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PRINTER'S NO. 577
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
502
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WARD, MENSCH, SCARNATI AND BROOKS, MARCH 4, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to counties of the first, third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending,
revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
thereto; relating to imposition of excise taxes by counties,
including authorizing imposition of an excise tax on the
rental of motor vehicles by counties of the first class; and
providing for regional renaissance initiatives," in county
commissioners and chief clerks, further providing for
elections and vacancies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 501 of the act of August 9, 1955
(P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, is amended to read:
Section 501. Election; Vacancies.--(a) Three county
commissioners shall be elected in each county in the year one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, and every fourth year
thereafter. In the election of commissioners, each qualified
elector shall vote for no more than two persons. The three
persons having the highest number of votes shall be elected.
(b) Any casual vacancy in the office of county commissioners
shall be filled, for the balance of the unexpired term, [by the
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court of common pleas of the county in which such vacancy shall
occur] by the appointment of a registered elector of the county
who was a member of the same political party as the commissioner
whose place is to be filled at the time the commissioner was
elected. The county political party committee shall choose the
appointee through a conferee process or other process as
provided in the bylaws of the county political party committee.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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