PRINTER'S NO. 3593
No. 2667 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY RUGGIERO, FRYER, COLE, MORRIS, DeMEDIO,
A. C. FOSTER JR., SIRIANNI AND MELUSKEY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
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," authorizing the appointment of police through
5 Federally funded programs without involving the civil service
6 provisions of the act.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 625, act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206,
10 No.331), known as "The First Class Township Code," reenacted and
11 amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569), is amended to read:
12 Section 625. Appointments of Police and Firemen.--This
13 subdivision (d) of this article shall not apply to any township
14 having a police force of less than three members or to volunteer
15 fire departments or companies employing their own operators or
16 to townships having less than three salaried operators of fire
17 apparatus or to those members of the police force who are
18 appointed on a temporary basis through a Federally funded
19 program. The subdivision (d) of this article is subject, as
20 heretofore, to the power of the township commissioners to
1 determine compensation. Hereafter, each and every appointment to
2 and promotion directly by the township shall be made only
3 according to qualifications and fitness to be ascertained by
4 examinations which shall be competitive, as hereinafter
5 provided.
6 No person shall hereafter be suspended, removed or reduced in
7 rank as a paid employe in any police force or as a paid operator
8 of fire apparatus of any township, except in accordance with the
9 provisions of this subdivision.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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