PRINTER'S NO. 145
No. 157 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, TIGUE, NAILOR, PLATTS, LAUGHLIN, FEESE,
HERSHEY, SCHULER, BELFANTI, WOJNAROSKI, STERN, TRELLO,
CLYMER, STABACK, ROSS, BELARDI, MELIO, MICHLOVIC, HARHAI,
PHILLIPS, ALLEN AND PETRARCA, JANUARY 27, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 27, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the
3 second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the law relating thereto," further providing for
5 auditor's compensation.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 902 of the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103,
9 No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, reenacted and
10 amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60), is amended to read:
11 Section 902. Auditor's Compensation.--(a) Each auditor
12 shall receive [seven dollars ($7)] ten dollars ($10) for each
13 hour necessarily employed in the duties of the office upon
14 presentation to the board of supervisors of an itemized listing
15 of the dates, times, places and hours worked to perform the
16 audit. No auditor in a township having a population of ten
17 thousand or less is entitled to receive more than [seven hundred
18 dollars ($700)] one thousand dollars ($1,000) for completing the
1 annual audit, settlement and adjustment. No auditor in a
2 township having a population in excess of ten thousand is
3 entitled to receive more than [fourteen hundred dollars
4 ($1,400)] two thousand dollars ($2,000) for completing the
5 annual audit, settlement and adjustment.
6 (b) In addition to the time actually used by the board of
7 auditors to complete the audit, settlement and adjustment, each
8 auditor may be compensated at the rate of [seven dollars ($7)]
9 ten dollars ($10) each hour for not more than fifty hours to
10 audit the accounts of any public official who handles public
11 funds when a vacancy occurs in the office of the public
12 official.
13 (c) Each auditor shall be reimbursed for travel costs
14 incurred in the performance of the auditing duties at the rate
15 established by the board of supervisors under the act of July
16 20, 1979 (P.L.156, No.51), referred to as the Uniform Mileage
17 Fee Law, and for other expenses, including postage, notary fees
18 or publication costs, incurred during the audit.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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