be offered for 10 years.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Rules and regulations.">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 of Finance may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this section.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-596</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/28/21</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 subsection (c) to refer expressly to and reflect 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>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
