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File #: 110060    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 2/3/2011 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action: 3/10/2011
Title: Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of an independent Jobs Commission; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Indexes: JOBS COMMISSION, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy11006000.pdf
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Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of an independent Jobs Commission; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia at the election to be held May 17, 2011, the amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter contained in Resolution No. 110063 approved by Council on March 10, 2011, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Council.

SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election:

Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide for the creation, appointment, powers and duties of an independent Jobs Commission which would determine how City government and other public, quasi-public and non-profit agencies can best work together to create and preserve private sector jobs for Philadelphians, and issue a written report containing its findings?

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distribution, the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter as set forth in Resolution No. 110063 together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to cause to be published in three (3) newspapers of general circulation in the City and in the Legal Intelligencer the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance, once during th...

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