City of Philadelphia - File #: 040936

• File #: 040936
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 10/28/2004
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Title: Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter set forth in a Council Resolution relating to the preparation of Civil Service Regulations, requiring that any fees to be imposed for the purposes of processing applications for positions within the City be first approved by City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Nutter
• Indexes: CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/14/2004	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/14/2004	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
12/14/2004	0	Committee on Law and Government	RECESSED
10/28/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
10/28/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter set forth in a Council Resolution relating to the preparation of Civil Service Regulations, requiring that any fees to be imposed for the purposes of processing applications for positions within the City be first approved by City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia at the election to be held on _____________, 2005, an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter requiring that any fees to be imposed for the purposes of processing applications for positions within the City be first approved by City Council.

SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election:

Shall Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide that the Personnel Department cannot impose a fee for a City job application without City Council approval?

The proposed amendment is contained in Resolution No. 040942 approved by Council on ________, 2004, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Council.

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distribution, the proposed amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter as set forth in Resolution No. 040942, together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to cause to be published in three (3) newspapers of g...