PRINTER'S NO. 2821
No. 2003 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
GEORGE, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, MUNDY, M. O'BRIEN, SANTONI,
SHAPIRO, STURLA, GRUCELA AND SIPTROTH, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for parking
3 authorities in cities of the first class.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5508.1(e)(1), (f)(2) and (3) and (g) of
7 Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
8 to read:
9 § 5508.1. Special provisions for authorities in cities of the
10 first class.
11 * * *
12 (e) Appointment.--
13 (1) The Governor shall appoint six additional members of
14 the board. A member appointed under this paragraph must not
15 be an elected or appointed officer of the Commonwealth or a
16 political subdivision.
17 * * *
18 (f) Terms.--
1 * * *
2 (2) Subsequent to the initial terms, the terms of the
3 members shall be staggered. For terms beginning June 1, 2002:
4 (i) members appointed from the list of nominees
5 prepared by the President pro tempore of the Senate shall
6 serve [eight-year] terms ending [June 1, 2010] January 1,
7 2008;
8 (ii) members appointed from the list of nominees
9 prepared by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
10 shall serve [nine-year] terms ending [June 1, 2011]
11 January 1, 2008; and
12 (iii) members appointed by the Governor at his own
13 discretion shall serve [ten-year] terms ending [June 1,
14 2012] January 1, 2008.
15 (3) After the initial terms under paragraph (2), the
16 Governor shall, [not sooner than 60 days nor later than 30
17 days] prior to [June 1] January 1 in each year in which
18 vacancies are due to occur, appoint members of the board for
19 terms of [ten] five years to succeed the members whose terms
20 expire on the first day of [June] January next succeeding in
21 accordance with the appointment procedures provided in
22 subsection (e). If the vacancies are for members selected
23 from a list submitted by a legislative presiding officer, the
24 Governor shall request a list of nominees from that officer
25 [not later than 90 days] prior to the date the vacancies are
26 scheduled to occur.
27 (g) Removal.--
28 (1) Except as authorized in this subsection, no board
29 member may be removed from office during a term.
30 (2) The Governor may, upon clear and convincing evidence
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1 of misfeasance or malfeasance in office, remove a board
2 member prior to the expiration of the term. The Governor
3 shall then provide the board member so removed with a written
4 statement of the reasons for removal.
5 (3) The board may, by majority vote, remove a member.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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