16 Pa.C.S. § 14920 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14920
Settlement of accounts, report to court of common pleas, publications and financial report.
Status: in_force

(a) Reports and audit, settlement and adjustment of accounts.--

(1) At the end of each fiscal year, the controller or auditors, as the case may be, shall complete the audit, settlement and adjustment of the accounts of all county officers.

(2) The controller or auditors shall make a report, verified by oath or affirmation, to the county court of common pleas annually before July 1, except if the court grants an extension of time upon due cause shown, of all receipts and expenditures of the county for the preceding year, in detail and classified by reference to the object thereof, together with a full statement of the financial conditions of the county.

(b) Notice, public inspection and costs.--

(1) Within 10 days after making a report to the court of common pleas, notice that the report is available for public inspection shall be published one time in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county as the controller or auditors may direct and shall be posted on the official publicly accessible Internet website of the county, but the aggregate cost of newspaper publication may not exceed $1,500 in any one year in a county, to be paid for out of the county treasury.

(2) The entire report, which shall include a concise summary, shall be available for public inspection in the office of the controller or auditors during regular business hours and on the official publicly accessible Internet website of the county.

(3) The report may also be published in printed pamphlets at the cost of the county. The number and cost of the pamphlets shall be determined by the controller or auditors and the county commissioners with consideration of current budget allocations.

(c) Report to Department of Community and Economic Development.--The county controller shall, on or before the date required by section 123 of the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, or July 1, whichever occurs first, make an annual report to the Department of Community and Economic Development of the financial condition of the county, on forms furnished by the Secretary of Community and Economic Development.

(d) Penalty.--A controller or auditor refusing or neglecting to file a report with the Department of Community and Economic Development as required by this section commits a summary offense and, upon conviction in a proceeding brought at the instance of the department, shall be sentenced to pay a fine

of $5 for each day's delay beyond July 1 and costs. All fines recovered shall be for the use of the Commonwealth.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15760 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 157 / Section 15760
Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Dependent." An indigent individual requiring public care, including maintenance, medical care, clothing and incidentals, due to physical or mental health needs or disability.

"Institution." A hospital, health care clinic or comparable facility.

"Institution district." A county institution district managed by the county commissioners.

"Public charge." An individual who is unable to maintain the individual and who requires and receives aid from the Commonwealth or from any political subdivision.
16 Pa.C.S. § 12304 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 123 / Section 12304
Recorded commissions.
Status: in_force

Each county officer receiving a commission from the Governor shall, immediately, deliver the same to the recorder of deeds for recordation. An officer may not execute any of the duties of office until the commission has been delivered.
16 Pa.C.S. § 1130 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 1130
Amount of coverage.
Status: in_force

(a) Governing body.--The governing body shall establish a procedure pursuant to which the governing body shall annually determine the form and amount of required security that will be reasonably sufficient to protect against the risks of loss in compliance with this subchapter.

(b) Risk manager.--The governing body may appoint a risk manager who, at the request of the governing body, shall compile and submit information relevant to the determination of an amount of required security under subsection (a).

(c) Consultation.--To determine the amount of security for a county officer or employee who is acting as an agent for a Commonwealth agency or governing authority, the governing body may, or the risk manager shall, if directed by the governing body, provide written notice to the secretary or head of the Commonwealth agency or the governing authority. The Commonwealth

agency or governing authority may provide input concerning the amount of security it believes is reasonably sufficient to protect against the risks of loss required to comply with this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall impair the right of a Commonwealth agency or governing authority from approving the amount of required security if it is explicitly authorized by law to approve the amount of a bond or other security of a county officer or employee acting as its agent.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16751 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16751
Change of location.
Status: in_force

In counties of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class, if a bridge is to take the place of an existing bridge, the viewers may change the location of the bridge so that it may be located and built in the most suitable place, or at the least expense, or in the best manner, and, for the change of location of the bridge, the county commissioners shall report what change in the course or bed of the road connected with the bridge will be necessary, and shall also report the vacation of the old or existing bridge, and the vacation of the portion of the road connecting with the bridge as the county commissioners deem proper.
16 Pa.C.S. § 12340 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 123 / Section 12340
State associations.
Status: in_force

County officers of each county may organize for themselves a State association as follows:

(1) County commissioners, with the county solicitor, the chief clerk to the county commissioners and officers who

are counterpart personnel in counties having a home rule charter or optional form of government.

(2) County controllers.

(3) Sheriffs.

(4) District attorneys.

(5) Probation officers.

(6) Registers of wills and clerks of orphans' courts.

(7) Prothonotaries and clerks of courts.

(8) County treasurers.

(9) Recorders of deeds.

(10) Directors of veterans' affairs.

(11) Coroners.

(12) Jury commissioners.

(13) County auditors.

(14) Public defenders. Cross References. Section 12340 is referred to in section 12341 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15770 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 157 / Section 15770
Inspections by Department of Human Services.
Status: in_force

The institutions and books, accounts and records of each county pertaining to the county's powers and duties authorized by this subchapter shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the Department of Human Services and the department's agents.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17315 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17315
Award of contracts.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--All construction, reconstruction, repairs or work of any nature made by an authority in which the entire cost, value or amount of the construction, reconstruction, repairs or work, including labor and materials, shall exceed the adjusted base amount under section 15101(a) (relating to commissioners sole contractors for county generally) for which bids are required for counties, except construction, reconstruction, repairs or work done by employees of the authority or by labor supplied under agreement with a Federal agency, State public body or political subdivision, with supplies and materials purchased as provided under this section, shall be done only under contract or contracts to be entered into by the authority with the lowest responsible bidder upon proper terms after due public notice has been given asking for competitive bids as provided under this section and in accordance with the following:

(1) The authority shall have the right to reject any or all bids or select a single item from any bid.

(2) Contracts may not be entered into for construction or improvement or repair of a project or portion of a project unless the contractor provides sufficient surety or sureties approved by the authority in an amount fixed by the authority for the performance of the contract.

(3) All contracts shall provide that the person or corporation entering into the contract with the authority pay for all materials furnished and services rendered for the performance of the contract and that a person or corporation furnishing materials or rendering services may maintain an action to recover for the same against the obligor in the undertaking as though the person or

corporation was named in the contract if the action is brought within one year after the time the cause of action accrued.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power of the authority to construct, repair or improve a project or portion of a project or an addition, betterment or extension to a project directly by the officers and employees of the authority.

(5) The authority shall award the construction of a convention center according to the provisions of the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104), referred to as the Separations Act, and shall be subject to 62 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to Commonwealth procurement code).

(6) Nothing in this section or any other law shall require the authority to competitively bid architectural design, engineering or other professional services required by the authority.

(b) Purchasing of supplies and materials.--All supplies and materials the cost of which exceed the adjusted base amount under section 15101(a) for which bids are required for counties to be acquired directly by the authority shall be purchased only after due advertisement. The authority shall accept the lowest bid or bids from a responsible bidder, kind, quality and material being equal, but the authority shall have the right to reject any bid or select a single item from a bid. The provisions as to bidding shall not apply to the purchase of unique supplies and materials or supplies and materials which cannot be obtained in the open market.

(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section or in any other law shall preclude the board with the approval of five members from negotiating contracts for management, operation, concession services, licensing or leasing of a convention center or any part of a convention center. The authority may not award a contract to a manager, operator, concessionaire, licensee, lessee or lessor which exceeds three years in duration unless five members of the board approve the awarding of a contract for a greater period of time.

(d) Local regulation.--The authority and authority contractors, subcontractors, assignees, lessees, agents, vendors and suppliers are not subject to county or county seat laws, ordinances, rules or regulations relating to limits or preferences with regard to employment, contracting or procurement in the construction and operation of the convention center.

(e) Applicability of other acts.--The authority shall be subject to the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel Products Procurement Act, and 62 Pa.C.S. Ch. 37 Subch. B (relating to motor vehicles).

(f) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Advertisement." A public notice.

"Public notice." A notice published at least 10 days before the award of a contract in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, which may be waived if the authority determines an emergency exists and supplies and materials must be immediately purchased by the authority.

Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 6(3) of Act 14 of 2024 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17313 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17313
Money of authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Payment to treasurer.--All money of the authority shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority.

(b) Investment of money.--The board shall invest authority money consistent with sound business practice.

(c) Investment program.--The board shall provide for an investment program subject to restrictions contained in this subchapter, any other applicable statute and rules or regulations adopted by the board.

(d) Authorized types of investments.--Authorized types of investments for authority money shall be:

(1) Direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States.

(2) A bond, debenture, note, participation certificate or other similar obligation issued by any one or a combination of the following agencies:

(i) Government National Mortgage Corporation.

(ii) Federal Land Banks.

(iii) Federal Home Loan Banks.

(iv) Federal Intermediate Credit Banks.

(v) Banks for Cooperatives.

(vi) Tennessee Valley Authority.

(vii) United States Postal Service.

(viii) Farmers Home Administration.

(ix) Student Loan Marketing Association.

(x) Export-Import Bank of the United States.

(3) A bond, debenture, note, participation certificate or other similar obligation issued by the Federal National Mortgage Corporation to the extent the obligations are guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Corporation or issued by another Federal agency and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

(4) Deposits in interest-bearing time or demand deposits or certificates of deposit fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successors or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or its successors or fully secured by any of the obligations described in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) to the extent not so insured.

(5) Repurchase agreements relating to, or investment agreements secured by or providing for the acquisition of and, if applicable, the resale of, obligations described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) or obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association with:

(i) banks or trust companies, which may include a banking entity or depository;

(ii) brokers or broker-dealers registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78a-78jj) acceptable to the authority; or

(iii) insurance companies rated A+ or better by Best's and having a net capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 or certificates of deposit with banks or trust companies fully secured as to principal and accrued interest by obligations described in paragraphs (1),

(2), (3) and (4) deposited with or subject to the control of the authority.

(6) Money market deposit accounts of banks or trust companies having a net capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000, which may include a banking entity or depository.

(7) The description of authorized investments under paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be met only if the agreements referenced in paragraph (5) or (6) provide for the repayment of the principal amount invested at an amount not less than that invested. If security is required under paragraph (4),

(5) or (6), the security shall be deposited with the

treasurer of the authority or be held by a trustee or agent satisfactory to the authority. Money of the authority shall be paid out on the warrant or other order of the chairperson of the authority or other person as the authority may authorize to execute warrants or orders.

(e) Annual report and audit.--An authority created under this subchapter shall file an annual report with the Department of Community and Economic Development, with the county and with the political subdivision constituting the county seat, which shall make provisions for the accounting of revenues and expenses. Authority books, accounts and records shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by an independent auditor who shall be a certified public accountant and a copy of the audit report shall be attached to and be made a part of the annual report. A concise financial statement shall be published annually in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the authority is located.

(f) Power of inspection.--The Attorney General, the Auditor General, the Secretary of the Budget, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives shall have the right to examine the books, accounts and records of the authority. Cross References. Section 17313 is referred to in section 17305 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13702 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 137 / Section 13702
Deputy action authorized.
Status: in_force

If the sheriff is required by law to act in person under or by virtue of any writ or process issued by a court of the Commonwealth, the sheriff may act either in person or by a regularly appointed deputy sheriff.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17141 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17141
Bonds.
Status: in_force

The authority may issue bonds, sell bonds, use net proceeds of bond sales, refund bonds, adopt pledges, mortgages, covenants, indentures and trusts, exercise remedies and confer additional remedies upon persons holding bonds in the same manner as provided in 64 Pa.C.S. Ch. 60 (relating to Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority).
16 Pa.C.S. § 16775 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16775
Appropriations and tax levy.
Status: in_force

In the exercise of the powers, authorities and duties provided in this chapter, a county may appropriate and pay out of the county general fund all money necessary for the purposes enumerated in this chapter, and may levy, assess and collect taxes on all real and personal property within the county, and taxable for county purposes, in addition to all other taxes.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16756 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16756
Municipal bridge as county bridge.
Status: in_force

If a public bridge has been built or maintained by one or more municipal corporations and it appears to the county commissioners that the care, maintenance and responsibility of the bridge is greater than it is reasonable that the municipal corporations should be responsible for, the county commissioners may enter the bridge upon record as a county bridge to be maintained, supervised and controlled by the county free and without charge.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15764 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 157 / Section 15764
Further powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners of counties of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class shall have the power and duty,

with funds of the county and according to the rules, regulations and standards established by the Department of Human Services, to:

(1) care for any dependent in the county, who is not otherwise cared for;

(2) contract with other counties or an individual, association, corporation or other entity for the care of any dependent;

(3) contract with any association in this Commonwealth organized to provide a home or employment for individuals with disabilities;

(4) pay the cost or part of the cost imposed by law upon county institution districts for patients with mental health needs or intellectual disability;

(5) take any other action authorized by law;

(6) contract with an individual, association, corporation, institution or governmental agency for the purpose of providing foster home care for individuals over 18 years of age. If, in the discretion of the county commissioners, foster home care is advisable, the county commissioners may expend money for a foster home care in addition to any money paid by the Commonwealth or an individual, association, corporation, institution or governmental agency to or for individuals over 18 years of age;

(7) require that an individual cared for in an institution shall pay for the cost of the individual's care to the extent of the individual's available resources; and

(8) provide or contract with an individual, corporation, institution or governmental agency to provide care and services designed to help dependents remain in or return to community living, outside county institutions.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17154 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17154
Referenda levying additional taxes.
Status: in_force

(a) Ballot.--The county board of elections of the central county and each contiguous county shall cause to be printed on the official ballot and ballot labels at the municipal election in November 1997 a referendum to determine the will of the electorate within the county with respect to levying the additional sales and use taxes under this subchapter.

