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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-801" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Safe Streets Initiative” means a violence prevention or intervention program operated by a community–based organization in a neighborhood that is disproportionately affected by violent crime.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For each fiscal year the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,600,000 for Baltimore City to be used only to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide grants to community–based organizations to operate Safe Streets Initiatives in Baltimore City; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cover expenses incurred by Baltimore City that are attributable to the Safe Streets Initiative, including personnel hired by Baltimore City and assigned to a Safe Streets Initiative.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The funds required to be included in the annual budget bill under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for Safe Streets Initiatives in Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A grant made with funds appropriated under subsection (b)(1) of this section may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require a matching fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>exceed $600,000 per Safe Streets Initiative; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>supplant grant funding otherwise available for Safe Streets Initiatives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before December 31 each year, the Mayor of Baltimore City shall report to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the effectiveness of Safe Streets Initiatives in Baltimore City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the status of all Safe Streets Initiatives in Baltimore City, including a summary of grants awarded with the following information about each grant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the awardee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of the grant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a summary of the program for which the grant was awarded; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other information considered necessary by the Mayor of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
