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<baltimore-city-law heading="Rule 10-6 Legislative synopsis">
  <section prefix="Rule" num="10-6" heading="Legislative synopsis">
    <para num="(a)">Council Services to prepare. Before a committee hearing on any bill, the Office of Council Services shall:<para num="(1)">prepare a legislative synopsis of the bill; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">distribute a copy to each member of the committee.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)">Fiscal note. At the request of the President or the chair of the committee to which a bill has been referred, the legislative synopsis shall include a fiscal note on the effect that the bill, if enacted, can be expected to have on the revenues, expenditures, liabilities, or assets of the City.</para>
    <para num="(c)">Agencies to cooperate. All City departments, agencies, boards, and commissions shall cooperate with the Office of Council Services by supplying whatever information the Office needs for a legislative synopsis.</para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
