Official:Amending Section 19-2100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Petroleum Processing Tax," by making the tax on the privilege of processing petroleum effective again, beginning July 1, 2009, and increasing the rate of the tax, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: February 5, 2009
: 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 reinstates a tax on petroleum processing in Philadelphia, which was previously suspended, and increases the tax rate from 5 cents to 35 cents per barrel.
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