PRINTER'S NO. 968
No. 882 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY LIVENGOOD, MARCH 28, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 28, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled "An
2 act concerning townships of the second class; and amending,
3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
4 thereto," imposing certain limitations on the appointment of
5 a treasurer or secretary and requiring that all meetings be
6 held in public buildings.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 511, act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69),
10 known as "The Second Class Township Code," reenacted and amended
11 July 10, 1947 (P.L.1481, No.567) and amended March 28, 1963
12 (P.L.9, No.6) and June 6, 1963 (P.L.71, No.47), is amended to
13 read:
14 Section 511. Organization Meeting; Appointment of Secretary
15 and Treasurer.--The supervisors of each township shall meet, at
16 a convenient time and [place] in a public building, on the first
17 Monday in January of each year. If the first Monday is a legal
18 holiday, the meeting shall be held the first day following. At
19 such time the township supervisors shall organize as a board by
20 electing one of their number as chairman and another member as
1 vice-chairman. The board shall appoint a treasurer and a
2 secretary, neither of whom shall be a member of the immediate
3 family of a supervisor, who shall be the same person, and who
4 may or may not be a member of the board, except where the board
5 selects a trust company or a banking institution to act as
6 treasurer, in which case it shall elect an individual as
7 secretary. For purposes of this section the term "immediate
8 family of a supervisor" shall mean a spouse or child or mother
9 or father of any supervisor.
10 The meeting under this section may be considered as a regular
11 monthly meeting for the transaction of such business as comes
12 before it. The first order of business at this meeting shall be
13 organization of the board. Any action taken or business
14 transacted other than organization of the supervisors as a board
15 at any organization meeting held prior to the effective date of
16 this amending act, which is invalid for the reason that the
17 action was taken or business transacted at an organization
18 meeting, is hereby validated and confirmed.
19 Section 2. Section 512 of the act, amended November 26, 1975
20 (P.L.453, No.125), is amended to read:
21 Section 512. Monthly Meetings; Quorum, Rent and Expenses.--
22 The township supervisors shall meet for the transaction of
23 business at least once each month, at a time and [place] in a
24 public building to be fixed by the board, but they shall not be
25 paid for more than sixteen meetings in any one year, except in
26 any township where, on account of the exercise of governmental
27 functions other than those relating to roads, more meetings are
28 necessary, in which case, the number of meetings for which the
29 supervisors may be paid may be increased to any number, not
30 exceeding fifty meetings in any year which shall include
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1 hearings by aggrieved parties under the Pennsylvania Sewage
2 Facilities Act and other hearings of a judicial or quasi-
3 judicial nature. Two members of any board of supervisors
4 consisting of three members shall constitute a quorum and three
5 members of any board of supervisors consisting of five members
6 shall constitute a quorum. Except as otherwise provided in this
7 act, an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board of
8 supervisors shall be necessary in order to transact any
9 business. Necessary expenses incurred in such meetings,
10 including office rent, stationery, light and fuel, shall be paid
11 out of the general township fund.
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately and any
13 treasurer or secretary who fails to meet the requirements of
14 this act shall be removed from office immediately.
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