Title
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to authorize City Council to adopt the City's Annual Operating Budget Ordinance within thirty days of the adoption of the State Budget; providing for interim revenue and spending measures and procedures; all under certain terms and conditions; 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, 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:
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ARTICLE II
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The Council - Its Election, Organization, Powers and Duties
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CHAPTER 3
LEGISLATION
§ 2-300. The Annual Operating Budget Ordinance.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Council, at least thirty days before the end of the fiscal year, to adopt the annual operating budget ordinance for the next fiscal year.; provided that, if the State Budget has not been adopted by the time required herein for Council to adopt the City's annual operating budget ordinance, Council shall be authorized to adopt the annual operating budget ordinance within thirty days of the adoption of the State Budget. Council shall be further authorized to provide by ordinance for interim revenue and spending measures and procedures pending adoption of the annual operating budget ordinance in accordance herewith. The consideration of the operating budget ordinance shall begin forthwith upon ...
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