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Amending Section 21-105 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Hero Awards," by increasing the amount that may be awarded under that Section to family members of firefighters, police officers, and prosecution detectives killed in the course of performing heroic deeds, and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 21-105 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
ยง21-105. Hero Awards.
(1) The Council hereby provides that the sum of [ten thousand (10,000) dollars] twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) may be awarded to the surviving [widow] spouse or dependent children or dependent parents of every [fireman, policeman, park policeman] firefighter, police officer and prosecution detective who is killed in the course of performing a heroic deed which, in the judgment of the Hero Award Committee, involves a special hazard or risk; provided, however, that payments of said sum shall be made at the rate of [$200.] five hundred dollars ($500) per month for a period of fifty months, and shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (6).
(2) There is hereby created a Hero Award Committee consisting of the Chairman of the Committee on Public Safety of the Council, the Police Commissioner, the Fire Commissioner, [the Superintendent of Park Police,] the Managing Director, and the President of the Council, who shall be the chairman of the award committee. Any member of the committee may, from time to time, designate one of his assistants to take his place with full authority to act in his stead. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum with full authority to act.
(3) The award committee shall have the sole and exclusive power and authority to determine in each case submitted to it whether the death of any [fireman, policeman, or park policeman] firefighter, police officer or prosecutio...
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