City of Philadelphia - File #: 070272

• File #: 070272
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/12/2007
• In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
• Final action: 6/14/2007
• Title: Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places - Prohibited Conduct," by amending Section 10-612, entitled "Gambling," by amending the penalty provisions for certain violations and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Campbell
• Indexes: GAMBLING
• Code sections: 10-600 - Public Places-Prohibited Conduct

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/20/2007	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/14/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/14/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/7/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/7/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/7/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/5/2007	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/5/2007	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
6/5/2007	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING HELD
4/12/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
4/12/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places - Prohibited Conduct," by amending Section 10-612, entitled "Gambling," by amending the penalty provisions for certain violations and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 10-600. PUBLIC PLACES-PROHIBITED CONDUCT.

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§ 10-612. Gambling.

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(3) Penalties.

(a)The penalty for a violation of this Section shall be a fine not exceeding $300.00 except for violations regulated by subsection (b).

(b) Any person violating this Section in a playground owned or controlled by the City shall have committed a Class III offense and shall be subject to the fines set forth in subsection 1-109(3), or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

[(b)] (c) Repeat Offenders. Any person who commits, on more than one occasion, a violation of this Section shall be guilty of a separate offense of Repeat Violation, and for each such Repeat Violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred (300) dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. Repeat offenders of subsection (b) shall be subject to the fines set forth in subsection 1-109(3), or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. A person shall be guilty of a Repeat Violation regardless whether the second or subsequent violation occurs before or after a judicial finding of a first or previous violation. Each violation, after the first, shall constitute a separate Repeat Violation offense.

[(c)] (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person authorized to enforce ordinances may, at their discretion, seize any monies, in plain sight and identifiable as a profit of the gambling, at the time of the violation. Such monies, not exceeding ...