Official:Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “City-County Consolidation,” by adding new language to Section 2-305, “Office of Property Assessment; Chief Assessment Officer; Powers and Duties,” requiring the Office of Property Assessment to publicize methodologies and specific formulas used to calculate property values before it can certify annual assessments, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: May 26, 2022
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 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.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill requires the Office of Property Assessment to publicly disclose its methodologies and formulas used to calculate property values before certifying annual assessments.
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