PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 4 EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH
§8-400. Certain General Provisions to Apply to Certain Officers.
All of the provisions of this charter which apply
generally to department heads or departments, boards and commissions shall apply
to the Mayor the Managing Director, the Director of Finance, the City Treasurer,
the City Representative and the Personnel Director and to their
offices.
ANNOTATION
Sources: No specific source.
Purposes: Certain provisions of this Charter apply generally
to all department heads and to the principal officers of the executive and
administrative branch. To avoid listing in each such section the offices of the
Mayor, the Managing Director, the Director of Finance, the City Treasurer, the
City Representative and the Personnel Director, reference is made generally to
department heads, or departments, boards and commissions and such a reference
includes the particular officers listed in this section. See, for example,
Sections 8-405 and 8-406. The City Controller is regarded as a department head
since he is the head of the Auditing Department.