Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for a preference in civil service regulations for children of firefighters and police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.

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:

ARTICLE VII

EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE

BRANCH - POWERS AND DUTIES

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CHAPTER 4

CIVIL SERVICE; REGULATIONS

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SECTION 7-401. Contents.

The regulations shall provide for:

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(d) The granting, as may from time to time be required by statute or ordinance, of preference in entrance examinations to qualified persons who have been members of the armed forces of the United States

, and to the children of Philadelphia firefighters or police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty

;

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Explanation:

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indicates new matter added

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