TITLE 20. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 20-300. COMPENSATION
§20-307. Prohibition of Payment or Reimbursement of Certain Business Expenses. [18]
(1) (a) Public funds from the City Treasury shall not be
used to make payments to or reimburse City employees, executive and
administrative officers and elected City officials for business expenses and
entertainment in connection with the use of private organizations, clubs or
associations which bar, restrict or limit membership or the use of dining or
recreational facilities on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national
origin or ancestry.
(b) Each request by a City employee, executive or
administrative officer, or elected City official for payment or reimbursement
from public funds from the City treasury shall contain a certification that said
request for payment or reimbursement is not for business expenses or
entertainment in connection with the use of a private organization, club or
association which bars, restricts or limits membership or the use of dining or
recreational facilities on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national
origin or ancestry.
(2) For the use of the Department of Finance of the
City of Philadelphia and the City Controller of the City of Philadelphia in the
administration of this Section and for the information of other interested
parties, the Commission on Human Relations shall conduct an annual survey
pursuant to appropriate regulations promulgated by said Commission of private
organizations, clubs or associations in the counties of Philadelphia, Chester,
Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware in Pennsylvania, and the county of Camden, New
Jersey to determine whether such private organizations, clubs or associations
are governed by charter provisions, by-laws or policies which bar, restrict or
limit membership or use of dining or recreational facilities on the basis of
race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry.