Official:Amending Section 20-301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payment of Salaries," and Section 22-307, entitled "Payment of Retirement Benefit," to require that all payments of salaries and pension benefits be made by electronic fund transfer (direct deposit) to a financial institution designated by the recipient, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: October 16, 2008
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 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.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill requires all City of Philadelphia employees and retirees to receive their salaries and pension benefits through direct deposit (electronic fund transfer) rather than paper checks.
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