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Council seeks to require City Commissioners to provide election training four times a year

Official:Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," to require the City Commissioners to provide certain election-related training, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Campbell

Introduced: June 7, 2007

: Committee on Law and Government

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires the City Commissioners to provide election-related training four times a year for candidates and their representatives.

What This Bill Does

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The bill amends Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code to require the City Commissioners to provide the following

Election-related training four times a year for: * Candidates * Prospective candidates * Representatives of political committees * On financial disclosure requirements applicable to candidates for City office, specifically the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (65 Pa. C.S. § 1101, et seq.).
The City Commissioners shall make this training available.
This training is tied to a change to the Home Rule Charter that grants the City Commissioners the power and duty to perform training regarding election matters as directed by ordinance.
The bill requires that this training become effective upon adoption of the change to the Home Rule Charter.