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Council proposed stricter airport ground-handling service permit requirements.

Official:Amending Chapter 18-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Airports," by requiring providers of ground-handling services at City airport facilities to obtain a permit from the City before providing ground-handling services and providing for possible permit revocation, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez

Introduced: February 12, 2015

: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires companies that provide ground-handling services at Philadelphia airports to get a permit from the city before providing those services.

What This Bill Does

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Requires companies that provide ground-handling services at Philadelphia airports to obtain a permit from the City before providing those services.
Permits the City to revoke the permit if certain terms and conditions are not met.
Modifies Chapter 18-200 of The Philadelphia Code, which deals with airports.
Applies to companies that provide ground-handling services at City airport facilities.