§ 17. Supplementary criminal apprehension and conviction fund.

(a) Fund established; Scope.

There is a continuing, nonlapsing Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund, to be used exclusively for purposes of supplementing rewards offered to the public from time to time by the Baltimore Police Department or a non-profit organization for the successful apprehension, arrest, and conviction of criminal suspects.

(b) Limitations on use.

The Supplementary Criminal Apprehension and Conviction Fund:

(1) shall only be used to supplement rewards; and

(2) may not be used to substitute for or replace existing funding for rewards provided by the Baltimore Police Department or any non-profit organizations as described in subsection (a) of this section.

The fund established under this section may consist of:

(1) money appropriated to the fund in the annual Ordinance of Estimates; and

(2) grants or donations made to the fund.

(d) Continuing nature of fund.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of the fund established under this section:

(1) remain in the fund, to be used exclusively for their ordained purposes;

(2) do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and

(3) their appropriations do not lapse.

(e) Implementation.

By Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council may provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of the fund described in this section.