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<baltimore-city-law heading="Rule 10-5 Notice – Advertising">
  <section prefix="Rule" num="10-5" heading="Notice – Advertising">
    <para num="(a)">Scope; definition.<para num="(1)">This rule applies whenever the hearing on a bill is required by law to be advertised.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In this rule, “applicant” means the person at whose request or on whose behalf a bill is introduced.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)">Chair to set dates. When the committee chair sets the hearing date for a bill, the chair shall also set the date by which the advertising shall be completed.</para>
    <para num="(c)">Notice to applicant. The chair or the chair’s designee shall provide the applicant with written notice of:<para num="(1)">the date of the hearing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the applicant’s obligation to arrange for the advertising; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the date by which the advertising shall be completed.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)">Failure to comply. If the applicant fails to comply with the advertising requirements:<para num="(1)">the public hearing shall be canceled; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the President may order the bill withdrawn from the committee and from the files of the City Council.</para>
    </para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
