PRINTING PLANT ERROR
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3607 PRINTER'S NO. 3617
No. 2605 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, TRELLO, HESS, B. SMITH, BURD, CARLSON,
DISTLER, BLACK, BORTNER AND BARLEY, JUNE 29, 1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 30, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further
4 providing for when president or vice-president of council to
5 act as mayor.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1030 of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965
9 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, amended May 9,
10 1980 (P.L.120, No.47), is amended to read:
11 Section 1030. When President or Vice-President of Council to
12 Act as Mayor.--Whenever the mayor is absent or incapacitated, or
13 there is a vacancy in the office, the duties of [his] the office
14 shall be discharged by the president of council, or in the
15 absence or incapacity of the president of council, by the vice-
16 president of council. While discharging the duties of mayor, the
17 president or vice-president of council shall be entitled to the
18 same salary as the mayor would receive, and, during the time
1 such salary is paid to the president or vice-president of
2 council as acting mayor, the mayor shall not be paid
3 compensation. The president or vice-president of council, when
4 acting as mayor, shall have no power to veto any proposed
5 ordinance or to break a tie, but shall have power to vote as
6 councilman.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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