(b) Question in central county.--The question as printed on the official ballot and ballot labels in the central county shall be in the following form: REGIONAL RENAISSANCE INITIATIVE Do you favor supporting job creation projects in this county by temporarily increasing the sales tax by 0.5% for seven years, with 75% of the revenues used to fund not more than 1/2 the cost of expanding the Lawrence Convention Center, and constructing facilities in the

cultural district, a baseball park and a football stadium; and with the remaining 25% of the revenues used for other economic development projects in Allegheny County?

(c) Question in contiguous counties.--The question as printed on the official ballot and ballot labels in the contiguous counties shall be in the following form: REGIONAL RENAISSANCE INITIATIVE Do you favor supporting job creation projects in this county by temporarily increasing the sales tax by 0.5% for seven years, with 75% of the revenues used for economic development, transportation and tourism projects in (name) County; and with 25% of the revenues used to fund not more than 1/2 the cost of expanding the Lawrence Convention Center and constructing facilities in the cultural district, a baseball park and a football stadium in Pittsburgh?

(d) Advertisement.--The referenda required under this section shall be advertised and conducted in accordance with the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.

(e) Approval.--Except as provided in subsections (f), (g) and (h), upon certification that the referendum under subsection

(a) has been approved in any county, the authority shall be established as under section 17131 (relating to authority established).

(f) Partial approval.--If the referendum provided for in this section is not approved by the voters in the central county but is approved by the voters in at least one contiguous county:

(1) The Regional Destination Facilities Fund may not be established and all taxes collected by participating counties under section 17152 (relating to imposition of additional sales and use taxes) shall be deposited into the Regional Growth Fund.

(2) Members of the board may not be appointed under section 17132(b)(1) and (3) (relating to board of authority).

(g) Nonparticipation.--If the referendum under this section is approved by the voters in at least one county but is not approved by the voters in a particular contiguous county, the defeat of the referendum in that contiguous county may not affect the establishment of the authority or the operation of the provisions of this chapter, except that the additional taxes provided for in section 17152 may not be collected in the contiguous county and the contiguous county shall not be a participating county.

(h) Defeated referenda.--If the referenda under this section are defeated in the central county and all of the contiguous counties, this subchapter and Subchapters G (relating to Regional Destination Facilities Fund) and H (relating to conveyance of David L. Lawrence Convention Center) shall be of no further force and effect.

(i) Hotel tax.--If the referendum under this section is approved by the voters in the central county, the increase in the hotel tax in the central county provided for in section 17161 (relating to increase in rate of hotel tax in central county) shall be reduced to 1.5% during the period that the taxes imposed by section 17152 are collected in the central county. Cross References. Section 17154 is referred to in sections 17113, 17131, 17152, 17161, 17171, 17181 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15502 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15502
Appropriation for maintenance of National Guard.
Status: in_force

(a) Authorization.--The county commissioners may make appropriations for the support, maintenance, discipline and training of one or more units of the National Guard. If units are organized as a battalion, regiment or similar organization,

the total amount due may be paid to the commanding officer of the battalion, regiment or similar organization.

(b) Requirements.--All money appropriated under subsection

(a) shall be paid to the order of the commanding officer of the company, battalion, regiment or similar organization if the Adjutant General certifies to the county commissioners that the unit or units have satisfactorily passed the annual inspection provided by law. The money appropriated shall be used and expended solely and exclusively for the support, maintenance, discipline and training of the company, battalion, regiment or similar organization, and the commanding officer shall account by proper vouchers to the county each year for the expenditure of the money appropriated.

(c) Subsequent expenditures.--The county commissioners may not make an appropriation under subsection (a) for a subsequent year until the commanding officer has duly and satisfactorily accounted for the expenditure of the previous year.

(d) Inspection.--Accounts of expenditures shall be subject to the inspection of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and shall be audited by the auditors or the controller in the manner provided by law for the audit of accounts of county money.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17312 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17312
Sovereign immunity.
Status: in_force

The following apply:

(1) The authority created under this subchapter and its officers, officials and employees shall have sovereign and official immunity, as provided in 1 Pa.C.S. § 2310 (relating to sovereign immunity reaffirmed; specific waiver).

(2) The authority shall remain immune from suit except as provided by and subject to 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 8501 (relating to definitions), 8502 (relating to enforcement proceedings), 8521 (relating to sovereign immunity generally), 8522 (relating to exceptions to sovereign immunity), 8523 (relating to venue and process), 8524 (relating to defenses), 8525 (relating to legal assistance), 8526 (relating to counterclaim by the Commonwealth), 8527 (relating to indemnity relating to inmate health care) and 8528 (relating to limitations on damages).

(3) Notwithstanding 42 Pa.C.S. § 8525, the authority shall defend actions brought against the authority and the authority's officers and employees if acting within the scope of their official duties.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16960 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16960
Contracts with municipal corporations.
Status: in_force

(a) Contract to construct improved road.--The county commissioners may contract with the governing bodies of municipal corporations, separately or jointly, providing that the county commissioners shall construct an improved road in a similar manner as a county road. The expense or cost of construction shall be borne jointly by the municipal corporations and the county in a ratio or proportions as may be agreed upon in each contract, notwithstanding if the municipal corporation intervenes between two ends of the county road or if the intersection is the terminus of a county road, State highway or township road.

(b) Payments made by the county.--Payment for the construction of roads under this section shall be made by the county, which shall be reimbursed by the municipal corporation in the sums as agreed upon in the contract or contracts.

(c) Maintenance and repair of jointly constructed roads.--A road jointly constructed under this section shall be repaired and maintained at the expense of the county. Nothing shall prevent the governing body of a municipal corporation from entering into a contract or contracts with the county for the maintenance of the improved road under terms and conditions as may be mutually satisfactory.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14901.2 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14901.2
Collection of tax on real property from rent paid to owner in county of the second class A.
Status: in_force

(a) Rental income.--If the owner of residential or commercial real property that is located in a county of the second class A and subject to a claim owed to the county under the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153), referred to as the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, derives any rental income from the property, the county treasurer shall notify the property owner in writing of the property owner's duty to remit the rental income to the office of the county treasurer. The rent remitted shall be applied to the amount of tax owed to the county, with any interest or penalties due, until the claim is paid in full.

(b) Notice.--The notice under subsection (a) shall include the amount of the claim on the property, including interest and penalties, and each date the rental income is to be remitted.

If, after 15 days of the date or dates specified in the notice, the property owner fails to remit the rental income, the county may immediately begin the judicial sale process under the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13710 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 137 / Section 13710
Private services, gifts and payments prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Services, gifts and payments.--

(1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, detective or other county police officer may not perform, directly or indirectly, any official services or official duties for an individual, association or corporation. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, detective or other county police officer may not receive, directly or indirectly, compensation, gifts or gratuities from a person, association or corporation during the period of official services. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit county officers from serving writs and other legal process as authorized by law.

(2) Compensation payable to an officer for official duties and services shall be paid only out of the proper county or with other public money to the amount and in the manner prescribed by law. Gifts, donations and gratuities made by an individual, association or corporation to the county or an official or agent of the county shall not be considered public money for the purposes of this paragraph.

(b) Firearms and military supplies.--

(1) A county or an official or agent of the county may not accept as a gift, donation or gratuity any arms, ammunition, military supplies, tear gas or equipment or supplies or articles of a similar character.

(2) An individual, association or corporation may not provide as a gift, donation or gratuity any arms, ammunition, military supplies, tear gas or equipment or supplies or articles of a similar character to a county or an official or agent of the county.

(c) Contract or agreement void.--A contract or agreement made in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void, have no effect in law or in equity and be declared contrary to public policy.

(d) Outside employment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, unless otherwise prohibited by resolution or ordinance of the county, an individual who is employed as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, detective or other county police

officer may engage in outside employment, including employment in security, during a period when the individual is not scheduled to perform and is not performing a duty as a county employee. The county shall not be liable for damage resulting from an act of an individual engaging in outside employment as authorized under this subsection. Cross References. Section 13710 is referred to in sections 13711, 13712 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17505 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 175 / Section 17505
Hotel room rental tax in certain third class counties.
Status: in_force

(a) Imposition.--A county may, by ordinance, impose a tax which shall be known as the hotel room rental tax on the consideration received by each operator of a hotel within the county from each transaction of renting a room or rooms to accommodate temporary residents. The tax shall be collected by the operator from the patron of the room and paid over to the county where the hotel is located as provided under this section.

(b) Rate of tax.--The tax imposed under subsection (a) shall be equal to 4% of the consideration received from each transaction of renting a room or rooms to accommodate temporary, not permanent, residents.

(c) Collection.--The tax shall be collected by the operator from the patron and paid over to the county where the hotel is located. The county executive of each county is hereby authorized to establish rules and regulations governing the collection of the tax, which collection shall not occur more often than monthly and not less than quarterly.

(d) Distribution of tax revenue.--Money received under subsection (c) and interest accrued shall be distributed by the fiscal officer of each county as follows:

(1) Each county shall within 10 days of receipt transmit 68.75% of the money collected in that county to the regional tourist promotion agency which serves more than one county and which is designated by the governing body of the county to be eligible for grants from the Department of Community and Economic Development pursuant to the former act of April 28, 1961 (P.L.111, No.50), known as the Tourist Promotion Law.

(2) Each county shall retain 18.75% of the money collected in that county for the further development of tourism facilities and for community development initiatives within that county that enhance regional tourism.

(3) Each county shall retain 12.5% of the money collected in that county for the further development of facilities and for marketing purposes within that county to enhance regional tourism.

(e) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Consideration." Receipts, fees, charges, rentals, leases, cash, credits, property of any kind or nature or other payment received by operators in exchange for or in consideration of the use or occupancy by a transient of a room or rooms in a hotel for a temporary period.

"County." Any county which is, on June 22, 2000, a county of the third class having a population under the 1990 Federal Decennial Census in excess of 290,000 residents but less than 295,000 residents or a county of the third class having a population under the 1990 Federal Decennial Census in excess of 245,000 residents but less than 250,000 residents.

"Hotel." A hotel, motel, inn, guest house or other structure which holds itself out by any means, including advertising, license, registration with an innkeepers' group, convention listing association, travel publication or similar association or with a government agency, as being available to provide overnight lodging for consideration to persons seeking temporary accommodation; any place which advertises to the public at large or any segment thereof that it will provide beds, sanitary facilities or other space for a temporary period to members of the public at large; or any place recognized as a hostelry. The term does not include any portion of a facility that is devoted to persons who have an established permanent residence or a college or university student residence hall or any private campground or any cabins, public campgrounds or other facilities located on State land.

"Joint planning commissions." A commission established by ordinance or membership of two or more municipalities to encourage planning for future development and to coordinate planning with neighboring municipalities, counties and other

government agencies in accordance with Article XI of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

"Operator." Any individual, partnership, nonprofit or profit-making association or corporation or other person or group of persons who maintain, operate, manage, own, have custody of or otherwise possess the right to rent or lease overnight accommodations in a building to the public for consideration.

"Patron." Any person who pays the consideration for the occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel.

"Permanent resident." Any person who has occupied or has the right to occupy a room or rooms in a hotel as a patron or otherwise for a period exceeding 30 consecutive days.

"Room." A space in a building set aside for use and occupancy by patrons, or otherwise, for consideration, having at least one bed or other sleeping accommodations provided.

"Temporary resident." Any person who has occupied or has the right to occupy a room or rooms in a hotel as a patron or otherwise for a period of time not exceeding 30 consecutive days.

"Transaction." The activity involving the obtaining by a transient or patron of the use or occupancy of a hotel room from which consideration emanates to the operator under an express or implied contract.

