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Motion of the Council of Allegheny County amending Rules of Council for Allegheny County Council.
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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS MOVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
That this Council hereby amends the Rules of Council as follows:
ARTICLE IV. LEGISLATION & LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
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C. Fiscal Notes
1. Any legislation Ordinance which may require contains specific language explicitly requiring an expenditure of County funds or may entail which contains specific language directly resulting in a loss of County revenue shall not be given a second reading until it receives a fiscal note or the requirement for a fiscal note has been waived pursuant to these Rules; except for emergency ordinances and resolutions and the any ordinance or resolution required by Article VII, Section 4 of the Home Rule Charter for adopting tax rates and balanced annual operating and capital budgets. For the purposes of this section, an ordinance shall be deemed to explicitly require an expenditure of County funds or directly result in a loss of revenue if and only if the ordinance contains language that clearly directs an expenditure from any County fund or that expressly results in a reduction of tax revenue collected by the County on its face. For the purposes of any ordinance pertaining to Tax Increment Financing, this Rule shall be deemed inapplicable, and the provisions of Article IV, Section D of these Rules shall be applied.
2. Legislation within the Budget & Finance Committee meeting the requirements of Subsection C.1. of this Rule shall receive a fiscal note as part of the committee process. The committee may consider the fiscal impacts along with the merits of the bill itself.
3. The Chair of any committee, other than Budget & Finance, considering legislation requiring a fiscal note under the terms of Subsection C.1. of this Rule shall request such note from the Budget Director. Upon receipt of the request, the Budget Director shall have ten (...
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