A00166
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
548
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY EMRICK, PICKETT, MILLARD, ZIMMERMAN, NEILSON AND
MASSER, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11
(Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in mayor,
further providing for president or vice president of council
to act as mayor; in taxation and finance, further providing
for tax levy and for tax ordinance; in ordinances, further
providing for ordinances and resolutions and for enactment,
approval and veto; and, in council, further providing for
ordinances and resolutions and for journal of proceedings,
recording and withholding of vote; and, in taxation, further
providing for tax levies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 10A08(c), 1302(a) introductory
paragraph, 1310.1, 3301.1(c) and 3301.3(c) of Title 8 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 10A08. President or vice president of council to act as
mayor.
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(c) Veto and voting power.--The president or vice president
of council while acting as mayor shall have power to veto a
proposed ordinance or the annual tax resolution under section
1302(a) (relating to tax levy) or to break a tie but shall not
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