"Transient." Any person who obtains an accommodation in any hotel for himself or herself by means of registering at the facility for the temporary occupancy of a room for the personal use of that individual by paying to the operator of the facility a fee in consideration therefor.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16508 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 165 / Section 16508
Park buildings.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall have exclusive power to lease all buildings and facilities within the park limits and to collect rent, fees and other consideration.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15910 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 159 / Section 15910
Municipal approval required.
Status: in_force

Federal or State money from the Aviation Restricted Account in the Motor License Fund or any other State money may not be expended for airport operations or airport development in any county of the second class A having a population in excess of 675,000 individuals without the approval of the municipality or municipalities in which an airport is situated.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16139.5 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16139.5
Annual report and expenses.
Status: in_force

On or before November 1, the board of managers shall annually report to the county commissioners the amount of money required for the maintenance of the house or houses of detention. The county commissioners shall make an annual appropriation to the board of managers for the payment of the expenses of administering the house of detention. Expenses incurred in the performance of duties by the board of managers shall be itemized and presented with vouchers to the county commissioners for payment, and a semiannual expense report shall be made to the county commissioners. All expenses in connection with the management and administration of the house of detention shall be paid by the county in the manner provided by law for the payment of county obligations.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13101 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 131 / Section 13101
County treasurer and eligibility.
Status: in_force

No judge, clerk or prothonotary of any court, register of wills, recorder of deeds, county commissioner or county controller shall be eligible to serve as county treasurer during their continuance in office.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13929 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13929
Oaths.
Status: in_force

The coroner may administer an oath and affirmation to an individual brought or appearing before the coroner. An individual who falsely swears or affirms during the examination commits perjury.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16156 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16156
Assistance to private or municipal agencies.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may appropriate money to assist any individual, private corporation or municipal corporation in the erection of a monument, memorial or memorial hall authorized under section 16155 (relating to monuments, memorials and memorial halls to war veterans).
16 Pa.C.S. § 15508 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15508
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Deceased serviceperson." The term includes:

(1) A deceased individual who, at the time of death, was serving, whether or not in a combat zone, in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or a women's organization officially connected to those forces, during a war or armed conflict in which the United States has been,

is now or shall be engaged, or who, at the time of death, was serving in a zone in which a campaign or state or condition of war or armed conflict then existed, in which the United States was, is or shall be a participant. The existence of a campaign or state or condition of war or armed conflict, and the participation of the United States in the conflict as well as the fact that the deceased person served in a zone in which a campaign or state or condition of war or armed conflict existed shall, in each case, be established by the records of the United States Department of Defense.

(2) A deceased individual who served at any time during the individual's life and whose separation from service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise, or who, at the time of death, was continuing in service after the cessation of the war, armed conflict, campaign or state or condition of war during or in which the person served.

(3) A deceased individual who was in active service in the militia of the Commonwealth under a proclamation issued by the Governor during the Civil War and who was not duly mustered into the service of the United States but was honorably discharged or relieved from service.

"Legal residence." An actual residence, coupled with the intention that the residence shall be permanent, or a residence presently fixed with no definite intention of changing it or of returning to a former residence at some future period. Legal residence shall be determined by the abode of a person and the person's intention to abandon a former domicile and establish a new one. The legal residence of a deceased serviceperson shall be prima facie in the county in which the person resided at the time of death.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16190 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16190
Authority to provide and approval.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may buy or lease land and construct and maintain on the land, at the expense of the county, a morgue for the reception of all deceased individuals under the care and custody of the coroner.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17335 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17335
Purpose and powers of authorities.
Status: in_force

(a) Purposes.--An authority created under this subchapter shall be a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers of the Commonwealth as an agency and instrumentality and shall be for the purpose by itself or by agreement in cooperation with others, of acquiring, holding, developing, designing, constructing, improving, maintaining, managing, operating, financing, furnishing, fixturing, equipping, repairing, leasing or subleasing, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee or sublessor or sublessee, and owning convention centers or parts of convention centers. The convention centers shall not be required to comprise a single, integrated complex but may be located at one or more locations within the county and may function independently of one another.

(b) Powers.--The authority is granted all powers necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes in subsection (a), including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right and power to:

(1) Have continuing succession.

(2) Sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all courts.

(3) Adopt, use and alter at will a corporate seal.

(4) Acquire by gift or otherwise purchase, hold, receive, lease, sublease and use a license, franchise or property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, including convention center facilities, or parts thereof, and to assume any obligations associated therewith, including leases, concession agreements, indebtedness and other contractual obligations which the authority deems necessary to accomplish the purpose of this subchapter.

(5) Sell, transfer or dispose of property or an interest in the property with adequate and fair consideration.

(6) Acquire, hold, develop, design, construct, improve, maintain, manage, operate, furnish, fixture, equip, repair, own, lease or sublease convention centers, or parts of convention centers, and to make, enter into and award contracts with any person, association, partnership or corporation for the development, design, financing, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, management, furnishing, fixturing, equipping and repair of convention centers or parts of convention centers.

(7) Make bylaws for the management and regulation of authority affairs and issue rules, regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties.

(8) Appoint officers, agents, employees and servants to prescribe their duties and to fix compensation.

(9) Fix, alter, charge and collect rentals, admissions, license fees and other charges.

(10) Do the following:

(i) Borrow money for the purpose of paying the costs of a project and to evidence the same.

(ii) Make and issue negotiable bonds of the authority.

(iii) Secure payment of the bonds or any part of a bond, by pledge or deed of trust of authority revenues, including any hotel room rental tax, rentals, receipts and contract rights.

(iv) Make agreements with the purchasers or holders of the bonds or with other obligees of the authority in connection with the bonds, whether issued or to be issued, as the authority shall deem advisable, which agreements shall constitute contracts with the holders or purchasers.

(v) Obtain credit enhancement or liquidity facilities in connection with the bonds as the authority determines advantageous.

(vi) In general, provide for the security of the bonds and the rights of the bondholders.

(11) Make, enter into and award contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its business.

(12) Borrow money and accept grants and to enter into contracts, leases, subleases, licenses or other transactions with a Federal agency, State public body, political subdivision, person, association, partnership or corporation.

(13) Pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber authority property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, and its revenues or receipts, including interest the authority may have in a lease or sublease of convention centers or parts of convention centers.

(14) Procure insurance containing coverages, including insurance covering the timely payment in full of principal of and interest on bonds of the authority, in amounts and from insurers as the authority determines necessary or desirable.

(15) Invest authority money.

(16) Cooperate with a Federal agency, State public body or political subdivision.

(17) Invest money held in reserve or sinking funds or money not required for immediate disbursements as authorized by section 17343(d) (relating to money of authority).

(18) Appoint all officers, agents and employees required for the performance of its duties and compensation and retain or employ other agents or consultants, including architects, auditors, engineers, private legal counsel and private consultants, on a contract basis or otherwise for rendering professional or technical services and advice.

(19) Enroll authority employees in an existing retirement system of the State, county, city or other governmental entity.

(20) Appoint and fix the compensation of chief counsel and assistant counsel to provide the authority with legal assistance, and the authority, through counsel, shall defend actions brought against the authority and authority officers and employees if acting within the scope of official duties.

(21) Maintain an office in the county seat.

(22) Appoint an executive director who shall:

(i) be the chief executive officer of the authority;

(ii) devote his or her full time during business hours to the duties of the office; and

(iii) receive compensation as the board shall determine.

(23) Make grants to the county in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e).

(24) Do all acts and things necessary or convenient for the promotion of its purposes and the general welfare of the authority and to carry out the powers granted to the authority by this subchapter or any other act.

(c) Prohibitions.--The following apply:

(1) The authority shall have no power to pledge the credit or taxing powers of a State public body, a political subdivision or the county, nor shall authority obligations be deemed obligations of any State public body, a political subdivision or the county and a State public body, a political subdivision or the county shall not be liable for the payment of principal or interest on such obligations.

(2) The authority shall have no power of eminent domain.

(d) Affirmative action plan.--The authority shall develop and implement an affirmative action plan to assure that all individuals are accorded equality of opportunity in employment and contracting by the authority and authority contractors, subcontractors, assignees, lessees, agents, vendors and suppliers.

(e) Grants.--The following apply:

(1) The authority shall have the power to make grants to the county for the financial support of regional assets located within the county. Grants made under this subsection shall be included in the capital budget adopted by the authority under section 17336(a) (relating to capital and operating budgets) and may only be made if the authority finds, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of authority members, that the making of such grants shall not adversely affect the short-term or long-term capital, operational or financial needs of the authority or otherwise impair the ability of the authority to meet any contractual or legal obligations of the authority, including obligations owed to bondholders issued by the authority. Grants made under the authority of this paragraph:

(i) may not obligate money of the authority beyond a single fiscal year of the authority;

(ii) shall be payable to the county in a single lump sum or in installments during the fiscal year in question, as determined by the authority; and

(iii) may be rescinded or reduced by the authority if the authority, prior to payment of the grant, determines that the current or projected financial needs of the authority require reduction or rescission of the grant.

(2) Grants received by the county from the authority under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into a segregated account identified as the regional asset fund. The regional asset fund shall be used by the county solely for the purpose of making grants of financial support to regional assets located within the county in accordance with and subject to the limitations of this subsection. Money deposited into the regional asset fund shall be invested only in those types of investments in which a county of the third class may invest general money of the county under applicable law.

Earnings on the investments shall become a part of the regional asset fund and may not be used for purposes other than those permitted under this subsection. The county shall not be required to disburse all of the money in the regional asset fund during a particular fiscal year but may accumulate money within the regional asset fund if the county determines that the accumulation of the money, in whole or in part, is appropriate for the effective and efficient long-term funding of regional assets.

(3) The county shall have the authority to make grants of financial support for regional assets from the regional asset fund established under paragraph (2). Grants made by the county from the regional asset fund shall be subject to all of the following terms, conditions and limitations:

(i) grants may only be made to:

(A) political subdivisions located within the county; and

(B) organizations which have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) or any successor provision of law;

(ii) grants may only be made for the purpose of supporting a specific regional asset located within the county and which is owned by the grantee or for which the grantee has operational and financial responsibility;

(iii) grants may only be made pursuant to written grant agreements and executed by authorized officers of the county and the grantee specifying the terms and conditions of the grant;

(iv) the grant agreement shall describe, with specificity, the purpose for which the grant is being made;

(v) the grant agreement shall set forth other terms and conditions as the county may prescribe, including requirements with respect to matching funds and continued financial support of the grantee for the regional asset with respect to which the grant is being made; and

(vi) no grant may obligate money from the regional asset fund beyond a single 12-month period.

(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term "regional asset" means a civic, recreational, sports or cultural facility, including zoos, museums and performing arts facilities, function or activity which is owned or provided by a political subdivision or section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 organization, or with respect to which a political subdivision or section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 organization has operational and financial responsibility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following may not be considered regional assets:

(i) a health care facility;

(ii) an institution which predominantly provides elementary, secondary or higher education or other training;

(iii) a Federal or State park;

(iv) an airport or public transportation system or facility;

(v) a library;

(vi) a paid or volunteer public safety organization and facility;

(vii) an authority created under this subchapter and any facilities owned or operated by such an authority; or

(viii) an asset which fails to serve a significant number of individuals who are not residents of the city, borough or township within which the asset is located.

(5) The county shall have the authority to prescribe reasonable rules, regulations and procedures for:

(i) the administration of the regional asset fund and the segregated account in which the regional asset fund is deposited;

(ii) the making of grants from the regional asset fund; and

(iii) the administration of grants made from the regional asset money.

(f) Naming or designation revenue.--Net revenues received from the sale of rights for the naming or designation of a convention center or part of a convention center shall be allocated as follows:

(1) Fifty percent of revenues shall be distributed to the county for deposit into a segregated account identified as the regional asset fund to be utilized as provided in subsection (e)(3).

(2) Fifty percent of revenues shall be retained by the convention center authority established under this subchapter.

(g) Application.--Subsection (f) may not apply to a sale of rights occurring prior to the enactment of this subchapter. Revenues from the sale of naming rights for items of a de minimis nature, including the sale of plaques, individualized bricks or furniture, may not be subject to allocation under this section. Cross References. Section 17335 is referred to in section 17352 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16733 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16733
Temporary substitutes for bridges.
Status: in_force

If a county bridge is destroyed or rendered impassable, the county commissioners may provide, at the expense of the county, ferries or other temporary ways as a substitute for the destroyed or impassable bridge, until the bridge has been rebuilt or rendered fit for public travel. If the bridge was maintained at the joint expense of two adjoining counties, the establishment and maintenance of the ferry or temporary way shall be by joint discretionary action of the boards of commissioners of both counties, and the expense shall be paid by the counties in the same proportions as the maintenance of the bridge was paid before it was destroyed or rendered impassable.
16 Pa.C.S. § 101 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 101
Scope of title.
Status: in_force

This title relates to counties.
16 Pa.C.S. § 12305 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 123 / Section 12305
Location of offices, records and papers.
Status: in_force

(a) County seat.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection

(d), each county commissioner, auditor, controller, treasurer, sheriff, recorder of deeds, prothonotary, clerk of courts, clerk of orphans' court, register of wills and district attorney shall keep the individual's respective offices and each public record and paper of the office at the county seat and in buildings erected or appropriated for keeping offices and public records and papers.

