Official:Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by providing that if City Council approval is required for a contract for the construction, acquisition, lease or operation of a building or structure owned or leased by the City, or the construction, acquisition, lease or operation of which is financed in whole or in any part by the City, then any consideration that is paid for the naming, designating or titling of such building or structure must be paid to the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Ortiz
Introduced: February 17, 2000
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill requires that any money paid to rename a city-owned building must go to the City, not to the person or organization being honored. This includes buildings financed in whole or part by the City.
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