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<baltimore-city-law heading="Rule 10-12 Petitioning bill from committee">
  <section prefix="Rule" num="10-12" heading="Petitioning bill from committee">
    <para num="(a)">In general. A bill may be petitioned from a committee to the floor of the Council at any time.</para>
    <para num="(b)">Number of petitioners. A petition under this rule may be made as follows:<para num="(1)">by motion made on the floor of the Council and adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Councilmembers present; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">at any other time, on the written petition of 8 Councilmembers.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)">When made or presented.<para num="(1)">The motion shall be made or the written petition presented during the order of business designated as “Committee Reports (Second Reading of Bills)”.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A copy of any written petition presented under this rule shall be entered on the Journal and shall be submitted to the Journal Clerk at least 48 hours before being presented as required in subsection (c)(1) of this Rule.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)">Return of bill. On adoption of the motion or presentation of the written petition the committee chair shall return the bill to the Council, together with all related documents:<para num="(1)">immediately, before the Council proceeds to another order of business, as if it had been reported by the committee “without recommendation”; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">if the Council so directs, at a later meeting, with or without a recommendation.</para>
    </para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
