Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter establishing and defining the responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Management; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Jones
Introduced: June 4, 2015
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Lapsed
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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This bill proposes an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to establish and define the responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Management. It sets a special election for November 3, 2015, where voters will decide whether to approve or disapprove the proposed amendment.
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