(b) Storage.--

(1) The county commissioners may keep and maintain records and contract with persons for storage, retrieval and transmission of county records within or outside the county except that no records shall be stored outside the county seat without the approval of the officer in charge of the office to which the records belong. The approval of the president judge shall be required if records are in the custody of agencies of the court of common pleas, the clerk of courts, the prothonotary, the register of wills or the clerk of the orphans' court. Public records stored outside of the county seat shall be made accessible to the general public at the county seat by an electronic means or facility which will permit the retrieval of the records or exact copies of the records within five business days.

(2) County records used on a regular or frequent basis shall be accessible in the county seat.

(c) Fee.--The county commissioners of counties of the second class A may impose a fee on recorded instruments required to be kept permanently that are filed with the county and, with the approval of the president judge, may impose a fee on civil or criminal cases filed in the court of common pleas. Fees shall be collected by the appropriate row officer and deposited into a special records management fund, administered by the county's records management program in the Office of Management and Productivity or, in the absence of an Office of Management and Productivity, an office that handles the same or similar functions. The fund shall be solely used to help defray the cost of maintaining, administering, preserving and caring for the records of the county.

(d) Office.--The county commissioners shall, after consultation with an officer, furnish each officer with an office and additional space in the county building, courthouse or other building at the county seat sufficient to perform the duties of the office. The following shall apply:

(1) The commissioners may, with the approval of the respective officers, furnish an additional office or space in buildings at locations outside of the county seat for the auditors, commissioners, controller, treasurer or recorder of deeds.

(2) The commissioners may, with the approval of the respective officers and the president judge, furnish an additional office or space in buildings at locations outside of the county seat for the sheriff, prothonotary, clerk of courts, clerk of orphan's court, register of wills or district attorney.

(e) Maintenance.--An officer failing or refusing to maintain the office and to keep each public record and paper of the office in the buildings appropriated under this section commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to:

(1) imprisonment until the officer complies with this section or until sooner discharged by order of the court; and

(2) pay a fine of not more than $500 for the use of the county. Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 6(3) of Act 14 of 2024 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16304 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 163 / Section 16304
Application of 26 Pa.C.S.
Status: in_force

Eminent domain proceedings must conform to the provisions of 26 Pa.C.S. (relating to eminent domain), including payment of damages and costs.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16155 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16155
Monuments, memorials and memorial halls to war veterans.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may appropriate money for and provide for the erection of monuments, memorials or memorial halls commemorating or honoring the services of any individual who has served in the armed forces of the United States or in

any auxiliary organization officially connected with a division of the armed forces of the United States. Cross References. Section 16155 is referred to in section 16156 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 104 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 104
Saving clause.
Status: in_force

(a) Continuation.--This title, as far as the provisions of this title are the same as the provisions of laws in existence on January 1, 1956, shall be construed as a continuation of the laws and not as a new enactment. The repeal by the County Code of any provisions of law may not revive any law repealed or superseded prior to January 1, 1956, nor affect the existence or class of any county created prior to January 1, 1956. This title may not affect any act done, liability incurred or right accrued or vested, nor affect any suit or prosecution, pending or to be instituted, to enforce any right or penalty or punish any offense under the authority of the repealed laws.

(b) Local laws.--Each ordinance, resolution, regulation and rule, made under an act repealed by the County Code, shall continue with the same force and effect as if the act had not been repealed. Each local act applying to particular counties, not specifically repealed, shall continue in force, and any provisions of this title inconsistent with local laws may not apply to the counties affected by the local laws, unless the application is clearly indicated.

(c) Remain in force.--All acts and parts of acts relating to counties, or to particular classes of counties, in force as of January 1, 1956, and not repealed by the County Code, shall remain in force in the same manner and with the same effect as prior to the adoption of the County Code.

(d) Second Class County Code.--This title shall be considered a continuation of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, as it pertains to second class A counties, except where otherwise expressly provided. The repeal of the Second Class County Code as it relates to second class A counties by former section 3901 of the County Code may not be construed as modifying or repealing any term of office, power, ordinance, rule or regulation of home rule counties or counties of the second class A existing on December 24, 2018.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17163 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17163
Restrictions of design commission members and employees.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--A member or employee of the design commission may not, concurrent with the service of the member or employee with the design commission, be a party officer, public officer, public official, public employee or a member of the immediate family of a party officer, public officer or public official.

(b) Application of acts.--65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure) and the act of July 19, 1957 (P.L.1017, No.451), known as the State Adverse Interest Act, are made specifically applicable to members and employees of the design commission. For the purposes of application of the acts, employees of the design commission shall be regarded as public employees of the Commonwealth, and members of the design commission shall be regarded as public officials of the Commonwealth, regardless of if the members or employees receive compensation. The design commission shall also be subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings) and the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16920 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16920
Adoption of system of main thoroughfares.
Status: in_force

(a) System of roads.--The county commissioners may, in the manner provided by this section, cause to be laid out, survey and adopt a system of main thoroughfares which the board shall determine the proper roads to be established and specially constructed and improved. In adopting the system under this subsection, the county commissioners shall consider the population and needs of all parts of the county and make an equitable distribution of the roads to be specially constructed, located and improved by the county. The county commissioners shall develop a plan or plans to be made showing the system of proposed roads, the relation of the proposed roads to existing public roads or roads to be supplied, the names of abutting property owners and also roads which already have been improved by the county. Upon approval of the plan or plans by the county commissioners, at least two county commissioners shall certify and file the plan for public inspection in the office of the county commissioners and record the plan in the office of the recorder of deeds.

(b) Requirements.--Subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with the following sections:

(1) This section.

(2) 16921 (relating to improvement of municipal roads).

(3) 16922 (relating to plan of system to be followed and variations).

(4) 16923 (relating to improvement of roads not part of system on contribution from parties interested).

(c) Interference with real property.--The proposed roads under subsection (a) may not be an easement upon private property or in any manner interfere with the use of private property until established as a public road by the action of the court of common pleas. Cross References. Section 16920 is referred to in section 16907 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 12501 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 125 / Section 12501
Election and vacancies.
Status: in_force

(a) Election.--Three county commissioners shall be elected in each county in the year 1955 and every fourth year thereafter. In the election of county commissioners, each qualified elector shall vote for no more than two individuals. The three individuals having the highest number of votes shall be elected.

(b) Vacancy.--A vacancy in the office of county commissioners shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term by the court of common pleas of the county in which the vacancy occurs by the appointment of a registered elector of the county who was a member of the same political party as the vacating county commissioner at the time the vacating county commissioner was elected.
16 Pa.C.S. § 7301 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 73 / Section 7301
Salary of solicitor and costs.
Status: in_force

In counties of the second class, the following shall apply:

(1) The salary of the solicitor to the medical examiner shall be determined by the salary board. The salary shall be paid from the fees received and paid into the office of the coroner.

(2) Costs and expenses incurred by the coroner in a manner connected with litigation or claims arising out of or relating to the coroner's office shall be paid by the county from fees received by the coroner's office.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15375 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 153 / Section 15375
Municipal waste processing and disposal in county facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) Power.--The county commissioners shall have the power to:

(1) operate or provide for the operation of municipal waste processing and disposal facilities, including municipal waste landfills, resource recovery facilities and recycling facilities; and

(2) enter into agreements or contracts with any person, corporation or political subdivision for the disposal of municipal waste in the facilities constructed and maintained by the county and charge and receive fees for services provided under this subsection.

(b) Acquisition of real property.--A county may acquire by gift, lease, purchase by current revenues, borrowing or incurring indebtedness or eminent domain real property within the county for the purpose of constructing any facility under subsection (a) or other buildings necessary to operate the facility. If private property is taken by eminent domain, the county shall acquire the entire title, either in fee or otherwise, held by the owner or owners of the property or of any interest.

(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Municipal waste landfill." As defined in the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.

"Recycling facility." As defined in the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.

"Resource recovery facility." As defined in the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15501 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15501
Appropriation of money or land for National Guard Armories.
Status: in_force

(a) Conveyance of land.--The county commissioners may convey land to the Commonwealth to assist the State Armory Board in the erection of armories for the use of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The county commissioners may acquire land for this purpose in a lawful manner.

(b) Board.--The county commissioners may furnish water, light or fuel, free of cost to the Commonwealth, for use in an armory of the National Guard and may do all things necessary to accomplish this purpose.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13708 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 137 / Section 13708
Filed items and public records.
Status: in_force

The name, photograph and affidavit filed under section 13706 (relating to deputy sheriff's qualifications) with the prothonotary shall constitute a public record.
16 Pa.C.S. § 311 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 311
Ascertainment, certification and effect of change of class.
Status: in_force

(a) Ascertainment.--The classification of counties shall be ascertained and fixed according to population by reference to the Federal decennial census under this section, less the number of individuals residing on lands that have been ceded to the United States.

(b) Certification.--

(1) The Governor, under the great seal of this Commonwealth, shall certify the following to the county commissioners on or before October 1 of the year succeeding the year in which the Federal decennial census was taken:

(i) that a Federal decennial census shows that a county has attained a population entitling the county to an advance in classification; or

(ii) that the last two preceding Federal decennial censuses show that a county has decreased in population so as to recede in classification, as provided under this section.

(2) The county commissioners shall forward the certificate under paragraph (1) to the recorder of deeds, and the certificate shall be recorded in the recorder's office.

(c) Intent.--It is recognized that a change in the form of local government is attended by certain expense and hardship and the change should not be occasioned by a temporary fluctuation in population. Therefore, it is the intent of this section that the classification of a county may not be changed because its population has decreased at the time of one Federal decennial census, but rather only after the change is demonstrated by two Federal decennial censuses that the population of a county has remained below the minimum figure of its class for at least a decade.

(d) Change in class.--

(1) Changes of class ascertained and certified shall take effect on January 1 next following the year in which the change was certified by the Governor to the county commissioners, except that the salaries of county officers may not be increased or decreased during the term for which the county officers have been elected.

(2) In the municipal election following the certification of change of class and preceding the effective date of the change, the proper number of individuals shall be elected to fill an elective office which will exist in the county by the change of classification certified. An election may not be held for an office which will be abolished as a result of a change of classification.

(e) Delayed 2020 Federal decennial census.--Unless the board of commissioners of a county meeting the requisite county population levels in section 310 (relating to counties divided into nine classes) enacts an ordinance or adopts a resolution approving a change of classification prior to February 22, 2022, as a result of the delays in the 2020 Federal decennial census and the COVID-19 pandemic, the classification of all counties as of October 1, 2021, shall remain unchanged until the 2030 census, at which time the procedures established in subsections

(a), (b), (c) and (d) shall apply. For the purposes of determining whether a county has decreased in population so as to recede in classification under subsections (b) and (c) following the 2030 decennial census, both the 2020 and 2030 decennial censuses shall be considered. Cross References. Section 311 is referred to in section 102 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17122 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17122
Use of Regional Growth Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--Subject to the limitations in subsections

(b) and (c), money in the Regional Growth Fund shall be used by the authority to fund the capital costs of new or improved economic development projects of the following types:

(1) Industrial site development, including site acquisition, preparation and clearance, construction of necessary infrastructure such as water and sewer facilities and construction of buildings for use by businesses.

(2) Cultural, recreational, historical and entertainment facilities, including, without limitation, African-American cultural facilities, regional destination facilities and projects in heritage areas.

(3) Transportation facilities that will assist in the attraction and retention of jobs in the region, including construction of highways, bridges, transit facilities, airports, ports, rail lines and related facilities.

(4) Revolving loan money to assist in the establishment, location and expansion of businesses, including, without limitation, small or minority-owned businesses, in the region.

(5) New or improved water or sewer facilities serving residential customers.

(b) Limitations.--Expenditures from the Regional Growth Fund for an eligible project shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1) The funding provided from the Regional Growth Fund for an eligible project may not exceed 50% of the total cost of the project.

(2) No money may be expended from the Regional Growth Fund for operating costs of any project or facility.

