PRINTER'S NO. 2175
No. 1501 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ROONEY, YOUNGBLOOD, BUXTON, MANN, FREEMAN, BEBKO-
JONES, GRUCELA, WHEATLEY, GEIST, MYERS, WATERS, KIRKLAND,
HORSEY AND MELIO, JUNE 24, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 24, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 15, 1957 (P.L.901, No.399), entitled
2 "An act giving cities of the third class the right and power
3 to adopt one of several plans of optional charters and to
4 exercise the powers and authority of local self-government
5 subject to certain restrictions and limitations; providing
6 procedures for such adoption and defining the effect
7 thereof," further providing for form of government.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Sections 404 and 504 of the act of July 15, 1957
11 (P.L.901, No.399), known as the Optional Third Class City
12 Charter Law, are amended to read:
13 Section 404. The council shall consist of five members,
14 unless pursuant to the authority granted under section 213 of
15 this act, the city shall be governed by a council of seven or
16 nine members. Members of the council shall be elected at large
17 by the voters of the city at a regular municipal election and
18 shall serve for a term of four years, except as hereinafter
19 provided for those first elected beginning on the first Monday
20 of January next following their election. A city may change by
1 ordinance the method of council elections to a district basis in
2 which each district is as equal in population as is feasible or
3 to a combination at large and district basis.
4 Section 504. The city council shall consist of five members
5 unless, pursuant to the authority granted under section 213 of
6 this act, the city shall be governed by a council of seven or
7 nine members. Members of the city council shall be elected, at
8 large, by the voters of the city at a regular municipal
9 election, and shall serve for a term of four years, except as
10 hereinafter provided for those first elected, beginning on the
11 first Monday of January next following their election. A city
12 may change by ordinance the method of council elections to a
13 district basis in which each district is as equal in population
14 as is feasible or to a combination at large and district basis.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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