Amending Resolution No. 120001, as amended, which provides Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, by providing for the period between the time that Councilmanic district boundaries are redrawn and the time that Councilmembers elected to represent the revised districts first take office.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,

THAT

Resolution No. 120001, which provides Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, be amended as follows:

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indicates matter added by this amendment.

1. A new paragraph XVIII shall be added, to read as follows:

XVIII. Councilmanic Redistricting

1. This rule addresses the transitional period between the time that Councilmanic district boundaries are redrawn pursuant to Section 2-102 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter and the time that Councilmembers elected to represent the revised districts first take office.

2. Effective April 1, 2013, any area within an existing Councilmanic district that will fall in a different Councilmanic district beginning on the first Monday of January 2016 shall be the primary responsibility of the incumbent Councilmember who would represent that area if re-elected in 2015. Matters covered by this rule include constituent services, assistance in zoning matters, recommendations concerning the expenditure of capital funds, recreation activities grants, and other decisions traditionally reserved for the District Councilmember in whose district an area lies.

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