Section 1506. Section 3406. ARTICLE III. Section 1903. 205), known as the "Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act," applies, shall not exceed annually three percent of the pay of the member. Section 1912. No assessment shall be made against any farmland, but vacant lots between built-up sections, whether tilled or not tilled, are not farmland. Penalty for Failure to Perform Duties.-A township treasurer or assistant treasurer who fails to perform any duties of the office other than those for which specific penalties are provided commits a summary offense and, in addition to the fine or penalty which may be imposed upon conviction, is required to pay to the township an amount equal to the amount of the financial loss that occurred, if any, for not performing the duties of the office. (c) The election officers shall compute the votes cast on the question and certify them to the clerk of the court of common pleas, who shall tabulate them and certify the result. Acquisition of Existing Sanitary Sewer Systems.-(a) The board of supervisors of the township in which the facilities are located may acquire all or part of an existing sanitary sewer system or community subsurface sewage collection and treatment system. Street Light Districts.-(a) The board of supervisors may provide streetlights and make regulations therefor within the township or within any district of the township established by the board of supervisors for that purpose. 23 Subch. Section 1526. (b) If the highway is a State or county highway, the written consent of the Department of Transportation or the county commissioners shall first be obtained. The form of the question shall be as follows: Should the township return to a three member board of supervisors? The municipal solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without the consent of the District Attorney as required under Pa.R.Crim.P. 66523), Section 1524. (10) A nonprofit corporation engaged in community industrial, commercial or affordable housing development. (3) The election officers shall compute the votes cast at the election and certify them to the county board of elections, which shall compute them and certify the result to the county commissioners and the board of commissioners of the township of the first class and to the clerk of the court of common pleas. Community Nursing Services. If the board of supervisors petitions the court of common pleas for the right to levy additional millage, the court may order a greater rate than fourteen mills, but not exceeding five additional mills, to be levied. (f) (1) If any property owner required under subsection (a) to connect with and use the system fails to do so within ninety days after notice to do so has been served by the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors or their agents may enter the property and construct the connection. . %PDF-1.7 (e) All annual assessments for streetlights shall be filed with the township tax collector under section 3301(a). ARTICLE XXIV. The proposed budget shall reflect as nearly as possible the estimated revenues and expenses of the township for the year for which the budget is prepared. (606(c) Amended by Act 14 of 2012), Section 607. Any benefits payable to any supervisor-employe or his beneficiaries on account of any premium, contribution or similar payments made by a township during that period shall continue. The first order of business at this meeting shall be organization of the board of supervisors. Section 2806. Section 2704. Operating Reserve Fund.-(a) The board of supervisors shall have the power to create and maintain a separate operating reserve fund in order to minimize future revenue shortfalls and deficits, provide greater continuity and predictability in the funding of vital government services, minimize the need to increase taxes to balance the budget in times of fiscal distress, provide the capacity to undertake long-range financial planning and develop fiscal resources to meet long-term needs. When any report is confirmed absolutely, the court shall enter a decree establishing the lines and boundaries as shown in the report. The county board of elections shall tabulate and publish the results of the referendum within thirty days of the election. Section 2602. The board of supervisors shall determine the compensation of the assistant treasurer. (2) Any life, health, hospitalization, medical service or accident insurance coverage contract made by a township between January 1, 1959, and March 31, 1985, that includes or provides coverage for supervisors not employed by the township is not void or unlawful because inclusion of those supervisors was subsequently found to be without lawful authority. 2015 Local Government Commission. Section 2905. The municipal corporations may in the ordinances creating the joint sanitary sewer board authorize it to appoint an engineer, a solicitor and other necessary assistants and agree to the share of the compensation of those persons each municipal corporation is to pay. 7+pxp7yH2vi*LN#^- The records shall be made available to the board of auditors during the annual audit. Section 2401. See 172), Section 1915. Section 2329. 762, No. (14) Ethics of elected officers and employes. In the event that shipping costs are incurred, they shall be paid by the high bidder. (607 amended by Act 101 of 2006). You can also click on one of the Articles in the table of contents below to go to that Article of the code. (j) The board of supervisors may authorize a supervisor who is employed by the township to be compensated at the supervisors regular employe rate and a supervisor who is not employed by the township to receive total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary if the supervisor attends a meeting for which the supervisor is a member of the executive committee, a standing committee or a trustee of the state association of township supervisors subject to the following limitations: Building Lines.