PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 856, 1670 PRINTER'S NO. 2072
No. 766 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, ROBBINS, CONTI, STOUT AND WOZNIAK,
APRIL 3, 2001
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, JUNE 11, 2002
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 certain reimbursement., for <--
5 members of the civil service commission and for organization
6 and quorum of the commission.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Sections 611 and 622 of the act of June 24, 1931
10 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
11 reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569) and
12 amended January 28, 1988 (P.L.17, No.8), are amended to read:
13 Section 611. Membership of Associations; Expenses of
14 Members.--The township commissioners and other officers of the
15 township designated by the township commissioners shall attend
16 such conventions, conferences, institutes or schools whenever
17 possible. Each township officer attending such convention,
18 conference, institute or school shall receive a certificate,
19 signed by the presiding officer and secretary or acting
1 secretary of the association, attesting his presence at the
2 convention, conference, institute, or school. Such certificate
3 shall entitle him to collect from the township treasurer
4 expenses which shall be limited to the registration fee, mileage
5 for use of personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual
6 transportation expense going to and returning from such meeting
7 plus all other actual expenses that the township commissioners
8 may have agreed to pay. Every delegate attending the annual
9 meeting shall submit to the township commissioners an itemized
10 account of expenses incurred thereat. The township commissioners
11 may authorize township employes to be compensated at their
12 regular employe rate during their attendance at the annual
13 meeting. The board of township commissioners may authorize a
14 commissioner who is not employed by the township to receive
15 total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary while
16 attending the annual meeting provided that sufficient
17 documentation of such wages or salary is presented to the board
18 of township commissioners to justify the reimbursement. The
19 expenses of holding any such convention shall be paid pro rata
20 by the townships joining therein.
21 Section 622. Expenses of Delegates Paid by Townships.--Each
22 delegate and other officer attending the annual meeting of the
23 State association shall be allowed expenses which shall be
24 limited to the registration fee, mileage for use of personal
25 vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expense going
26 to and returning from such meeting plus all other actual
27 expenses that the township commissioners may have agreed to pay.
28 Every delegate attending the annual meeting shall submit to the
29 township commissioners an itemized account of expenses incurred
30 thereat. The township commissioners may authorize township
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1 employes to be compensated at their regular employe rate during
2 their attendance at the annual meeting. The board of township
3 commissioners may authorize a commissioner who is not employed
4 by the township to receive total or partial reimbursement for
5 lost wages or salary while attending the annual meeting provided
6 that sufficient documentation of such wages or salary is
7 presented to the board of township commissioners to justify the
8 reimbursement. No delegate shall receive expenses for more than
9 four days including the time employed in traveling thereto and
10 therefrom, together with mileage going to and returning from the
11 meeting. These expenses shall be paid by the respective
12 townships.
13 Section 2. Sections 626 and 628 of the act are amended to <--
14 read:
15 Section 626. Civil Service Commission Created; Appointments;
16 Vacancies.--There is hereby created in each township where a
17 police force or paid fire apparatus operators as hereinbefore
18 provided are being maintained, a civil service commission,
19 hereinafter referred to as the commission. The commission shall
20 consist of three commissioners who shall be qualified electors
21 of the township and shall be appointed by the township
22 commissioners initially to serve for the terms of two, four and
23 six years, and as terms thereafter expire shall be appointed for
24 terms of six years.
25 Any vacancy occurring in any commission for any reason
26 whatsoever shall be filled for the unexpired term within the
27 period of thirty days after such vacancy occurs.
28 Each member of the commission created by this subdivision,
29 before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office,
30 shall take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of
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1 the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to
2 perform his official duties with fidelity.
3 The township commissioners may appoint no more than three
4 qualified electors of the township to serve as alternate members
5 of the commission. The term of office of the alternate members
6 shall be six years. When seated pursuant to section 628, an
7 alternate shall be entitled to participate in all proceedings
8 and discussions of the commission to the same and full extent as
9 provided by law for commission members, including specifically
10 the right to cast a vote as a voting member during the
11 proceedings, and shall have all the powers and duties set forth
12 in this act and as otherwise provided by law. Alternates shall
13 hold no other office in the township. Any alternate may
14 participate in any proceeding or discussion of the commission
15 but shall not be entitled to vote as a member of the commission
16 unless designated as a voting alternate member pursuant to
17 section 628.
18 Section 628. Organization of Commission; Quorum.--The
19 commission first appointed shall organize within ten days of its
20 appointment and shall elect one of its members as the chairman
21 and one as the secretary. The commission shall thereafter meet
22 and organize on the first Monday of each even-numbered year.
23 Each commissioner shall be notified in writing of each and every
24 meeting. [Two] Three members of the commission shall constitute
25 a quorum [and no]. If, by reason of absence or disqualification
26 of a member, a quorum is not reached, the chairman shall
27 designate as many alternate members of the commission to sit on
28 the commission as may be needed to provide a quorum. Any
29 alternate member of the commission shall continue to serve on
30 the commission in all proceedings involving the matter or case
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1 for which the alternate was initially appointed until the
2 commission has made a final determination of the matter or case.
3 Designation of an alternate pursuant to this section shall be
4 made on a case-by-case basis in rotation according to declining
5 seniority among all alternates. No action of the commission
6 shall be valid unless it shall have the concurrence of at least
7 two members.
8 Section 3 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
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