Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by prohibiting the use of automated purchasing machines for the purchase of personal property; providing for the seizure and forfeiture of the machines used in violation; establishing certain exceptions; and imposing fines and penalties; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: October 3, 2013
Signed: October 9, 2014
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill prohibits the use of automated purchasing machines for buying personal property in Philadelphia, with some exceptions, and imposes fines and penalties on those who violate this rule.
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