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File #: 100006    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 1/28/2010 In control: Committee on Finance
On agenda: Final action: 3/4/2010
Title: Authorizing, generally, the continued issuance and sale by the City of Philadelphia of Gas Works Revenue Notes of the City, prescribing the forms of notes and providing for their execution and payment, pledging certain revenues of the Gas Works as security, adopting a rate covenant and directing the imposition and collection of rates and charges sufficient to comply therewith, prescribing the conditions precedent to the issuance of specific series of notes, including a resolution passed by the Bond Committee providing for establishment of credit support for notes, providing for designation of a fiscal agent and sinking fund depositary, providing for establishment of a sinking fund and its management, providing remedies upon default, and providing for amendments and modifications.
Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco
Indexes: PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy10000601.pdf
Title
Authorizing, generally, the continued issuance and sale by the City of Philadelphia of Gas Works Revenue Notes of the City, prescribing the forms of notes and providing for their execution and payment, pledging certain revenues of the Gas Works as security, adopting a rate covenant and directing the imposition and collection of rates and charges sufficient to comply therewith, prescribing the conditions precedent to the issuance of specific series of notes, including a resolution passed by the Bond Committee providing for establishment of credit support for notes, providing for designation of a fiscal agent and sinking fund depositary, providing for establishment of a sinking fund and its management, providing remedies upon default, and providing for amendments and modifications.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
ARTICLE I
AUTHORIZATION, SCOPE AND PURPOSE -
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This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the provisions of The City of Philadelphia Municipal Utility Inventory and Receivables Financing Act (Act No. 231, approved December 7, 1982) (the "Act") for the purpose of authorizing the issuance from time to time of Gas Works Revenue Notes of the City to be secured by a pledge of certain revenues of the Gas Works as security, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) at any one time outstanding, as shall from time to time be authorized by resolution of the Bond Committee (or any two of them as provided by the Act) as more particularly hereinafter set forth. This Ordinance is intended to continue the authority for issuance of Gas Works Revenue Notes contained in the General Inventory and Receivables Gas Works Revenue Note Ordinance of 2005, Bill No. 051138, approved December 22, 2005 (the "2005 Ordinance"), subject to the terms and conditions hereof. At such time as Gas Works Revenue Notes are issued pursuant to the authority contained in this Ordinan...

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