(3) No more than 20% of the money in a county account may be used for the purpose described in subsection (a)(4).

(4) No more than 40% of the money in a county account may be used for the purpose described in subsection (a)(5).

(c) Notification.--

(1) No later than March 31, 1998, each participating county shall initially notify the board if the county intends to develop and submit a county growth plan, which of the optional methods described in paragraph (2) will be used and what portion of the money in the county account shall be reserved for implementation of the plan. In establishing the long-term budget and capital budget under sections 17135 (relating to initial financial plan) and 17136 (relating to capital budgets), the board shall reserve money in each county account in accordance with the notification and shall not approve projects using reserved money unless they are contained in the county growth plan.

(2) If a participating county chooses to develop and submit a county growth plan to the authority, the governing body of a participating county shall select one of the following three methods for developing the plan:

(i) The redevelopment authority of the county created under the act of May 24, 1945 (P.L.991, No.385), known as the Urban Redevelopment Law, may adopt a county growth plan by resolution and submit it to the authority. The redevelopment authority must hold at least one public hearing regarding the plan or any revision to the plan prior to adopting the plan or revision and submitting it to the authority.

(ii) The governing body may create a county growth board or designate an existing public or nonprofit agency to serve as the county growth board. The county growth board must hold at least one public hearing regarding the plan or any revision to the plan prior to adopting the plan or revision and submitting it to the authority.

(iii) The governing body may directly adopt a county growth plan by resolution and submit it to the authority. The governing body must hold at least one public hearing regarding the plan or any revision to the plan prior to adopting the plan or revision and submitting it to the authority.

(3) The governing body of a participating county that has not previously submitted a county growth plan may elect to submit one at any time by giving the authority notice to that effect. The governing body of a participating county that has submitted a county growth plan may at any time change the method of developing its county growth plan by giving the authority notice to that effect.

(4) All expenditures from the Regional Growth Fund for projects contained in a county growth plan must meet the criteria and limitations contained in subsections (a) and

(b). The total expenditures that the county growth plan requests from the county account may not exceed the total amount projected to be deposited into the account.

(d) Automatic approval.--The authority shall automatically approve funding from a county account for any project in the participating county that meets the eligibility criteria of this section and is contained in a county growth plan, up to the amount of money available in the county account. Cross References. Section 17122 is referred to in sections 17113, 17136 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16913 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16913
Sidewalks along county roads.
Status: in_force

If considered necessary for the safety and accommodation of the public, the county commissioners may locate, construct and maintain sidewalks along county roads. The cost of the construction and maintenance of sidewalks shall be paid by the county. Cross References. Section 16913 is referred to in section 16907 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13105 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 131 / Section 13105
Misapplication of money collected for specific purposes.
Status: in_force

If money is collected by law in a county and is in the possession or control of the treasurer of the county, it shall be unlawful for the treasurer to apply the money to any other purpose than that for which the money was collected unless otherwise authorized by law. A misapplication of money under this section shall constitute a violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3927 (relating to theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received).
16 Pa.C.S. § 14982.1 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14982.1
Amended budget and notice.
Status: in_force

(a) Amended budget.--During the month of January next following a municipal election, the county commissioners may amend the budget and the levy and tax rate to conform with the amended budget.

(b) Notice.--The county shall provide public notice by publication in one newspaper of general circulation that an amended budget has been proposed and is available for public inspection for a period of 10 days at a location specified in the notice.

(c) Adoption of amended budget.--An amended budget must be adopted by the county commissioners after the public inspection period and no later than February 15. A proposed amended budget may not be revised upward in excess of 10% in the aggregate.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16164 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16164
Flagstaff and display of flag.
Status: in_force

A flagstaff shall be erected upon any county memorial hall from which the flag of the United States shall be displayed from sunrise to sunset on each day of the year.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14984.2 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14984.2
Capital reserve fund for anticipated capital expenditures.
Status: in_force

(a) Capital reserve fund.--The county commissioners shall have the power to create and maintain a separate capital reserve fund for anticipated legal capital expenditures. Money in the fund shall be used for the construction, purchase or replacement of or addition to county buildings, equipment, machinery, motor vehicles or other capital assets of the county.

(b) Deposits.--The county commissioners may annually appropriate money from the general county fund, not to exceed 10% of a county's operating budget, to be paid into the capital reserve fund or place in the fund any money received from the sale, lease or other disposition of county property or from any other source unless received or acquired for a particular purpose.

(c) Administration of fund.--The fund shall be controlled, invested, reinvested and administered and the money and income from the fund expended for any purpose for which the fund is created, as may be determined by the county commissioners. The money in the fund, when invested, shall be invested in a manner consistent with the provisions of section 14906 (relating to investment of money). This subsection may not be construed to limit the powers of the county to the use of money in the capital reserve fund in making lawful capital expenditures.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16953 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16953
Laying out, altering and vacating.
Status: in_force

Roads forming or intended to form a continuous highway from one county to another, which cross a river, creek or rivulet forming a boundary line between the counties, may be laid out or altered or vacated in the manner provided for other roads.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16150 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16150
Appropriations for public accommodations.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--The county commissioners may appropriate money to assist a municipality to construct and maintain public restrooms and related facilities.

(b) Courthouse rest and waiting rooms.--The county commissioners may provide or cooperate with a municipality or municipal authority to equip and maintain in the courthouse rest or waiting rooms for the public.

(c) Lease of ground.--Any part of a ground acquired by a county for the purposes of a courthouse or other county building or facility may be leased by the county to a municipality being the county seat of the county for the purpose of the construction of a public comfort station by the municipality.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16174 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16174
Donations to orphans' or childrens' homes.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may receive real or personal property which may be given or granted to the county by any lawful means for the use and purpose of providing a home within the county for the keeping and care of indigent orphans and children who depend on the county for support.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14926 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14926
Power to administer oaths.
Status: in_force

(a) Power.--The controller or auditors may administer oaths and affirmations to each person brought or appearing before the controller or auditors, whether accountants, witnesses or otherwise.

(b) Penalty.--A person swearing or affirming falsely on examination commits perjury.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15102 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 151 / Section 15102
Contract procedures, terms and bonds and advertising for bids.
Status: in_force

(a) Contract requirements.--A contract for services and personal property in which the base amount of the contract exceeds the sum of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 15101(c) (relating to commissioners sole contractors for county generally), shall be in writing and shall, except as otherwise specified, be made by advertising for bids.

(b) Bids.--

(1) Contracts or purchases in excess of the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 15101(c), except those specified in subsection (h) and except as provided by the act of October 27, 1979 (P.L.241, No.78), entitled "An act authorizing political subdivisions, municipality authorities and transportation authorities to enter into contracts for services, the purchase of goods and the sale of real and personal property where no bids are received," must be made:

(i) with and from the lowest responsible and responsive bidder submitting a bid in conformity with the specifications approved by the county commissioners for the contract or purchase;

(ii) after due notice in one newspaper of general circulation, published or circulating in the county:

(A) at least two times at intervals of not less than three days where daily newspapers of general circulation are employed for such publication; or

(B) once a week for two successive weeks where weekly newspapers are employed.

(2) The first notice under paragraph (1)(ii) shall be published not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids.

(3) The requirements of this subsection need not be followed in cases of emergency, but in emergency cases the actual emergency shall be declared and stated by resolution of the county commissioners.

(c) Receipt and opening of bids.--All bids shall be received by the controller or, for a county without a controller, by the chief clerk of the county commissioners, in sealed envelopes. The following apply:

(1) For a county of the second class A, bids shall be opened publicly at a time and place to be designated in the advertisement for bids. The figures shall be announced publicly by the chief clerk or the chief clerk's designee and referred to the appropriate departments for tabulation without the presence of the county commissioners.

(2) For a county of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth class, bids shall be opened publicly at a time and place specified in the advertisement for bids, in the presence of the controller or chief clerk, as the case may be, by the county commissioners or their designee. The controller or the chief clerk shall keep a record of the bids.

(d) Entire amount.--

(1) The amount or price of the contract shall be the entire amount which the county pays to the successful bidder

or the bidder's assigns less the value of personal property transferred from the county to the bidder or the bidder's assigns at any time during the duration of the contract, in order to obtain the services or property, or both. The amount of the contract may not be construed to mean only the amount that is paid to acquire title or to receive any other particular benefit of the whole bargain.

(2) The value of personal property transferred to the bidder or the bidder's assigns upon execution of the contract shall be specified in the bid. The method of determining the value of personal property transferred to the bidder or his assigns at a time during the duration of the contract shall be specified in the bid and shall be determined using generally accepted valuation methods.

(e) Acceptance of bids.--

(1) The acceptance of bids by advertising required under this section shall be made by the controller, for a county of the second class A, or by the county commissioners, for a county of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth class. The acceptance of bids shall only be made by public announcement at the meeting at which bids are opened, or at a subsequent meeting, the time and place of which shall be publicly announced when bids are opened. If for any reason the award is not made at either of the meetings, the same business may be transacted at any subsequent meeting, the time and place of which shall have been announced at the previous meeting held for the award.

(2) The contract shall be awarded, or the bids shall be rejected, within 30 days of the opening of the bids, except for bids subject to 62 Pa.C.S. (relating to procurement). A 30-day extension of the date for the award may be made by the mutual written consent of the county commissioners and any bidder that wishes to remain under consideration for award. The county commissioners shall excuse from consideration any bidder not wishing to agree to a request for extension of the date for the award and shall release the bidder from any bid bond or similar bid security furnished under subsection (f).

(3) A contract shall be filed with the controller, or with the chief clerk as the case may be, immediately after the execution.

(f) Security permitted.--The county commissioners may require, as a necessary condition of considering a bid, that any bids advertised be accompanied by a cashier's check or other irrevocable letter of credit in a reasonable amount drawn upon a bank authorized to do business in this Commonwealth or by a bond with corporate surety in a reasonable amount. In the event a bidder shall, upon award of the contract to the bidder, fail to comply with the requirements of subsection (g) as to security guaranteeing the performance of the contract, the security furnished under this subsection shall be forfeited to the county as liquidated damages.

(g) Security required.--If a formal bid is required by this chapter, the successful bidder may be required to furnish a bond or irrevocable letter of credit or other security in an amount sufficient to the county commissioners guaranteeing performance of the contract within 30 days after the contract has been awarded, unless the county commissioners prescribe a shorter period. The successful bidder for a contract which involves the construction, erection, installation, completion, alteration, repair of or addition to any public work or improvement of any kind shall furnish security as provided in

section 16118 (relating to contract performance security and payment bonds). Performance security for services and contracts for labor and materials delivered on a periodic basis, including food service contracts, home health services and janitorial services and supplies, may be computed on the expected average value for one or more months at the discretion of the county commissioners. Upon failure to furnish the security within the time fixed, the previous awards shall be void. Deliveries, performances and guarantees may be required in all cases of expenditures, including the exceptions under subsection (h).

(h) Exceptions.--Contracts or purchases made by the county commissioners for the following may not require advertising, bidding or price quotations:

(1) Maintenance, repairs or replacements for water, electric light or other public works if not new additions, extensions or enlargements of existing facilities and equipment. Security may be required by the county commissioners as in other cases for work done.

(2) Improvements, repairs and maintenance, made or provided by the county through its own employees. This paragraph does not apply to construction materials used in a street improvement.

(3) Particular types, models or pieces of new equipment, articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts thereof requested by the county commissioners, which are patented and manufactured or copyrighted products.

(4) Policies of insurance or surety company bonds.

(5) Public utility service and electricity, natural gas or telecommunication services, provided that, for utilities not under tariff with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, contracts made without advertising and bidding shall be made only after receiving written or telephonic price quotations in accordance with the procedures specified in section 15101(b).

(6) Services of members of the medical or legal profession, registered architects, engineers, certified public accountants or other personal services involving professional expertise.

(7) Materials, supplies and equipment contracts entered into by nonprofit cooperative hospital service associations for hospitals and nursing homes which are part of the institutional district or which are owned by the county, operated by the county or affiliated with the county.

(8) Tangible client services provided by nonprofit agencies. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "tangible client services" shall mean congregate meals, home-delivered meals, transportation or chore services provided through area agencies on aging.

(9) The sale, lease or loan of supplies or materials to the county by a public body if the price is not in excess of that fixed by the public body. The requirements of 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation) may not apply when a county purchases cooperatively with another public body that has entered into a contract for supplies or materials. As used in this paragraph, the term "public body" shall mean any of the following:

(i) the Federal Government;

(ii) the Commonwealth;

(iii) any other state;

(iv) a political subdivision, local or municipal authority, council of government, entity created in

accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A or other similar local entity of the Commonwealth or any other state; or

(v) an agency of the Federal Government, the Commonwealth or any other state.

