Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny the Philadelphia Gas Works' 2006 Request for a Base Rate Increase; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: February 22, 2007
Signed: March 29, 2007
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill puts a question on the ballot for voters to decide whether the city should urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny a rate increase requested by Philadelphia Gas Works in 2006.
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