City of Philadelphia - File #: 110370

• File #: 110370
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/12/2011
• In control: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
• Final action: 6/9/2011
• Title: Adopting an Amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development by increasing the Authority's term of existence to a date fifty years from the date of approval of Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Council President Verna, Councilmember Tasco
• Indexes: PAID

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/22/2011	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/9/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	16:0
6/2/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/2/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/2/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/1/2011	0	Committee on Commerce & Economic Development	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/1/2011	0	Committee on Commerce & Economic Development	HEARING HELD
6/1/2011	0	Committee on Commerce & Economic Development	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/12/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Adopting an Amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development by increasing the Authority's term of existence to a date fifty years from the date of approval of Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under certain terms and conditions.

Body
WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Philadelphia enacted Bill No. 2782, signed by the Mayor on October 25, 1967, signifying the intention of the City to organize the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") under the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Law, Act of August 23, 1967, P.L. 251 (73 P.S. § 371 et seq.), as amended, and authorizing the City Solicitor to file Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of the Commonwealth;

WHEREAS, PAID's Articles of Incorporation were executed by the Council of the City of Philadelphia on November 9, 1967 and approved by the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;

WHEREAS, The Economic Development Financing Law provides that the term of existence of an Authority cannot exceed fifty years, so that PAID's original term was to have expired in 2017;

WHEREAS, The Economic Development Financing Law provides that an Authority cannot issue bonds with a maturity that falls after the term of the Authority is to have expired;

WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Philadelphia therefore enacted Bill No. 1499, signed by the Mayor on July 16, 1991, adopting an amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of PAID that extended the Authority's term of existence to October 8, 2041;

WHEREAS, The expiration of PAID's term on October 8, 2041 is less than thirty years in the future, meaning that PAID cannot issue crucial thirty-year bonds;

WHEREAS, On May 17, 2011, the Board of PAID approved a resolution amending PAID's Articles of Incorporation to extend the Authority's term of existence for another 50 years pursuant to the Ec...