And integrate the suggestions that have been made today into a 204 /00 LAW & GOV'T - BILL 2 stronger bill, a much more thorough bill, and a bill that will be closing the loopholes that we talked about, and hopefully, the majority of the members of the Council of this committee will vote it out of committee so that we can go into the full floor of City Council.
It would be very important -- is that true, Councilman Ortiz? -- to have many people here present at that time?
That's Thursday morning, June 8th, a.m. It will be very important for those who could possibly make it to be here to show the committee itself, and later that day to City Council. What we would hope to do is to report the bill out of committee and have what's called the first reading of City Council so that the bill will be prepared to be voted on by the City Council by June 15th. And then if the Mayor wishes to veto it, City Council would have an opportunity to override the veto on June 22nd. Just so that everybody would understand the calendar schedule. We want to be sure that -- I'm being 205 /00 LAW & GOV'T - BILL 2 corrected. I'm told that if we get the bill 3 passed by either June 15th or June 22nd, either of the last two meetings of City Council, were the Mayor -- we would hope he would sign it, but were the Mayor to not sign it, we would have an opportunity in the fall, at the first meeting of City Council, to override any veto. And that would still be time to get the matter on the ballot. Is that accurate now? So we hope to see as many people as possible on the morning of June the 8th, at 9 a.m. It's not a time that we're picking by choice, but it's governed by the calendar schedule. Thank you very much, and we hope to see you on the morning of Thursday, June 8th, 9 a.m. same place as here. Thank you. This meeting stands in recess until June 8th, 9 a.m., the Committee on Law and Government. I thank everybody for their patience. (Adjourned at 6:35 p.m.) - - - 206 C E R T I F I C A T E I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of Thursday, June 1, 2000, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of same. RE: COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LAW AND GOVERNMENT BILL NO.'S 000356, 357, RESOLUTION No. 000380 __________________________________, JOSEPHINE CARDILLO, Registered Professional Reporter