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Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for the removal of gender-based references through the Charter; and providing for the submission of the proposed 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, be it
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 2
COUNCIL PROCEDURE
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? 2-202. Submission of Ordinances to the Mayor.
Every ordinance shall, before it takes effect, be certified to the Mayor for his approval. The Mayor shall sign the ordinance if he the Mayor approves it, whereupon it shall become law. If he the Mayor disapproves it, he the Mayor shall return it to the Council with the reasons for his the Mayor's disapproval at the first meeting thereof held not less than ten days after he the Mayor receives it. If the Council shall pass the bill by a vote of two-thirds of all of its members within seven days after the bill has been returned with the Mayor's disapproval, it shall become law without his the Mayor's approval. If the Mayor does not return the ordinance within the time required, it shall become law without his the Mayor's approval. The Mayor may disapprove or reduce any item or items of any ordinance making appropriations, except the items in the annual operating budget ordinance making appropriations (a) to the Auditing Department for the compensation of auditors regularly em...
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