(10) The purchase of milk for counties of the second class A.

(11) Construction management services.

(12) Computer software.

(i) Contracts for technology and information systems.--

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the county commissioners shall have authority to enter into contracts for equipment and services related to technology and information systems on the basis of best value procurement.

(2) Contracts under best value procurement shall be made only after the county has solicited proposals based on performance and outcome specifications developed by the county and describing at minimum:

(i) the objectives to be met by the system;

(ii) the tasks to be performed by the system;

(iii) the users of the system;

(iv) system security issues;

(v) the time frame for system implementation;

(vi) potential operating technologies;

(vii) compatibility with existing systems;

(viii) training and maintenance; and

(ix) the process by which the contract shall be awarded.

(3) Best value procurement may not require a sealed bid process and shall permit the county commissioners to negotiate the terms of the agreement with any responsive and responsible vendor.

(j) Other acts.--A contract subject to this chapter shall comply, as applicable, with the provisions of:

(1) The act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act.

(2) The act of December 20, 1967 (P.L.869, No.385), known as the Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967.

(3) The act of January 23, 1974 (P.L.9, No.4), referred to as the Public Contract Bid Withdrawal Law.

(4) The act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel Products Procurement Act.

(5) The act of February 17, 1994 (P.L.73, No.7), known as the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act.

(6) 62 Pa.C.S. Chs. 37 Subch. B. (relating to motor vehicles), 39 (relating to contracts for public works) and 45 (relating to antibid-rigging).

(k) Shared fees and compensation.--Individuals, consultants, firms or corporations contracting with a county for purposes of rendering personal or professional services to the county may not share with a county officer or employee, and county officers or employees may not accept any portion of the compensation or fees paid by the county for the contracted services provided to the county except under the following terms or conditions:

(1) Full disclosure of all relevant information regarding the sharing of the compensation or fees shall be made to the county commissioners.

(2) The county commissioners must approve the sharing of any fee or compensation for personal or professional services prior to the performance of the services.

(3) Fees or compensation for personal or professional services may not be shared except for work actually performed.

(4) Shared fees or compensation for personal or professional services may not be paid at a rate in excess of that commensurate for similar personal or professional services.

(l) Electronic bidding.--Nothing in this part shall be construed as prohibiting a county from electronic bidding to the extent authorized by 62 Pa.C.S. Ch. 46 (relating to electronic bidding by local government units). Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 6(3) of Act 14 of 2024 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law. Cross References. Section 15102 is referred to in sections 15101, 15103, 15106 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14306 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 143 / Section 14306
District attorney charged with crime.
Status: in_force

If a district attorney is charged with a crime or misdemeanor, before or bound over or committed by a court to answer for willful and gross negligence in the execution of the duties of the office, the court shall appoint a competent attorney to prepare an indictment against the district attorney and to prosecute the district attorney on behalf of the Commonwealth until final judgment. The attorney shall be paid by the county for services a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the court. If the district attorney is convicted of a crime for which that individual may be sentenced to imprisonment by separate or solitary confinement at labor, the office shall be declared vacant by the court.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16167 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16167
Preservation, maintenance, repair and completion of public monuments.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may preserve, maintain and repair any public monument or memorial hall in the county, other than in cemeteries, including the enclosed public ground surrounding the monument, and appropriate money for these purposes. If a public monument referred to in this section has been partially completed, either in construction or payment, the commissioners may appropriate money for the purpose of completion.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13911 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13911
Deputies.
Status: in_force

The coroner may appoint a deputy to act in the coroner's place and may appoint staff to positions established in accordance with section 14723 (relating to number and compensation of officers, deputies, assistants, clerks and employees and revisions of salary schedules) as the coroner determines. A deputy shall have the same powers as the coroner.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16700 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16700
Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Bridge." The term includes bridges, viaducts and culverts and all items pertaining to bridges, viaducts and culverts.

"Road." The term includes roads, streets, highways, lanes, alleys and all other public thoroughfares.

"Streams." The term includes streams, rivers, creeks, ponds, lakes and all other natural waters. Cross References. Section 16700 is referred to in section 16901 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15371 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 153 / Section 15371
Rewards for detection or apprehension of criminals.
Status: in_force

(a) Rewards.--The county commissioners may offer a reward, in addition to that authorized by law, for information leading to the detection or apprehension of an individual charged with or perpetrating a felony or misdemeanor, or aiding or abetting.

(b) Payment of rewards.--Upon the conviction of an individual under subsection (a), the county commissioners may pay the reward out of the county treasury, but in no case may the owner of stolen property be entitled to the reward for the detection or apprehension of the individual who commits the offense of larceny.

(c) Misdemeanors.--In cases of misdemeanors, the county commissioners must have the approval of the president judge of the court of common pleas of the county before offering or paying a reward.
16 Pa.C.S. § 1301 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Section 1301
Section 1301
Status: in_force

(ii) 16 Pa.C.S. § 1303(2). Explanatory Note. Act 97 added Chapter 13 of Title 16.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14101 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 141 / Section 14101
Election of prothonotary, clerk of courts, clerk of orphans' court, register of wills and recorder of deeds.
Status: in_force

At the municipal election preceding the expiration of the term of office of a prothonotary, clerk of the courts of common pleas, register of wills, clerk of orphans' court or recorder of deeds of any county and every four years thereafter, the electors of the county shall elect an individual to fill the office from the first Monday of January next succeeding the election for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified. If, under this part or other law, it is provided that two or more offices be held by the same individual, only one individual may be elected to hold the office.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16731 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16731
Providing and maintaining dykes, banks, causeways and sluiceways for protection of bridges and highways.
Status: in_force

(a) Authority.--A county, for the purpose of protecting a county bridge or the abutments and approaches of a county bridge and any public highway adjacent to the county bridge from the incursions of the tide floods or waters of any stream, and to prolong the life of any structure, may provide and maintain dykes, banks, causeways and sluiceways over or across any unnavigable stream and may secure a right-of-way for the proper ingress to and egress from the county bridge.

(b) Taking.--In connection with the exercise of the authority under subsection (a), the county may take, injure and destroy any necessary land or property in the manner and subject to the restrictions and procedure provided by law.

(c) Approval.--A change in an existing stream channel under this subchapter may not be undertaken until it has been approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16126 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16126
Security and grounds employees.
Status: in_force

(a) Security officers.--The county commissioners may appoint one or more security officers to guard and protect the county buildings and to enforce this part and other related laws. The security officers shall have power to arrest on view a person violating this part.

(b) Grounds employees.--The county commissioners may employ persons as may be necessary to provide for maintenance and repair of all county buildings and grounds.
16 Pa.C.S. § 503 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 503
Compensation, assistants and expenses.
Status: in_force

(a) Compensation.--The surveyors or professional engineers composing the boundary commission under section 502 (relating to Commonwealth Court designation of neutral court and appointment of commission) shall each receive compensation fixed by the court for the time necessarily spent in the discharge of the duties and shall be reimbursed the necessary expenses incurred while engaged with the work of the commission.

(b) Assistants.--The boundary commission may employ assistants as the court allows, at compensation fixed by the court. An assistant shall be reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred while employed by the commission.

(c) Expenses.--Each cost, including the necessary expenses of advertising the meeting of the boundary commission under this chapter, and in procuring and setting the permanent monuments necessary to mark the county line, the expenses of the boundary commission and the commission's assistants and each other expense necessarily incurred shall be paid by the interested counties jointly, in equal parts, or by each party to the proceeding as directed by the court, upon presentation of properly itemized bills, duly verified by affidavit of the person claiming payment or someone on the person's behalf.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14901 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14901
Functions of county commissioners.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall be the responsible managers and administrators of the fiscal affairs of their respective county in accordance with this part and other applicable law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15343 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 153 / Section 15343
Appropriations for radio broadcasting station.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may make an appropriation for the purpose of assisting a naval reserve unit or amateur radio league in maintaining, equipping and operating a shortwave radio broadcasting station or cable television community access stations geared to public access, educational access or governmental access, which shall be available for public use in the event of emergency or disaster.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13916 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13916
Private morgue.
Status: in_force

In a county of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class in which a county morgue is not maintained, the coroner may have a body that the coroner may admit to a county morgue removed to a private facility. The county commissioners shall procure by contract, as under Chapter 151 (relating to contracts), the use of a private facility in consultation with the coroner.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15730 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 157 / Section 15730
Appropriations to hospitals, health clinics and homes.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may make appropriations to support:

(1) a hospital, health clinic or comparable facility that is engaged in charitable work and extends treatment and medical attention to residents of the county; and

(2) a home or place of detention of dependent, delinquent and neglected children located within the county.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16903 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16903
Acquisition of rights-of-way of abandoned railroads.
Status: in_force

(a) Commissioners control of rights-of-way.--The county commissioners may take over an abandoned right-of-way or bridge of a railroad company or any part of an abandoned right-of-way or bridge for the purpose of relocating an existing or locating

a new county road, and the county commissioners may purchase the abandoned right-of-way or bridge or part thereof as may be necessary for the relocating or locating of the county road.

(b) County road to be laid out.--Whenever an abandoned right-of-way or bridge of a railroad company or any part thereof is purchased under this section, a county road shall be laid out, located thereafter constructed, improved and maintained in accordance with law. Any bridge taken over shall become a county bridge and shall be maintained, rebuilt and repaired accordingly. Cross References. Section 16903 is referred to in section 16907 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15516 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15516
Determining eligibility for interment benefits.
Status: in_force

(a) Proof required.--If application is made for a contribution toward the funeral expenses of a deceased serviceperson or the surviving spouse of a deceased serviceperson or for a memorial benefit under section 15513 (relating to memorial benefit), the county commissioners shall, before expending money, require proof of the following:

(1) The service of the deceased serviceperson that entitles the individual or the surviving spouse to the benefits under this subchapter. Proof shall be made by the production of:

(i) an honorable discharge or other official record showing service during a war in which the United States is or was engaged; or

(ii) records of the United States Department of Defense, or copies filed in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, showing the existence of a campaign or state or condition of war in which the United States participated and the service of the deceased serviceperson in a zone in which a campaign or state or condition of war existed.

(2) The death of the deceased serviceperson.

(3) In addition to paragraphs (1) and (2), for the interment of the surviving spouse of a deceased serviceperson, the death of the surviving spouse and the fact that the spouse was married to the deceased serviceperson at the time of the serviceperson's death and that the spouse has not since remarried.

(4) Except for individuals who do not have legal residence within this Commonwealth and who are entitled to any of the benefits under this subchapter, the legal residence within the county of the deceased serviceperson or of the surviving spouse of a deceased serviceperson, as the case may be.

(b) Documentation required.--Death shall, in all cases, be proven by a death certificate, if procurable, or by one of the following:

(1) Affidavit of one or more individuals personally acquainted with the deceased and the fact of the individual's death.

(2) Proof of the record of death kept by the attending physician.

(3) Proof of the record of interment kept by the funeral director.

(4) Records of the church burial association or cemetery company maintaining the graveyard, burial ground, cemetery or other interment site in which the deceased serviceperson was interred.

(c) Satisfaction of proof.--If proof required by this subchapter has been furnished to the county commissioners, no further proof of the facts shall be required in order to obtain any other benefit under this subchapter.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13706 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 137 / Section 13706
Deputy sheriff's qualifications.
Status: in_force

(a) Requirements.--A sheriff may not appoint an individual as a chief deputy or any other deputy sheriff unless the sheriff files with the prothonotary, before the appointment of the individual, the name and photograph of the individual and an affidavit of the individual setting forth the following:

(1) The full name, age and residence address of the individual, chief deputy or other deputy sheriff.

(2) That the individual, chief deputy or other deputy sheriff is a citizen of the United States and 18 years of age or older.

(3) That the individual, chief deputy or other deputy sheriff has never been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude under Federal or State law or the laws of another state.

(4) That the individual, chief deputy or other deputy sheriff has not, for a period of two years immediately preceding the filing of the affidavit under this subsection:

(i) acted individually or as the agent or employee of another person in a labor dispute;

(ii) provided any service as a private detective, private police officer or private guard in a labor dispute;

(iii) received any fee or compensation for acting as a private detective, private police officer or private guard in a labor dispute;

(iv) conducted the business of a private detective agency or any agency supplying private detectives, private police officers or private guards in a labor dispute; or

(v) advertised or solicited the business of a private detective agency or any agency supplying private detectives, private police officers or private guards in a labor dispute.

