PRINTER'S NO. 3332
No. 2482 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY SWEET, DeLUCA, GAMBLE AND DUFFY, MAY 23, 1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 23, 1988
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled 2 "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending, 3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating 4 thereto," further providing for the time for holding 5 organizational meetings. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Section 701 of the act of June 24, 1931 9 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, 10 reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569) and 11 amended May 29, 1968 (P.L.131, No.69), is amended to read: 12 Section 701. Organization; Failure to Organize.--The 13 township commissioners shall organize on the first Monday of 14 January of each even-numbered year. If the first Monday is a 15 legal holiday the meeting shall be held the first day following. 16 They shall assemble for such purpose at their place of meeting 17 at [seven-thirty o'clock] a time convenient to the governing 18 body, post meridian. Until otherwise designated by ordinance, 19 the place of meeting shall be the oldest polling place in the
1 township. 2 The board shall organize by the election of one of their 3 number as president and one as a vice-president, who, as long as 4 they continue to be commissioners, shall hold office until their 5 successors are elected and qualified. The president, or, in his 6 absence, the vice-president, shall preside at all meetings of 7 the board, and perform such other duties as are specified in 8 this act or which may be prescribed by ordinance. 9 If a majority of the commissioners shall not attend at the 10 organization meeting, those present may adjourn the meeting from 11 day to day until a majority attend. 12 If the township commissioners of any township shall fail to 13 organize within ten days from the time prescribed by this 14 section, the court of quarter sessions, upon the petition of ten 15 registered electors, verified by the affidavit of one of the 16 petitioners, shall issue a rule upon the delinquent 17 commissioners to show cause why their seats should not be 18 declared vacant. The rule shall be returnable not less than five 19 days from the time of its issue, and after hearing, the court 20 may declare the seats of any delinquent vacant, and appoint 21 others in their stead to hold office for the respective 22 unexpired terms. 23 The meeting under this section may be considered as a regular 24 monthly meeting for the transaction of such business as comes 25 before it. The first order of business at this meeting shall be 26 organization of the board. Any action taken or business 27 transacted other than organization of the commissioners as a 28 board at any organization meeting held prior to the effective 29 date of this amending act, which is invalid for the reason that 30 the action was taken or business transacted at an organization 19880H2482B3332 - 2 -
1 meeting, is hereby validated and confirmed. 2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. D13L73CHF/19880H2482B3332 - 3 -