PRINTER'S NO. 2101
No. 1697 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MELTON AND BARBER, NOVEMBER 11, 1971
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 29, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 5, 1941 (P.L.84), entitled "An act
2 providing for and regulating the appointment, promotion and
3 reduction in rank, suspension and removal of paid members of
4 the police force in boroughs, incorporated towns and
5 townships of the first class maintaining a police force of
6 not less than three members; creating a civil service
7 commission in each borough, incorporated town and township of
8 the first class; defining the duties of such civil service
9 commission; imposing certain duties and expenses on boroughs,
10 incorporated towns and townships of the first class; imposing
11 penalties, and repealing inconsistent laws," reducing certain
12 age requirements.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 15, act of June 5, 1941 (P.L.84),
16 entitled "An act providing for and regulating the appointment,
17 promotion and reduction in rank, suspension and removal of paid
18 members of the police force in boroughs, incorporated towns and
19 townships of the first class maintaining a police force of not
20 less than three members; creating a civil service commission in
21 each borough, incorporated town and township of the first class;
22 defining the duties of such civil service commission; imposing
23 certain duties and expense on boroughs, incorporated towns and
1 townships of the first class; imposing penalties, and repealing
2 inconsistent laws," is amended to read:
3 Section 15. Age; Applicant's Residence.--No person shall be
4 eligible to apply for examination unless he is more than
5 [twenty-one] eighteen years of age at the date of application
6 and has been a resident of the municipality for at least one
7 year preceding immediately his application, unless no resident
8 applicants are available.
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