PRINTER'S NO. 2821
No. 2003 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, GEORGE, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, MUNDY, M. O'BRIEN, SANTONI, SHAPIRO, STURLA, GRUCELA AND SIPTROTH, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for parking 3 authorities in cities of the first class. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 5508.1(e)(1), (f)(2) and (3) and (g) of 7 Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended 8 to read: 9 § 5508.1. Special provisions for authorities in cities of the 10 first class. 11 * * * 12 (e) Appointment.-- 13 (1) The Governor shall appoint six additional members of 14 the board. A member appointed under this paragraph must not 15 be an elected or appointed officer of the Commonwealth or a 16 political subdivision. 17 * * * 18 (f) Terms.--
1 * * * 2 (2) Subsequent to the initial terms, the terms of the 3 members shall be staggered. For terms beginning June 1, 2002: 4 (i) members appointed from the list of nominees 5 prepared by the President pro tempore of the Senate shall 6 serve [eight-year] terms ending [June 1, 2010] January 1, 7 2008; 8 (ii) members appointed from the list of nominees 9 prepared by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 10 shall serve [nine-year] terms ending [June 1, 2011] 11 January 1, 2008; and 12 (iii) members appointed by the Governor at his own 13 discretion shall serve [ten-year] terms ending [June 1, 14 2012] January 1, 2008. 15 (3) After the initial terms under paragraph (2), the 16 Governor shall, [not sooner than 60 days nor later than 30 17 days] prior to [June 1] January 1 in each year in which 18 vacancies are due to occur, appoint members of the board for 19 terms of [ten] five years to succeed the members whose terms 20 expire on the first day of [June] January next succeeding in 21 accordance with the appointment procedures provided in 22 subsection (e). If the vacancies are for members selected 23 from a list submitted by a legislative presiding officer, the 24 Governor shall request a list of nominees from that officer 25 [not later than 90 days] prior to the date the vacancies are 26 scheduled to occur. 27 (g) Removal.-- 28 (1) Except as authorized in this subsection, no board 29 member may be removed from office during a term. 30 (2) The Governor may, upon clear and convincing evidence 20070H2003B2821 - 2 -
1 of misfeasance or malfeasance in office, remove a board
2 member prior to the expiration of the term. The Governor
3 shall then provide the board member so removed with a written
4 statement of the reasons for removal.
5 (3) The board may, by majority vote, remove a member.
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7 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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