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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 138

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 116 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, GERBER, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CURRY,
           JOSEPHS, KING, KULA, MANDERINO, McGEEHAN, MELIO, PARKER,
           SIPTROTH AND VITALI, JANUARY 30, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 21, 1949 (P.L.665, No.155), entitled
     2     "An act to carry into effect section one of article fifteen
     3     of the Constitution, giving cities of the first class the
     4     right and power to frame, adopt and amend their own charters
     5     and to exercise the powers and authority of local self-
     6     government, and providing the procedure therefor; imposing
     7     certain restrictions, limitations and regulations; imposing
     8     duties upon city councils, city officers, county boards of
     9     elections, courts and the Secretary of the Commonwealth; and
    10     providing for the payment of certain expenses by such cities;
    11     and imposing penalties," further providing for the general
    12     grant of power.

    13     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    14  hereby enacts as follows:
    15     Section 1.  Section 17 of the act of April 21, 1949 (P.L.665,
    16  No.155), known as the First Class City Home Rule Act, amended
    17  November 30, 2004 (P.L.1523, No.193), is amended to read:
    18     Section 17.  General Grant of Power and Authority.--Subject
    19  to the limitations hereinafter prescribed, the city taking
    20  advantage of this act and framing and adopting or amending its
    21  charter thereunder shall have and may exercise all powers and
    22  authority of local self-government and shall have complete


     1  powers of legislation and administration in relation to its
     2  municipal functions[,]: including the power and authority to
     3  prescribe the elective city officers, who shall be nominated and
     4  elected only in the manner provided by, and in accordance with,
     5  the provisions of the Pennsylvania Election Code and its
     6  amendments, for the nomination and election of municipal
     7  officers[.]; and including, notwithstanding any other provision
     8  of law, the power and authority to regulate public and private
     9  campaign finance for the nomination and election of municipal
    10  officers. The charter of any city adopted or amended in
    11  accordance with this act may provide for a form or system of
    12  municipal government and for the exercise of any and all powers
    13  relating to its municipal functions, not inconsistent with the
    14  Constitution of the United States or of this Commonwealth, to
    15  the full extent that the General Assembly may legislate in
    16  reference thereto as to cities of the first class, and with like
    17  effect, and the city may enact ordinances, rules and regulations
    18  necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
    19  powers and all other powers vested in the city by the charter it
    20  adopts or by this or any other law. Ordinances, rules and
    21  regulations adopted under the authority of this act or under the
    22  provisions of any charter adopted or amended hereunder shall be
    23  enforceable by the imposition of fines, forfeitures and
    24  penalties, not exceeding two thousand three hundred dollars
    25  ($2,300), and by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety
    26  days. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a
    27  city of the first class may increase any fine, forfeiture or
    28  penalty authorized under this section, provided that the
    29  increase does not exceed four hundred dollars ($400) in any
    30  calendar year and the total amount of the fine, forfeiture or
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     1  penalty does not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000).
     2     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.



















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