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Amending Chapter 9-6300 ("Consumer Protection Ordinance") of The Philadelphia Code to clarify the statute of limitations and provide for retroactivity, all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Consumer Protection Ordinance to require that claims be filed in court within six years of the alleged violation. It also applies the ordinance retroactively to conduct occurring within six years before enactment when that conduct would also have violated Pennsylvania’s consumer protection law at the time.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
September 5, 2024
Sponsors
Rue Landau
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 9-6300. CONSUMER PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

§ 9-6306. Statute of limitations. A claim for a violation of this Chapter must be filed in court within six years of the date that an alleged violation occurred.

§ 9-6307. Retroactivity. This Chapter shall apply retroactively to any conduct that occurred up to six years before the date of enactment of this Section, provided that at the time such conduct occurred it would also constitute a violation of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, 73 P.S. § 201-1 et seq.

SECTION 2.

This Ordinance shall become effective immediately.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read and ordered placed on next week's second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

  4. Committee on Commerce & Economic Development

    Details not published

    No details have been published for this item. Legistar notes that this meeting's minutes have not been finalized.
  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Re-Referred

  6. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred