Official:Amending Chapter 20-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Standards of Conduct and Ethics," by adding anti-nepotism provisions prohibiting City officers and employees, including all elected City Officers, from taking or recommending certain personnel actions affecting family members, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Rizzo
Introduced: September 20, 2007
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Lapsed
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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This bill aims to prevent nepotism in City government by prohibiting officials and employees from taking certain personnel actions affecting family members.
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