PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2126 PRINTER'S NO. 2984
No. 1738 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, NOYE, MORRIS, TRELLO, ROBBINS, CARLSON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, PHILLIPS, VEON, CAWLEY, HALUSKA, BILLOW, GEIST,
ALLEN AND D. F. CLARK, JUNE 20, 1989
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JANUARY 24, 1990
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 when president or vice-president of council to
5 act as mayor.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1030 of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965
9 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, amended May 9,
10 1980 (P.L.120, No.47), is amended to read:
11 Section 1030. When President or Vice-President of Council to
12 Act as Mayor.--Whenever the mayor is absent or incapacitated, or
13 there is a vacancy in the office, the duties of [his] the office
14 shall be discharged by the president of council, or in the
15 absence or incapacity of the president of council, OR WHERE <--
16 THERE IS A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE, by the vice-president of
17 council. While discharging the duties of mayor, the president or
18 vice-president of council shall be entitled to the same salary
1 as the mayor would receive, and, during the time such salary is
2 paid to the president or vice-president of council as acting
3 mayor, the mayor shall not be paid compensation. The president
4 or vice-president of council, when acting as mayor, shall have
5 no power to veto any proposed ordinance or to break a tie, but
6 shall have power to vote as councilman.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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