THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WHITE, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, MURT AND SWANGER, MARCH 12, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 12, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further

providing for governing body.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5610(d) and (e) of Title 53 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 5610.  Governing body.

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(d)  Successor.--Members shall hold office until their

successors have been appointed and may succeed themselves and,

except members of the boards of authorities organized or created

by a school district, shall receive such [salaries] monthly

stipends and reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses

incurred in the performance of their official duties as may be

determined by the governing body of the municipality, but no

[salaries] stipend shall be increased or diminished by a

governing body during the term for which the member shall have

been appointed. Members of the board of any authority organized

or created by a school district shall receive no compensation

for their services. A member may be removed for cause by the

court of common pleas of the county in which the authority is

located after having been provided with a copy of the charges

against him for at least ten days and after having been provided

a full hearing by the court. If a vacancy shall occur by reason

of the death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a

member, the municipal authorities shall appoint a successor to

fill his unexpired term. In joint authorities such vacancies

shall be filled by the municipal authorities of the municipality

in the representation of which the vacancy occurs. If any

municipality withdraws from a joint authority, the term of any

member appointed from the municipality shall immediately

terminate.

(e)  Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a

quorum of the board for the purpose of organizing and conducting

the business of the authority and for all other purposes, and

all action may be taken by vote of a majority of the members

present unless the bylaws shall require a larger number. The

board shall have full authority to manage the properties and

business of the authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal

bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the

business of the authority may be conducted and the powers

granted to it may be exercised and embodied. The board shall fix

and determine the number of officers, agents and employees of

the authority and their respective powers, duties and

compensation and may appoint to such office or offices any

member of the board with such powers, duties and compensation as

the board may deem proper. No member of the board who is

appointed by the board to any office shall be entitled to

receive any compensation or other remuneration for the

performance of the duties of that office, except for the stipend

and reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses authorized under

subsection (d). The treasurer of the board of any authority

organized or created by a school district shall give bond in

such sums as may be fixed by the bylaws, which bond shall be

subject to the approval of the board and the premiums for which

shall be paid by the authority.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.