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Proposing an amendment to the Home Rule Charter by adding a new Article XIII thereof, to establish a Campaign Finance Board whose members shall be appointed by the Mayor, City Council and the City Controller, to administer a program to be enacted by City Council, by ordinance, regulating the financing of campaigns for the offices of Mayor, City Council and such other offices as Council may designate by ordinance, including a system for public financing of such campaigns.
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WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Act (53 P.S. 13106), amendments 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; and
WHEREAS, City Council, by adoption of this Resolution, proposes an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to regulation of campaign finances for City elective offices; now therefore
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, enacting a new Article XIII thereof, is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:
ARTICLE XIII
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
CHAPTER 1
CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD AND FUND
Section 13-100. Council Powers in General. Council shall have the power, by ordinance, to adopt such rules, regulations, conditions and programs as it deems appropriate, consistent with the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to limit campaign contributions and spending, and provide public funding for municipal election campaigns.
Section 13-101. Composition and Appointment. An Independent Campaign Finance Board is hereby established. The Campaign Finance Board shall consist of five appointed members, who shall be appointed as set forth in this Section, subject to such nomination process as Council may choose t...
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