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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-24 Notices to new appointees.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-24" heading="Notices to new appointees.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="General – Notice required.">An individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a position must be given written notice, in a form approved by the Ethics Board, of the requirements of:<para num="(1)">§ 3-20 {“Training courses”};</para>
      <para num="(2)">§ 3-21 {“Conflicts affidavit”}; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">§ 7-12 {“Financial Disclosure: Appointee to vacancy”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="General – By whom given.">
      <para num="(1)">For Board members and uncompensated appointees of the Mayor, the notice required by subsection (a) of this section must be given by the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee.</para>
      <para num="(2)">For all other appointees, the notice must be given by the appointee’s agency head or the agency head’s designee.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="General – When to be given.">The notice  required by subsection (a) of this section must be given within 5 days after the appointment.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="General – Notice to be signed.">
      <para num="(1)">To evidence receipt by the appointee and understanding of the appointee’s responsibilities, the notice required by subsection (a) must be signed by both the appointee and the official providing the appointee the notice.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Within 5 days of signing, a copy of the signed notice required under this subsection must be:<para num="(i)">placed in the appointee’s agency personnel file; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">provided to the Ethics Board.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Board members – Special pre-appointment notice.">
      <para num="(1)">An individual who is nominated to fill a vacancy on a City board must also be given written notice, in a form approved by the Ethics Board, of the provisions of &lt;cite data-path="|8|§6-14"&gt;§ 6-14 {“Exceptions – New board members”} of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The notice required by paragraph (1) of this subsection must be given by the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee at least 14 days before the appointment is to be confirmed.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-822</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-585</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-287</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Subsection (d) was added by Ordinance 19-287, effective February 25, 2020.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
