PRINTER'S NO. 2128
No. 1704 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY VAN HORNE, GIGLIOTTI, TRELLO, BELARDI, JAMES AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 25, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JUNE 25, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
2 "An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
3 revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
4 further providing for designation of the chief of police and
5 other officers.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2002 of the act of June 23, 1931
9 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code, reenacted
10 and amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164) and amended December
11 27, 1967 (P.L.893, No.403), is amended to read:
12 Section 2002. Designation of Chief and Other Officers.--The
13 mayor shall designate, from the force, the chief and other
14 officers who shall serve as such officers until their successors
15 are appointed and qualified. The chief of police shall be
16 designated by the mayor and [may be demoted without cause in the
17 same manner, but not] may not be demoted without a hearing at
18 which a sufficient cause basis must be established for such
19 demotion. If the chief of police is demoted, he may not be
1 demoted to any rank lower than the rank which he held at the
2 time of his designation as chief of police.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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