READ AND PASSED

The enacted bill provided for a November 6, 2012 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to create an independent body to set and regulate water and sewer rates and charges. It also directed city officials to publish the proposed amendment, provide notice, and arrange the election; the source does not state the election’s outcome.

Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to allow for the establishment of an independent rate-making body for fixing and regulating water and sewer rates and charges; to prescribe open and transparent processes and procedures for fixing and regulating said rates and charges; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.