Official:Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by amending Section 19-1405, entitled "Excluded Transactions," by replacing gendered marital signifiers.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: April 26, 2018
Signed: June 7, 2018
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends the Realty Transfer Tax law to remove outdated language referring to married couples and replace it with more inclusive terms.
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