PRINTER'S NO. 1377
No. 1126 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, FAIRCHILD, GEORGE, BENNINGHOFF,
CAPPELLI, COX, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, KORTZ, MURT, PAYNE, SCAVELLO, SONNEY,
STERN AND SWANGER, APRIL 23, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 23, 2007
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 chief and other officers
5 of the police bureau.
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 to any rank lower than the rank which he
18 held at the time of his designation as chief of police.] (a)
1 The mayor shall designate the chief, who shall serve as such
2 until his successor is appointed and qualified. The chief may be
3 demoted without cause but, if designated from the force, not to
4 any rank lower than the rank which he held at the time of his
5 designation as chief of police.
6 (b) The mayor shall designate, from the force, any other
7 officers who shall serve as such officers until their successors
8 are appointed and qualified.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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