PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 47 PRINTER'S NO. 434
No. 61 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY STEIL, YOUNGBLOOD, HERMAN, RUBLEY, SCHRODER,
E. Z. TAYLOR, HARHAI, WATSON AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 23, 2001
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further
4 providing for specific powers of boroughs relating to care
5 and erection of memorials and municipal music.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1202(60) and (62) of the act of February
9 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, are
10 amended to read:
11 Section 1202. Specific Powers.--The powers of the borough
12 shall be vested in the corporate authorities. Among the specific
13 powers of the borough shall be the following, and in the
14 exercise of any of such powers involving the enactment of any
15 ordinance or the making of any regulation, restriction or
16 prohibition, the borough may provide for the enforcement thereof
17 and may prescribe penalties for the violation thereof or for the
18 failure to conform thereto:
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2 (60) Care and erection of memorials. To take charge of, care
3 for, maintain and keep in good order and repair, at the expense
4 of the borough, any soldiers monument, gun, or carriage, or
5 similar memorial situated in the borough, and not in the charge
6 or care of any person, body, or organization, and not put up or
7 placed by the Government of the United States, the Commonwealth
8 of Pennsylvania, or the commissioners of the county, or by the
9 direction or authority of any other State of the Union, and to
10 receive from any person or organization any moneys or funds
11 which can be used for the maintenance of such memorials, and to
12 expend the same; and to erect or contribute to the erection of,
13 memorials in honor of those who served in any war in which the
14 United States was engaged[, at a cost or in a sum not to exceed
15 one thousand dollars ($1000),] and thereafter to properly and
16 adequately maintain the same.
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18 (62) Municipal music. To appropriate money[, not in excess
19 of the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000), annually,] for the
20 expense of municipal music.
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22 SECTION 2. THIS ACT SHALL BE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1, 2000. <--
23 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
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