-The board of supervisors may by ordinance establish and maintain uniform building lines upon any or all public streets or highways of the township. Accumulation of Ashes, Garbage, Solid Waste and Refuse Materials. The first advertisement shall be published not more than forty-five days, and the second advertisement not less than ten days, before the date set for the opening of bids. Acts 2022-108 Section 65403 - Supervisors Workers Compensation Insurance. If substantial amendments are made in the proposed ordinance, before voting upon enactment, the board of supervisors shall at least ten days before enactment readvertise in one newspaper of general circulation in the township a brief summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail, together with a summary of the amendments. If a disagreement occurs with the board of auditors and any official it is required to audit the board of auditors may petition the court of common pleas to appoint an attorney to represent or advise the board of auditors on the matter. 68106), Section 3107. Section 1528. (b) When an existing sanitary sewer system owned by or leased to a township is extended or altered at the expense of a developer or other private person or corporation under the supervision of the township or a municipality authority of the township, the board of supervisors may by ordinance or resolution take over the extension or alteration and compel all owners of property which is not already connected to an existing public sanitary sewer system and which is accessible to and whose principal building is within one hundred and fifty feet from the sanitary sewer extension to make connection therewith and use the sanitary sewer system as the board of supervisors may order. Section 2610. (h) The contracts or purchases made by the board of supervisors involving payments in excess of the required advertising amount, which do not require advertising, bidding or price quotations are as follows: Section 3108. Creating or Disbanding Police Force.-The board of supervisors may by resolution create or disband a police force within the township or, upon the petition of not less than twenty-five registered electors or taxpayers of the township, appoint police officers. Section 707. 188), known as "The Library Code," appropriate moneys toward any nonprofit association or corporation which operates or conducts a library or contract with or make grants to counties or municipal corporations for the furnishing of library service to the township. (g) No approval of plans by the board of supervisors shall obligate or require the township to construct, reconstruct, maintain, repair or grade the roads. Section 1507. Land Use Regulations.-The board of supervisors may plan for the development of the township through zoning, subdivision and land development regulations under the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L. (2) If the property owner's principal building has no supply of water which is safe for human consumption. Subpoenas; Oaths; Perjury. (6) A tax to acquire, maintain and operate parks, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, swimming pools and recreation centers. (c) For purposes of this section: (i) The frequency of use of a road may be considered relevant in any proceeding pursuant to this section, but, in the absence of additional findings on the purpose of such use, shall not alone be sufficient to establish that the road has been used for public travel. Damages shall be determined by viewers under this act for eminent domain proceedings. Forest Lands. Section 904. Section 1502. (b) No auditor shall at the same time hold any other elective or appointive township office or position or be an employe of the township for which he has been appointed. Special Meetings.-Upon call of the chairman or by agreement of a majority of its members, the board of supervisors may schedule special meetings of the board of supervisors after notice required under the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L.388, No. Section 1908. Section 3205. 180), referred to as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law. All taxes shall be collected in cash. Fire Hydrants and Water Supply.-(a) The board of supervisors may place, replace, operate, maintain and repair or contract with water companies or municipal authorities for the placing, replacing, operating, maintaining and repairing of fire hydrants to water mains, maintaining pressures approved by fire insurance underwriters along highways, streets, roads and alleys within the township or provide for or acquire a water supply system equipped to supply sufficient water for the protection of property from fire. (e) Each township with dues paid in the State association shall elect one of those delegates designated in subsection (d) to be the voting delegate at the convention. Section 2312. 