Official:Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," to prohibit certain activities that damage, deface, or risk damage to, public artwork or memorials, and to provide for penalties for violations of such prohibitions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: May 31, 2012
Signed: December 13, 2012
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill makes it a crime to damage, deface, or threaten public artwork or memorials in Philadelphia. Violators can face penalties.
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