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Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating and empowering a new Board of Ethics, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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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,
SECTION 1. That the following amendment to 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 II - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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CHAPTER 3
LEGISLATION
§2-300. The Annual Operating Budget Ordinance.
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(4) In every annual operating budget ordinance:
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(e) The amount appropriated to the Board of Ethics shall be adequate to enable the Board to perform the duties assigned to it by this charter. For the first two full fiscal years immediately following the effective date of this subsection, such amount shall be $600,000, or such higher amount as the Council may ordain. Should the Council fail to make an appropriation to the Board of Ethics as required by this subsection, the Board may petition any Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County for a mandamus to the Council to perform its duty under this section.
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ARTICLE III EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH - ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 1 OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES
§3-100. Executive and Administrative Officers, Departments, Boards, Commissions and Agencies Designated.
The executive and administrative work of the City shall be performed by:
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(e) The following independent boards and commissions, which, except for the Board of ...
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