(b) Limitation.--An individual may not be appointed or receive compensation as chief deputy or any other deputy except

in accordance with 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C (relating to sheriff and deputy sheriff education and training). Cross References. Section 13706 is referred to in sections 13707, 13708, 13711, 13712 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16976 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16976
Detour over private lands.
Status: in_force

If necessary in the creation of a detour under section 16975 (relating to county road detours), the county commissioners responsible for laying out the detour may enter into an agreement with the owners of private lands covering the acquisition of right-of-way privileges over private property for the period when the main highway shall be closed to traffic. In the exercise of the rights conferred by this section, the county commissioners responsible may pay for the necessary maintenance, subsequent repair and land rental out of funds available for the construction and maintenance of the roads in the commissioners charge.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14720 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 147 / Section 14720
Salaries and compensation.
Status: in_force

The salaries and compensation of county officers shall be as provided under law. The salaries and compensation of all appointed officers and employees who are paid from the county treasury shall be fixed by the salary board established under

section 14722 (relating to salary boards). The board of county commissioners shall have the sole power and responsibility to represent judges of the court of common pleas in proceedings before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board or collective bargaining negotiations involving employees paid from the county treasury, the county and all elected or appointed county officers having employment powers over the affected employees. The powers authorized by the county commissioners under this section shall not affect the hiring, discharging and supervising rights and obligations with respect to employees as may be vested in the judges or other county officers.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17307 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17307
Authorization to issue bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) Authorization.--

(1) The authority may authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution of the board. A resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds must specify all of the following:

(i) Series.

(ii) Date of maturity not exceeding 40 years from the date of issue.

(iii) Interest rate, as determined by the board as necessary to issue and sell the authorized bonds.

(iv) Denomination.

(v) Form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons.

(vi) Registration, exchangeability and interchangeability privileges.

(vii) Medium of payment and place of payment.

(viii) Terms of redemption.

(ix) Priorities in the revenue or receipts of the authority.

(2) The bonds shall be signed by or shall bear the facsimile signatures of officers the authority determines, and coupon bonds shall have attached to them interest coupons bearing the facsimile signature of the treasurer of the authority, and all bonds shall be authenticated by an authenticating agent, fiscal agent or trustee, as may be prescribed in a resolution of the board. The bonds may be issued and delivered regardless of whether one or more of the officers who signed the bonds or the treasurer who, by facsimile, signed the coupon are not officers at the time the bonds are delivered.

(b) Sale of bonds.--The bonds may be sold at public sale or private negotiated sale for the price or prices and at the rate of interest as the authority determines. Pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim receipts may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of the bonds and may contain terms and conditions as the authority determines.

(c) Negotiability.--The bonds shall have the qualities of negotiable instruments under 13 Pa.C.S. (relating to commercial code).

(d) Use of net proceeds.--The net proceeds of the issue of bonds or notes may be used to pay the costs of the project or to reimburse costs initially paid by a State public body, the county, another political subdivision, an agency, an organization or an individual.

(e) Refunding authorized.--

(1) Subject to the provisions of the outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations and subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the authority shall have the right and power

to refund outstanding debt, in whole or in part, at any time and shall have the right and power to refund outstanding notes with bonds or bonds with notes.

(2) As used in this subsection, the term "refund" and its variations means the issuance and sale of obligations the proceeds of which are used or are to be used for the payment or redemption of outstanding obligations upon or prior to maturity.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15106 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 151 / Section 15106
Conflicts of interest prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), restrictions on the involvement of elected and appointed county officers in a county contract shall be as prescribed in 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure) and the limitations and procedures under section 15102(k) (relating to contract procedures, terms and bonds and advertising for bids).

(b) Architects and engineers and criminal offense.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the following shall apply:

(1) It shall be unlawful for an architect or engineer employed by a county of the second class A and engaged in the preparation of plans, specifications or estimates, to bid or negotiate on any public work contracted by the county, except that an architect or engineer who prepared preliminary plans only may bid on or negotiate the final contract for the work.

(2) It shall be unlawful for the officers of a county of the second class A charged with the duty of contracting for public work, to award a contract to an architect or engineer, employed by the county who is interested in a contract for public work for the county or for any architect or engineer to receive any remuneration or gratuity from any person interested in the contract except as provided under section 15102(k).

(3) A person violating any of the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) commits a misdemeanor in office and, upon conviction, shall forfeit the office and be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Cross References. Section 15106 is referred to in section 14950 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15774.1 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 157 / Section 15774.1
Limitation of authority respecting public assistance recipients.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may not exercise supervision or control over the finances or services other than medical or remedial care provided as assistance to or on behalf of dependents who are recipients of assistance under the former act of June 24, 1937, (P.L.2051, No.399), known as the Public Assistance Law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17172 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17172
Use of Regional Destination Facilities Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Allocations.--Each long-term budget required by section 17135(b) (relating to initial financial plan) shall provide that the total expenditure of money in the Regional Destination Facilities Fund which has already been made plus the expenditures provided for in the long-term budget are allocated to ensure that the total amount ultimately expected to be deposited in the fund is allocated as follows:

(1) Except for the portion of the Regional Destination Facilities Fund used to defray the operating expenses of the authority as provided in section 17137(b) (relating to operating budget), all of the money in the fund shall be used to fund the construction of regional destination facilities and related developments. Not less than 85% shall be used for the construction of the regional destination

facilities, with the remaining 15% available for the construction of related developments, such as parking facilities for a baseball park and football stadium.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6), the total amount of the fund shall be allocated in the manner most likely, in the judgment of the authority, to permit the completion of the construction of all of the regional destination facilities.

(3) Not less than 30% nor more than 40% shall be spent on construction of the convention center, but in no event shall the money provided from the fund represent more than 50% of the cost of that project.

(4) Not less than 28% nor more than 32% shall be spent on construction of the baseball park, but in no event shall the money provided from the fund represent more than 50% of the cost of that project.

(5) Not less than 28% nor more than 32% shall be spent on construction of the football stadium, but in no event shall the money provided from the fund represent more than 50% of the cost of that project.

(6) Not less than 5% nor more than 10% shall be spent on construction of the projects described in paragraph (4) of the definition of "regional destination facility," but in no event shall the money provided from the fund represent more than 50% of the individual cost of any of those projects.

(b) Baseball park and football stadium costs.--The authority shall ensure that a portion of the cost of constructing the baseball park and the football stadium shall be paid for from private funding sources. The cost of retiring the bonds issued by the authority organized under the act of July 29, 1953 (P.L.1034, No.270), known as the Public Auditorium Authorities Law, and known as the Stadium Authority of The City of Pittsburgh that are outstanding at the time that the stadium owned by the Stadium Authority of The City of Pittsburgh is used neither for professional baseball games nor for professional football games and the cost of demolishing the stadium may be treated as eligible for funding from the Regional Destination Facilities Fund, but none of those costs may be funded under subsection (a)(3) or (6).

(c) Transfer to Regional Growth Fund.--Any money in the Regional Destination Facilities Fund that cannot be disbursed as a result of limitations under subsection (a) shall be transferred on July 1, 2005, to the Regional Growth Fund. Cross References. Section 17172 is referred to in section 17171 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13303 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 133 / Section 13303
Employees in certain counties.
Status: in_force

In counties of the second class A and third class, the county solicitor may, with the consent of the county commissioners, employ clerks or assistants as may be necessary in the discharge of the county solicitor's duties.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16502 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 165 / Section 16502
Construction, equipment and maintenance and general powers.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may build, alter, extend, enlarge, manage, supervise, equip, ornament, operate and maintain recreation places and may vest the authority to do so in an existing body or board or in a park board, recreation board or fair board, any of which may be established by the county commissioners for any purpose, function and place as the county commissioners may determine. For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the county commissioners, or any body or board vested with the authority of the county commissioners, may employ play leaders, recreation directors, supervisors, superintendents or any other officers or employees. The number and salary of the employees, to the extent that the employee's salary is paid from the money of the county, shall be determined by the salary board. All recreation places shall be kept in good order and repair.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14303 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 143 / Section 14303
Expenses incurred by district attorney.
Status: in_force

All necessary expenses incurred by the district attorney or the district attorney's assistants or an officer directed by the district attorney in the investigation of crime and the apprehension and prosecution of persons charged with or suspected of the commission of crime, upon approval by the district attorney and the court, shall be paid by the county from the general funds of the county. If a defendant is convicted and sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution and trial, the expenses of the district attorney in connection with the prosecution shall be considered a part of the costs of the case and shall be paid by the defendant.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13930 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13930
Commitment to county prison.
Status: in_force

(a) Warrant.--An individual may be committed by a coroner to the county jail by warrant directed to the sheriff or a constable of the county if while appearing before the coroner for examination the individual refuses to:

(1) take an oath or affirmation; or

(2) answer a question asked by the coroner on the matter of the inquest after having been sworn or affirmed.

(b) Case required.--A warrant issued under subsection (a) shall specifically set forth the cause of the commitment to county jail.

(c) Length.--The individual shall remain committed to county jail until the individual submits to be sworn or affirmed, answers the questions of the coroner or is otherwise legally discharged.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16906 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16906
Maintenance and repair of county roads.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall have prepared plans and estimates, as often as required, for the repair and maintenance of all roads which the county is required by law to maintain and repair. Maintenance and repair may be undertaken by contract or through the use of county personnel, supplies and equipment. Any county may also lease any of the equipment of the county to any political subdivision within the county according to any terms and conditions agreed upon. Cross References. Section 16906 is referred to in section 16907 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14930 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14930
Filing reports.
Status: in_force

(a) Filing among court records.--The reports of the controller or auditors shall be filed among the records of the court of common pleas of the county.

(b) Surcharge.--The amount of any balance or shortage or of any expenditure of a kind, or made in a manner prohibited or not authorized by statute which causes a financial loss to the county shall be a surcharge against any officer against whom the balance or shortage appears or against whom by vote, act or neglect permitted or approved the expenditure. The following apply:

(1) An elected or appointed official of a county shall not be surcharged for an act, error or omission in excess of the actual financial loss sustained by the county.

(2) The imposition of a surcharge shall take into consideration as its basis the results of the act, error or omission and the results had the procedure been conducted strictly according to law.

(3) The provisions limiting the amount of any surcharge shall not apply to:

(i) Cases involving fraud or collusion on the part of officers.

(ii) A penalty inuring to the benefit of or payable to the Commonwealth.

(c) Judgment and execution on judgment.--

(1) The amount of a balance and of an express surcharge found in a report under subsection (a) shall, if no appeal is taken or after an appeal has been finally determined in favor of the county or the Commonwealth, be entered by the prothonotary as a judgment against the officer.

(2) The Commonwealth or the county, as the case may be, may execute a final judgment under this section against the property of the defaulting officer in accordance with law and rule of court.
16 Pa.C.S. § 12106 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 121 / Section 12106
General powers.
Status: in_force

Each county shall have capacity as a body corporate to:

(1) Have succession perpetually by the county's corporate name.

(2) Sue and be sued and complain and defend in all proper courts by the name of the county of . . . . . . . .

(3) Purchase, acquire by gift or otherwise, hold, lease, let and convey real and personal property as is deemed to be for the best interests of the county.

(4) Make contracts for carrying into execution the laws relating to counties and for lawful purposes.

(5) Have and use a seal which shall be in the custody of the county commissioners. The official acts of the county commissioners shall be authenticated with the seal. The county commissioners may prescribe the form of the seal.

(6) To make appropriations for any purpose authorized by this part or any other act of the General Assembly.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15399e — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 153 / Section 15399e
Crime detection laboratories and police training schools.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners of a county of the third class may appropriate money and provide for establishing a crime detection laboratory and police training school for the:

(1) use of any political subdivision situated within the county; and

(2) training of police employed by the political subdivision.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14951 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14951
Procedure for approval.
Status: in_force

(a) Counties with controller.--In counties having a controller:

(1) The controller shall date, upon receipt, all bills, claims and demands that the controller approves and shall forward the bills, claims or demands along with checks to the county commissioners for approval or, if already approved by the county commissioners, for signatures under this section.

(2) If the county commissioners approve payment of a bill, claim or demand, at least two county commissioners shall sign the check as properly drawn upon the county treasury. In these cases facsimiles of the signatures of the county commissioners may be used.

(3) The bill, claim or demand shall be returned to the controller for filing in the controller's office, and the check shall be forwarded to the county treasurer.

(4) The county treasurer shall sign the check as the treasurer's draft upon the county treasury, but the treasurer shall not sign a check that is not already signed by the county commissioners and the controller.

(5) Every check issued shall include reference to the corresponding bill, claim or demand as well as the number or numbers which may be put upon it by the county treasurer.

(6) If the county commissioners refuse to approve a bill, claim or demand, the county commissioners shall return the bill, claim or demand, together with the check involved to the controller for filing in the controller's office.

(b) Counties without controller.--In counties without a controller:

(1) The county commissioners shall approve each transaction.

