HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 715 PRINTER'S NO. 1244
No. 671 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MURPHY, ROSS, ORLANDO, STAUFFER, EWING AND HOLL,
APRIL 30, 1975
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled
2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising,
4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto,"
5 permitting advertisement of the titles and summarizations in
6 lieu of the entire text of proposed ordinances.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 509, act of August 9,
10 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as "The County Code," is amended
11 to read:
12 Section 509. Ordinances and Resolutions.--* * *
13 (b) All such PROPOSED ordinances, unless otherwise provided <--
14 by law, shall be published at least once in one newspaper of
15 general circulation in the county NOT MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS NOR <--
16 LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO PASSAGE. Public notices of any
17 proposed ordinance shall include either the full text thereof or
18 the title and a brief summary prepared by the county solicitor
19 setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail and a
1 reference to a place within the county where copies of the
2 proposed ordinance may be examined. If the full text is not
3 included a copy thereof shall be supplied to a newspaper of
4 general circulation in the county at the time the public notice
5 is published. IN THE EVENT SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS ARE MADE IN <--
6 THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE OR RESULUTION, UPON ENACTMENT, THE
7 COMMISSIONERS SHALL WITHIN TEN DAYS RE-ADVERTISE IN ONE
8 NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY, A BRIEF SUMMARY
9 SETTING FORTH ALL THE PROVISIONS IN REASONABLE DETAIL TOGETHER
10 WITH A SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS. Such ordinances shall not
11 become effective until [ten days after the publication <--
12 aforesaid] RECORDED IN THE ORDINANCE BOOK OF THE COUNTY. In any <--
13 case in which maps, plans or drawings of any kind are adopted as
14 part of an ordinance, the commissioners may, instead of
15 publishing the same as part of the ordinance, refer in
16 publishing the ordinance to the place where such maps, plans or
17 drawings are on file and may be examined.
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