solicitor to file a quo warranto action in the court of common
pleas requesting the removal of the absentee member of the
governing body.
(c) If a member of the governing body of a unit of local
government fails to attend a scheduled public meeting of the
governing body but provides proof that the absence was due to
illness or other employment, the absence shall not apply to
determining compliance with subsection (a).
(d) If a member of a governing body of a unit of local
government is removed from office for failure to comply with
subsection (a), the office shall be deemed vacant and filled
according to law.
§ 15. REMOVAL OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY PROVIDE, BY UNIFORM GENERAL LAW OR
BY CLASSIFICATION, FOR THE REMOVAL OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF A
MUNICIPALITY. ELECTED OFFICERS SHALL BE REMOVED ONLY FOR CAUSE
AS DEFINED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CAUSE SHALL INCLUDE
ABSENTEEISM FROM MEETINGS AND DERELICTION OF DUTY. THE
AUTHORIZATION PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE
USE OF OTHER PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE
DISQUALIFICATION, IMPEACHMENT OR REMOVAL OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
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