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PRINTER'S NO. 1691
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1362
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, HARPER, JAMES, FREEMAN AND DALEY,
MAY 9, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 9, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in home rule and optional plan
government, further providing for procedure for amendment of
charter or optional plan.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2941(d) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 2941. Procedure for amendment of charter or optional plan.
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(d) Initial apportionment.--If the referendum on the
question results in the approval by the voters to amend the home
rule charter or optional plan to provide for the election of the
governing body either by districts or partially by districts and
partially at large or in a change in the number of members of
the governing body, the initial apportionment of the districts
shall be made as follows:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), by an
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apportionment commission consisting of seven members, all of
whom shall reside in [such] the municipality. Two members of
the apportionment commission shall be appointed by the mayor.
Two members of the apportionment commission shall be
appointed by the governing body, one shall be appointed by
the mayor from a list of at least three qualified persons
recommended by the municipal committee of the political party
whose mayoral candidate received the highest number of votes
cast in the most recent mayoral election and one shall be
appointed by the mayor from a list of at least three
qualified persons recommended by the municipal committee of
the political party whose mayoral candidate received the
second highest votes in the most recent mayoral election. The
seventh member of the commission shall be elected at large by
a majority vote of the other six members and shall serve as
[chairman] chairperson of the commission.
(2) At the option of a municipality with a mayor, or for
a municipality without a mayor, the initial apportionment
shall be made by the members of the governing body of the
municipality consistent with section 903 (relating to
reapportionment by governing body).
(e) Subsequent apportionment.--For any municipality,
including a municipality with a mayor, a subsequent
apportionment shall be under Chapter 9 (relating to municipal
reapportionment).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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