Official:Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter, entitled "Local Performing Artists Requirement," requiring that ten percent of funds for performing arts events receiving at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of City financial resources be spent on local performing artists; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: January 21, 2016
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2016–2019 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 requires that at least 10% of funds for large performing arts events in Philadelphia be spent on local artists receiving City financial resources.
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