Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to transfer the functions of certain City agencies with respect to penal, reformatory and correctional institutions to a newly-created Department of Prisons and Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prisons and add certain duties to such department; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Jones
Introduced: January 23, 2014
Signed: May 8, 2014
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill asks Philadelphia voters to decide whether to transfer responsibility for managing and operating city jails from two current agencies to a new Department of Prisons and Board of Trustees.
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