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To provide for the publication in a Spanish language newspapers of notices of bills, notices of public hearings on bills and other legal notices of Council.

AI summary

The adopted resolution directs the Chief Clerk of City Council to publish notices of bills, public hearings, committee-reported bills, and other legally required Council notices in Philadelphia’s Spanish-language newspapers. It says these notices should follow the required timing and format as closely as practical, and that failing to publish a particular notice this way would not invalidate an otherwise lawful bill.

File details

Status
ADOPTED
Introduced
October 12, 2000
Sponsors
RMRick MarianoAOAngel Ortiz
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THAT:

The Chief Clerk of Council shall cause to be published, in the City's Spanish language newspapers, notice of public hearings on bills and notice of bills reported from committee. The Clerk shall do so, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the times and in the manner required of such notices by section 2-201(5) of the Home Rule Charter, apart from that section's requirement specifying the newspapers in which to advertise; and

The Chief Clerk of Council shall cause to be published, in the City's Spanish language newspapers all other notices Council is legally required to advertise. The Clerk shall do so, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the times and in the manner provided by such legal requirement, apart from any such requirement's specification of the newspaper in which to advertise.

These directives are not intended to create additional requirements for the passage of lawful bills and the Clerk's failure to meet either of them in connection with a particular bill will not make an otherwise lawful bill, upon passage, unlawful.

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File history

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  1. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Adopted