Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter separating and further defining the responsibilities of the City Representative and the Commerce Department; 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 Greenlee
Introduced: January 24, 2008
Signed: March 6, 2008
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill proposes to amend the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter by separating and defining the responsibilities of the City Representative and the Commerce Department. The proposed changes will be put to a vote in a special election on April 22, 2008.
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