Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Other actions actions from the December 5, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 1-4 of 4 actions from December 5, 2007
This lapsed bill would have required retail establishments that sell tobacco products or malt or brewed beverages to program electronic scanners to reject a sale unless a birth date was entered after a visual inspection of the buyer’s photo ID.
Amending Section 9-1802 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use of Electronic Scanners," by requiring, as a condition of licensure, that retail establishments program their electronic scanners to reject any sale of tobacco products or malt or brewed beverages unless a birth date is entered into the register based on a visual inspection of a photo identification, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Education and Environment committees to hold joint public hearings about the School District of Philadelphia’s use of green technologies in building and renovating schools.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education and Committee on the Environment to hold joint public hearings to investigate the steps the School District of Philadelphia is currently taking regarding the use of green technologies in the construction and renovation of school buildings and to explore the feasibility of using such technologies in all future school construction and renovations.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold hearings on a citywide energy conservation education campaign.
Calling on the Committee on the Environment to hold hearings on adopting a City-wide Energy Conservation Education campaign to help Philadelphians save energy and money in their homes, businesses, places of worship, schools and other buildings.
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This lapsed bill would have protected people who bought used cars from dealers by allowing them to return a vehicle within 72 hours if it failed required inspections or had an undisclosed major structural defect found by a licensed mechanic.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Section 9-630, entitled "Sale of Used Cars," providing for protections against sale of cars in need of substantial repairs, commonly known as a "lemon law"; all under certain terms and conditions.
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