Official:Amending Title 13 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Water and Sewer," by adding a new Chapter regarding termination of water and sewer service and prohibiting the termination of such service on certain days, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: January 24, 2008
Signed: March 6, 2008
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill prevents the city's Water Department from terminating water and sewer services on certain days of the week, including Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, or the day before a holiday.
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