70) An affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board of supervisors at a public meeting is necessary in order to transact any business. Filing with the county may be completed by the submission of an electronic copy of the ordinance through a method available, in the sole discretion of the county, to permit receipt by the office storing municipal ordinances. Ch. Urban Common Carrier Mass Transportation. Section 3009. Assessments, when collected, shall be paid over to the township treasurer, who shall deposit and keep them in a separate account, to be paid out only for expenses incurred in providing the service. Upon hearing, the court may declare the office vacant and require the vacancy to be filled under section 407. (1551 added by Act 11 of 2005) (53 P.S. 66527), Section 1528. x\[S~0O-U6(NlsI*Q[beGda&'&-'X_wQei_U6AQU]zt,\ L>d\aG!\a.o;ypA (c) All other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are repealed. FindLaw Codes may not reflect the most recent version of the law in your jurisdiction. Widening and Deepening Watercourses.-After permits have been secured from the Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the board of supervisors or its agents or employes may widen and deepen watercourses running through the township and erect dikes, retaining walls and embankments along the watercourses as are necessary to prevent water from overflowing the banks. 537), known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act." (b) The restriction on eminent domain provided in subsection (a) shall not apply:(1) if a township in a county of the second class A obtains a statement from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or the historical society of the county where the land is situate certifying that the building or other structure, the existence of which would otherwise restrict the township from exercising the right of eminent domain, is not being maintained in a manner appropriate to an historical structure; and(2) if the purpose of the acquisition of the land and structures by a township in a county of the second class A is to ensure the preservation and maintenance of the historical site and structure sought to be protected by subsection (a). Section 2910. ARTICLE XXXIV. (10) An annual special tax not exceeding two mills to create and accumulate moneys in a road equipment fund to be used exclusively for purchasing road equipment. The appointed officers shall hold their offices until the first Monday of January after the next municipal election which occurs at least ninety days after the appointments. Section 204. The rules governing the administration of the forests shall have for their main purpose the producing of a continuing township revenue by the sale of forest products. Section 2003. Resources for Newly Elected Municipal Officials, Department of Community and Economic Development, Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Overview of the Final Rule. (6) Certificates of deposit purchased from institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, the Pennsylvania Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Pennsylvania Savings Association Insurance Corporation, or their successor agencies, to the extent that the accounts are so insured. Classification of Townships. Water Rents.-The board of supervisors may provide for the collection of water rents from users of water supplied by the township. The plans when so approved shall be signed by the board of supervisors, and a copy shall be filed with the secretary of the township. Section 910. Reestablishment of Townships. (4) Annually state the accounts and make them available to the board of auditors for settlement. Section 3007. Section 3004. (a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance create a recreation board to supervise, regulate, equip and maintain township-funded recreation programs and facilities. In the exercise of the rights conferred by this section, the board of supervisors may pay for the necessary maintenance, subsequent repair and land rental. 172) (53 P.S. (b) Upon receipt of a petition signed by seventy percent of the property owners within any defined area of the township, the board of supervisors shall establish the defined area as a lighting district or include the defined area within an existing lighting district and shall provide public lighting within the area. Every supervisor, tax collector, manager, secretary, treasurer and auditor attending the convention may vote on policy matters and in the election of officers of the association. (h) Police pension funds of townships with a police force of three or more full-time officers are governed by the act of May 29, 1956 (1955 P.L. (2) Those made for improvements, repairs or maintenance of any kind made or provided by any township through its own employes. (3) By ordinance adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with State regulations relating to the storage of inflammable articles. (7) A county. After the proposed budget has been available for public inspection for twenty days, the board of supervisors shall, after making revisions as are appropriate, adopt the final budget not later then the thirty-first day of December and the necessary appropriation measures required to put it into effect. Fire Prevention Code. Section 1802. Section 3103. Watershed Associations Section 2205. Any allowances made to those who are retired by reason of disability or age shall be in conformity with a uniform scale. The Commission staff envisions working with the Legislative Reference Bureau to place the First Class Township Code into Title73 (Townships) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, which has occurred with the Borough Code (Title 8) in 2014 and the Third Class City Code (Title11) in 2015. Section 2103. Section 3601. Section 2505. Entering Premises.