PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 QUALIFICATIONS
§3-302. Director of Finance.
The Director of Finance shall have had such experience
for at least five years as an executive or the controller of a business, or as
an expert in public finance as shall qualify him for the duties of his
office.
ANNOTATION
Sources: No specific source.
Purposes: The qualifications for the office of Director of
Finance shall be a person fully competent to fulfill the duties of the office. A
controller or an executive of a business, an expert on public finance such as a
university professor teaching that subject or a governmental budget and finance
officer, would qualify for the office provided his experience is adequate. It
should be noted that two things are required by this and the preceding section:
activity in a specified field; such experience by virtue of that activity as to
qualify the individual for the office.