PRINTER'S NO. 3720
No. 2693 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, GIGLIOTTI, WALKO, DERMODY, TRELLO,
PRESTON, LEVDANSKY AND ROBINSON, JUNE 9, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JUNE 9, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," further providing for
5 terms of members of the Allegheny Regional Asset District.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 3111-B of the act of July 28, 1953
9 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, added
10 December 22, 1993, (P.L.529, No.77), is amended to read:
11 Section 3111-B. Governing Board.--(a) The powers and duties
12 of the district shall be exercised by a board that reflects the
13 racial and ethnic diversity of the county and composed of the
14 following members:
15 (1) Four members appointed by the governing body of the
16 county who shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of
17 the county and who shall be selected in the following manner:
18 (i) Two members who shall be selected from nominations made
19 by the chairman of the board of county commissioners.
1 (ii) Two members who shall be selected from lists of
2 nominees submitted by the members of the board of county
3 commissioners other than the chairman. A separate list
4 containing at least three nominees shall be submitted by each of
5 the members of the board of county commissioners other than the
6 chairman. One member of the board of the district shall be
7 selected from each list of nominees.
8 (2) Two members appointed by the mayor of the city who shall
9 serve at the pleasure of the mayor.
10 (3) One member appointed by the vote of at least five of the
11 members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) from a list
12 of nominees provided by regional economic and community
13 development organizations.
14 (4) One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor who shall
15 serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
16 (b) The term of office of members of the board appointed
17 under subsection (a)(1) and (2) shall be coincident with the
18 term of office of the appointing authority of the members and
19 until their successors are appointed and qualified. [The term of
20 office of members of the board appointed under subsection (a)(3)
21 shall be for a term of two years and until their successors are
22 appointed and qualified.] The initial terms of office for board
23 members appointed on or after January 1, 1999 shall be as
24 follows:
25 (1) The four members appointed by the governing board of the
26 county under subsection (a)(1) shall be for a term of three
27 years.
28 (2) The two members appointed under subsection (a)(2) shall
29 be for a term of two years.
30 (3) The member appointed under subsection (a)(3) shall be
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1 for a term of one year.
2 All terms for members appointed thereafter shall be for a term
3 of four years. A person appointed to the board when a vacancy
4 occurs during the term of office of a member of the board shall
5 serve for the remainder of the term.
6 (c) The governing body of the county shall select one of the
7 members of the board appointed under subsection (a)(1) as the
8 interim chairman of the district and shall, within ten (10) days
9 of the effective date of the creation of the district, set a
10 date, time and place for the initial organizational meeting of
11 the board. The members shall elect from among themselves a
12 chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer and such other
13 officers as they may determine. A member may hold more than one
14 office of the board at any time. Members may serve successive
15 terms as officers of the board.
16 (d) The board shall meet as frequently as it deems
17 appropriate but at least once during each quarter of the fiscal
18 year. In addition, a meeting of the board shall be called by the
19 chairman if a request for a meeting is submitted to the chairman
20 by at least two members of the board. A majority of the members
21 appointed to the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose
22 of conducting the business of the board and for all other
23 purposes, except that, for the purposes of making decisions
24 regarding personnel matters, contracts and capital and operating
25 budgets and deciding whether to enter into cooperation and
26 support agreements with regional assets not included within the
27 district's initial financial plan, an affirmative vote of at
28 least six members of the board shall be required. The act of
29 July 3, 1986 (P.L.388, No.84), known as the "Sunshine Act,"
30 shall apply to the board.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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