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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 911
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE O'BRIEN
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ยง 5314. Local option.
(a) Election to be held.--
(1) In any county, an election may be held on the date
of the primary election immediately preceding any municipal
election, but not more than once in four years, to determine
the will of the electors with respect to the regionalization
or consolidation of the 911 system within such county in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Where an
election shall have been held at the primary election
preceding a municipal election in any year, another election
may be held under the provisions of this section at the
primary election occurring the fourth year after such prior
election.
(2) Whenever electors equal to at least 25% of the
highest vote cast for any countywide office in the county at
the last preceding general election shall file a petition
with the county board of elections of the county, or the
governing body of the county adopts, by a majority vote, a
resolution to place such a question on the ballot and a copy
of the resolution is filed with the board of elections of the
county, for a referendum on the question of regionalization
or consolidation of the 911 system in the county, the county
board of elections shall cause a question to be placed on the
ballot or on the voting machine board and submitted at the
primary election immediately preceding the municipal
election. The question shall be in the following form:
Do you favor the regionalization or consolidation of
the 911 system in the (name of county) county with the
911 system of one or more counties in this geographic
region?
(b) Vote.--
(1) If a majority of the electors voting on the question
vote "yes," then the governing body of the county shall, in
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consultation with the agency, develop a 911 plan for the
regionalization or consolidation of the county's 911 system.
(2) If a majority of the electors voting on any such
question vote "no," then the governing body of the county
shall have no power to regionalize or consolidate the
county's 911 system, unless and until, at a later election, a
majority of the voting electors vote "yes" on such question.
(c) Voting proceedings.--Proceedings under this section
shall be in accordance with the provisions of the act of June 3,
1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code.
(d) Withdrawal of approval.--The referendum procedure
contained in this section shall also be available to withdraw
the approval of the regionalization or consolidation of such
county's 911 system, which was granted through a prior
referendum.
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