PRINTER'S NO. 951
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
791
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, HUTCHINSON, McGARRIGLE, WOZNIAK AND
BLAKE, MAY 15, 2015
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 15, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as
reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the
second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and
changing the law relating thereto," in township officers
generally, further providing for removal for failure to
perform duties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 503 of the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103,
No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, reenacted and
amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60), is amended to read:
Section 503. [Removal for Failure to Perform Duties.--If any
township officer fails to perform the duties of the office, the
court of common pleas upon complaint in writing by five percent
of the electors of the township may issue a rule upon the
officer to show cause why the office should not be declared
vacant. The officer shall respond to the rule within thirty days
from its date of issue. Upon hearing, the court may declare the
office vacant and require the vacancy to be filled under section
407.] Removal of Township Officers and Appointees.--Whether
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elected or duly appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office,
a township officer shall be removable from office only by
impeachment, or by the Governor for reasonable cause after due
notice and full hearing on the advice of two-thirds of the
Senate, or upon conviction of misbehavior in office, or of an
infamous crime in accordance with the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, but the officer's title to office may be tried by
proceedings of quo warranto as provided by law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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