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File #: 070129    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 2/22/2007 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action: 3/29/2007
Title: Proposing an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny the Philadelphia Gas Works' 2006 Request for a Base Rate Increase.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 07012900.pdf, 2. Resolution No. 07012900.pdf
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Proposing an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled “Referenda Approved by the Voters,” by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny the Philadelphia Gas Works' 2006 Request for a Base Rate Increase.
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WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. §13106), an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now, therefore,
 
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,
 
THAT the following amendment to Article VIII of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:
 
ARTICLE VIII
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
 
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CHAPTER 5      REFERENDA APPROVED BY THE VOTERS
 
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§8-502. Urging the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny the Philadelphia Gas Works' 2006 Request for a Base Rate Increase.
 
We, the citizens of Philadelphia, urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny the Philadelphia Gas Works' 2006 Request for a Base Rate Increase.
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