Act 47

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Act 47 Statute

• DCED Act 47 Statute–Municipalities Financial Recovery Act 47 Statute

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Act 47 Phase 1: The Request & Hearing

• Harrisburg City Council list of Proposals for Counsel for Act 47 & Ch. 9 Municipal Bankruptcy.  Final RFP Response List

• 10/01/10: Harrisburg Application for Act 47 filed by Mayor Linda Thompson.  Harrisburg Act 47 Request

• 10/20/10: DCED’s City of Harrisburg Act 47 Consultative Report

• 12/15/10: DCED Determination of Harrisburg as Financially Distressed

• To access correspondence & motions filed by DEBT WATCH HARRISBURG along with responses and orders issued by DCED, click here.

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Act 47 Phase 2: Developing the Plan

• 1/12/11: Public Announcement from DCED.  Appointment of Act 47 Team.  PA DCED Secretary Appoints Recovery Plan Coordinator for Harrisburg

• 2/14/11: Letter from Act 47 Team to Harrisburg Mayor & City Council. Spending Directives.  Act 47 Pre-plan Recommendations

• 2/17/11: Public Announcement from DCED. Public Input Sessions. Act 47 Announcement of Public Meetings

• 3/9/11: Letter from Act 47 Team to Dauphin County Commissioners. Act 47 Pre-Plan Update

• 3/15/11: Public Input Ideas. The Novak Group compiled public input suggestions from the 3/7/11 meeting.  Public Input Ideas from March 7th Meeting

Act 47 Phase 3: Presentation of the Plan

6/13/11: 

• View Harrisburg’s Act 47 Recovery Plan filed June 13, 2011
• View Harrisburg’s Act 47 Executive Summary June 13, 2011

• 6/28/11: See a collection of Act 47 Plan Public Input submitted to the Act 47 Coordinator. Act 47 Plan Public Input
  

• 7/8/11: 
• View Harrisburg’s “completed” Act 47 Plan filed July 8, 2011
  
• View Harrisburg’s Act 47 Plan Executive Summary July 8, 2011

• 7/19/11:  City Council voted to NOT ADOPT the Act 47 Plan. Bill 8-2011: Adoption of Harrisburg Act 47 Plan voted down 4-3.
• The Mayor has 14 days to come up with an alternative plan. Her plan is due to be filed by August 2nd. 

• 7/22/11: Letter from PA DCED Secretary Alan Walker to Mayor Linda Thompson. Proposing a Timeline for the Harrisburg Act 47 Process 

• 7/22/11: Harrisburg City Council President calls for a reconsideration of the Revised Act 47 Plan. A Special Legislative Session has been scheduled for Monday, August 1st @ 6pm to reconsider Bill 8-2011.  CANCELLED 7/27/11. 

• 8/2/11: The Mayor’s Act 47 Plan. Mayors Proposed Act 47 Recovery Plan

• 8/22/11: The Mayor’s FINAL Act 47 Plan

• 8/23/11: Letter from PA Governor Corbett to Mayor Linda Thompson. Governor Corbett’s Response to City’s Recovery Plan

• 8/27/11: Letter from Harrisburg City Treasurer to City Council members. City Treasurer Letter to City Council Members

• 8/31/11: City Council voted to NOT ADOPT the Mayor’s Act 47 Plan. Vote 4-3.

• 9/12/11: Letter from the Act 47 Team to Mayor Linda Thompson on Harrisburg’s “stranded debt,” per the Act 47 Plans. Letter from the Act 47 Team on Stranded Debt 

• 9/13/11: In a Motion to Reconsider a vote on the Mayor’s Act 47 Plan, City Council voted NOT To RECONSIDER. Vote 4-3.

Act 47 Phase 3: Bankruptcy Petition

Click here to access the page on Harrisburg’s Bankruptcy Process.

Act 47 Phase 4: Receivership

Click here to access the page on Harrisburg’s Receivership Process.