PRINTER'S NO. 3428
No. 2610 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY CORNELL, NAHILL, SCRIMENTI, CARLSON, NYCE,
LAWLESS, BELFANTI, SERAFINI, MELIO, NAILOR, VROON, SAURMAN,
TOMLINSON, ARMSTRONG AND CORRIGAN, APRIL 7, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, APRIL 7, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," providing for
5 appointments by the board of county commissioners in a county
6 of the second class A in certain cases.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 503 of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723,
10 No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 503. Quorum; Execution of Official Instruments.--(a)
13 The commissioners shall constitute a board, two members of which
14 shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, and when
15 convened in pursuance of notice or according to adjournment
16 shall be competent to perform all the duties appertaining to the
17 office of county commissioners.
18 (b) Where any official document, instrument or official
19 paper is to be executed by the county commissioners, it shall be
1 done by at least two of the commissioners and attested by the
2 chief clerk who shall affix the county seal thereto.
3 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or (b) or any other
4 provision of law to the contrary, in a county of the second
5 class A where two commissioners have either been defeated in an
6 attempt to be reelected to the board or have chosen not to seek
7 reelection, the board of county commissioners shall have no
8 power to appoint persons to an authority, board, commission or
9 similar body from the date of the municipal election to the last
10 day of the commissioner's term of office.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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