-The board of health, health officer or inspectors may enter at any time any premises within the township where there is reasonably suspected to exist any health hazard or violation of health or sanitation laws or regulations or which are of a type that may give rise to a health hazard. 66530), Section 1531. (8) An annual tax not exceeding one-half mill to support ambulance, rescue and other emergency services serving the township. E6ZgS0Bz?UnQDB! The board may not make any improvement or spend any public moneys which have not first been authorized by all of the municipal corporations proceeding with the improvement. 180), referred to as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, to establish, equip, maintain and operate fire training schools or centers for the purpose of giving instruction and practical training in the prevention, control and fighting of fire and related fire department emergencies to the members of fire departments and volunteer fire companies in any city, borough, town or township within this Commonwealth. Section 2302. Road and Bridge Maintenance, Repair and Construction. Section 2804. Creation of Townships by Annulment of Charter of Borough. (b) When plans of dedicated roads, streets or alleys located in townships have been approved and recorded under this article, the board of supervisors may by resolution accept any roads, streets or alleys as public roads if shown in the plans as dedicated to that use and if the roads or streets are not less than thirty-three feet in width and the alleys are not less than fifteen feet in width. (4) Obligations of the United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its agencies or instrumentalities backed by the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its agencies or instrumentalities backed by the full faith and credit of the political subdivision. Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature or via Westlaw before relying on it for your legal needs. Section 2910. (53 P.S. (1) require the lines or boundaries of townships to be ascertained and Ch. If the auditors find an absence of intent to violate the law or exceed the scope of authority and find the result of the officer's act could have been achieved by legal means and authorized procedures, the surcharge imposed shall be limited to the difference between the costs actually incurred by the township and the costs that would have been incurred had legal means and authorized procedures been employed. (53 P.S. Treasurer's Compensation.-The board of supervisors shall determine the compensation of the township treasurer. The care, management, investment and disposal of trust funds or property is vested in the board of supervisors subject, whenever possible or practical, to any directions for administration which the donors of the funds and property may prescribe. The First Class Township Code, enacted in 1931, had not undergone a comprehensive . Section 3005. Section 106. Section 3101. Township police officers so retired may be subject to service as police reserves until unfit for service by reason of age or disability, when they may be finally discharged. Section 1906. (d) A public auction shall include an online or electronic auction sale. 7 0 obj Sanitary Sewer Districts.-(a) When a sanitary sewer system is constructed by a township for the accommodation of a certain portion of the township, the board of supervisors may before or after the construction designate the territory accommodated as one sanitary sewer district or divide it into several sanitary sewer districts. PDF (Act 96 of 2020) - PA General Assembly (3) (i) If the department determines that there is a positive percentage change in the first year that the determination is made under paragraph (1), the positive percentage change shall be multiplied by each base amount and the products shall be added to the base amounts, respectively, and the sums shall be preliminary adjusted amounts. The recreation board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction and exercise powers and functions concerning parks and recreation facilities as may be delegated to it by the board of supervisors. The secretary, health officer and inspectors shall each receive a salary as determined by the board of supervisors and shall serve for a period of one year or until their successors may be appointed and qualified. Limitation on Indebtedness. (ii) If an annual tax is proposed to be set at a level higher than three mills, the question shall be submitted to the voters of the township. Tax Rate to be Expressed in Dollars and Cents. No land or property used for any cemetery, burying ground, public or parochial school, educational or charitable institution, seminary or place of public worship shall be taken or appropriated under this section. (a) The board of supervisors shall meet at a convenient time and place on the first Monday in January of each year. (b) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), at its annual organization meeting, or any time thereafter, the board of supervisors may by resolution appoint a certified or competent public accountant or a firm of certified or competent public accountants, either of which shall be registered in this Commonwealth, to make an examination of all the accounts of the township for the fiscal year stated in the resolution. The county board of elections shall place the question before the electors as provided under the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L. Any contract with the owner of a private facility for the disposal or incineration of ashes, garbage, solid waste and other refuse materials may be made for a period not exceeding twenty years.
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