(2) The check shall be drawn by the chief clerk who shall keep files of the bills, claims or demands.

(3) At least two county commissioners shall sign the checks either personally or by facsimile.

(4) The checks shall be forwarded, together with a check register or similar description of the corresponding bill, claim or demand providing a clear description of the nature

and purpose of the expenditure, to the county treasurer for the treasurer's signature.

(c) Filing.--In all cases, the canceled checks or official bank record shall be filed in the office of the county treasurer, but the treasurer shall transmit, at times the controller shall establish, a list of all checks paid from the county treasury not previously transmitted, along with appropriate identification.

(d) Facsimile signature.--The county treasurer and the controller in counties with a controller may use a facsimile signature on a check which the county treasurer and controller are required to sign.

(e) Effect of section.--Nothing in this section shall preclude the receipt or transfer of money to or from the county, or payment of a bill, claim or demand, by electronic fund transfer if adequate and recognized fiscal and procedural controls, together with proper system security, are in place.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13502 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 135 / Section 13502
Duties.
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall have the following duties:

(1) Prepare plans, specifications and estimates of all engineering work undertaken by the county.

(2) As necessary, furnish the county commissioners with reports, information or estimates on work.

(3) In general, perform all duties with reference to any county engineering work as the county commissioners may prescribe.

(4) Perform all duties relating to surveying as may be assigned by the county commissioners or by law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15503 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15503
Appropriation to rifle clubs in time of war.
Status: in_force

(a) Appropriation.--If a state of war exists, the county commissioners may appropriate money to civilian rifle clubs, duly chartered by the National Rifle Association of America, for the:

(1) maintenance and rental of rifle ranges;

(2) employment of competent instructors and necessary employees; and

(3) equipment and uniforms for the members of clubs who volunteer for special military duty in the members' respective counties or answer a call of the Governor.

(b) Restriction.--Money may not be appropriated to a club under this section unless practice by the members of the club on a rifle range is with a United States military rifle or arms approved by the Adjutant General.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17132 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17132
Board of authority.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--The powers of the authority shall be exercised by a governing body having full authority to manage the properties and business of the authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the authority may be conducted and the powers given to the authority may be exercised. All bylaws, rules and regulations and amendments of the bylaws, rules and regulations shall be filed with the secretary of the authority.

(b) Appointments.--The members of the board of the authority shall be appointed as follows:

(1) The Governor shall appoint three members, not all of whom are members of the same political party and at least one of whom has experience and expertise in convention and tourism promotion programs.

(2) The President pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint a member.

(3) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint a member.

(4) The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint a member.

(5) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint a member.

(6) The governing body of the central county shall appoint a member to represent that county.

(7) The governing body of each other participating county shall appoint a member to represent that county.

(8) The mayor of the central city shall appoint a member to represent that city.

(c) Members.--

(1) The number of members of the board appointed under subsection (b)(4), (5), (6) and (7) shall be increased to two if the number of participating counties is greater than five.

(2) The persons appointing members of the board under subsection (b)(4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) shall consult with each other to ensure:

(i) If there is more than one participating county, that not more than a majority of the members of the board

appointed under subsection (b)(4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) are residents of any one participating county.

(ii) That the board is reflective, to the extent feasible, of the cultural, racial, ethnic and gender demographic proportions of the participating counties.

(d) Appointment lists.--The governing body of each participating county shall only appoint individuals from lists of three or more names submitted by the members of the General Assembly who represent any portion of that county. In developing the lists, the members of the General Assembly shall solicit nominations from public and private economic development agencies within the county and may solicit nominations from other sources. The individuals appointed must have the unanimous approval of all of the members of the governing body in office at the time.

(e) Term.--

(1) The term of office of a member of the board appointed:

(i) under subsection (b)(1), (2) and (3) shall be four years; and

(ii) under subsection (b)(4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) shall be five years.

(2) The term of office of a member shall begin on the date of appointment. Members may hold office until successors have been appointed and qualified or until death or resignation.

(3) An individual may not serve more than two consecutive full terms on the board.

(4) An individual appointed to the board when a vacancy occurs during the term of office of a member of the board shall serve for the remainder of the term. A vacancy in the office of a member appointed under subsection (b)(4), (5),

(6) and (7) shall be filled for the balance of the term by appointment made by the individual who at the time is the ranking member in the same chamber of the General Assembly and of the same political party as the individual who appointed the vacating member.

(f) Officers.--The Governor shall select one of the initial members of the board as the interim chair of the authority and shall, within 10 days of the effective date of the establishment of the authority, set a date, time and place for the initial organizational meeting of the board. The members shall elect a chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer and other officers. A member may not hold more than one office of the board at any time. Members may serve successive terms as officers of the board.

(g) Meetings.--The board shall meet as frequently as it deems appropriate, but at least once a month during the first year that the authority is in existence and thereafter at least once during each quarter of its fiscal year. In addition, a meeting of the board shall be called by the chair if a request for a meeting is submitted to the chair by at least two members of the board. A majority of the members of the board in office shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business of the board and for all other purposes. The acts of a majority of the members of the board taken at a meeting of the board at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the board, except that, for the purposes of making decisions regarding personnel matters, contracts and capital and operating budgets, the affirmative vote of at least six members of the board shall be required.

(h) Advisory members.--There shall be nonvoting advisory members of the board with the right to attend and be heard at every meeting of the board who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) An advisory member shall be appointed by each of the following:

(i) The convention and visitors bureau.

(ii) The principal tenant of the baseball park.

(iii) The principal tenant of the football stadium.

(iv) The private nonprofit corporation with the largest membership supporting the development of the entire cultural district.

(v) The private nonprofit corporation with the largest membership supporting the development, preservation and expansion of African-American culture and history in southwestern Pennsylvania.

(vi) The labor organization representing the largest number of members of the building trades.

(2) In addition to the six advisory members appointed under paragraph (1), the authority may appoint one or more additional advisory members. Cross References. Section 17132 is referred to in sections 17133, 17138, 17154 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14905 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14905
Financial records.
Status: in_force

The following shall apply:

(1) The controller shall maintain a full and regular set of financial records, including the general ledger, in electronic form or otherwise, which support financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of all the fiscal operations of the county, embracing as many accounts, under appropriate titles, to:

(i) meet Federal and State reporting requirements; and

(ii) show distinctly and separately the following classified by reference to the subject matter:

(A) property of the county;

(B) the county's revenue and expenditures;

(C) all debts and accounts due by the county officers or others;

(D) the amount raised from each source of revenue; and

(E) expenditures in detail.

(2) The controller shall select and administer the form and manner of maintaining the official financial records in connection with the fiscal affairs of the county.

(3) If the controller prescribes a change in the form and manner of maintaining the official financial records, any costs necessary for implementation shall be subject to the approval of the county commissioners.

(4) In counties without a controller, the requirements of this section shall be fulfilled by the office of the county commissioners. Cross References. Section 14905 is referred to in section 14902 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14920.1 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14920.1
Audit of additional accounts.
Status: in_force

(a) Specific accounts.--The county controller or county auditors shall audit, settle and adjust the accounts of:

(1) Each parole and probation officer appointed by a court under law who receives money paid under an order, sentence or judgment of a court and report the results of the audits to the court which appointed the officer.

(2) Money appropriated by the county to units of the Pennsylvania National Guard.

(3) Each magistrate or district justice within the county and report the results of the audits to the county commissioners, the Auditor General and the governing body of each political subdivision that is entitled or has a right to receive money collected by the magistrate or district justice.

(4) The treasurer of the county, along with each officer of the county receiving money for the use of the Commonwealth, as may be referred to them by the Auditor General or the Department of Revenue, with the State Treasury and make a separate report to the court of common pleas, together with a statement of the balances due from or to the treasurer or other officer. A certified copy of the report shall be transmitted to the Auditor General or the Department of Revenue, as the case may be, within 10 days after the report is prepared.

(5) Other county funds as may be prescribed by law for the controller or county auditors to audit, settle and adjust.

(b) Taxes, penalties, fines and costs.--All taxes, penalties, fines and costs collected by the county treasurer and belonging to a taxing district shall be entered and carried in the records of the county in the same manner as county money and shall be audited in a similar manner. When the taxes, penalties, fines or costs are paid to the taxing district entitled to them, as provided by law, payments shall be made on voucher checks in the same manner as payments are made of county money.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16914 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16914
Lights along county roads.
Status: in_force

If considered necessary for the safety and convenience of the traveling public, the county commissioners may supply and equip any county road or parts of the road with lights as deemed necessary. The county commissioners may contract with an individual or municipal or private corporation. The cost of the construction may and the cost of maintenance of all lights shall be paid by the county. Cross References. Section 16914 is referred to in section 16907 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13952 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13952
Fees for reports.
Status: in_force

The coroner shall charge and collect a fee of $500 for an autopsy report, $100 for a toxicology report, $100 for an

inquisition or coroner's report, $50 for a cremation or disposition authorization and other fees as may be established for other reports or documents requested by nongovernmental agencies in order to investigate a claim asserted under a policy of insurance or to determine liability for the death of the deceased. The fees collected under this section shall be accounted for and paid to the county treasurer in accordance with section 14960 (relating to receipts and accounts of money due county) and shall be used to defray the expenses involved in the county complying with the training of coroners or coroner office personnel, as may be required or authorized under this part or any other act.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15395.1 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 153 / Section 15395.1
Contributions to museums of fine art or natural history.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may appropriate money from county money for the purpose of contributing toward the cost of operating, maintaining or carrying out or furthering the purposes of institutes or museums of fine art or natural history that is:

(1) located within the county on public property;

(2) established by private grant or bequest;

(3) open to the public; and

(4) not used for private or corporate profit.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13951 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13951
Disposition costs.
Status: in_force

(a) Cost of disposition.--If a legal representative makes a claim to property after disposition of the deceased has occurred at county expense, any property retained from the deceased by the coroner in accordance with section 13915 (relating to unclaimed property and sales) shall be subject to sale to cover the cost of disposition with the balance, if any, going to the legal representatives. No property shall be sold under this subsection unless the coroner has provided written notice to the representative of all of the following:

(1) The costs of disposition.

(2) A list of the property held in accordance with section 13915.

(3) An opportunity to pay the costs of disposition within 60 days of the notice.

(b) Costs of securing.--If the coroner secures the premises of the deceased, the costs of securing the premises may be charged against the estate of the deceased.

(c) Civil liability.--A coroner who reasonably attempts to secure or safeguard any real property where the deceased is found and any personal property on or around the deceased is immune from civil liability for damage to or loss of the property or its contents.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17152 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17152
Imposition of additional sales and use taxes.
Status: in_force

(a) Tax.--A county shall levy, assess and collect a tax on the purchase price upon each separate sale at retail of tangible personal property or services, as defined in Article II of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, within the boundaries of the participating county in which the electorate has approved the referendum provided under section 17154 (relating to referenda levying additional taxes). The tax shall be collected by the vendor from the purchaser and shall be paid over to the Commonwealth for deposit in the Regional Destination Facilities Fund and the Regional Growth Fund as provided in subsection (f).

(b) Use tax.--In each participating county in which the electorate approves the referendum levying the tax authorized under subsection (a), a tax shall be levied, assessed and collected upon the use within the county of the purchase price of tangible personal property purchased at retail and on services purchased at retail as defined in Article II of the Tax Reform Code of 1971. The tax shall be paid to the Commonwealth by the individual who makes the use for deposit in the Regional Destination Facilities Fund and the Regional Growth Fund as provided in subsection (f). The use tax imposed under this subsection may not be paid to the Commonwealth by an individual who has paid the tax imposed under subsection (a) or who has paid the tax imposed by this subsection to the vendor with respect to the use.

(c) Rate of tax.--The taxes authorized under subsections

(a) and (b) shall be imposed at the rate of 0.5% and shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects and within the territorial limits of the participating counties.

(d) Seven-year period.--The taxes imposed under subsections

(a) and (b) shall be collected only on sales or uses occurring during the seven-year period from July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2005.

(e) Computation.--The taxes imposed under subsections (a) and (b) shall be computed in the manner set forth in section 503(e) of the act of June 5, 1991 (P.L.9, No.6), known as the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Act for Cities of the First Class.

(f) Disbursements.--The taxes imposed under subsections (a) and (b) and any interest and penalties on the taxes shall be received by the department and paid by the State Treasurer as follows:

(1) Seventy-five percent of the taxes, interest and penalties collected in the central county shall be paid to the Regional Destination Facilities Fund and 25% to the Regional Growth Fund.

(2) Twenty-five percent of the taxes, interest and penalties collected in each contiguous county that is a participating county shall be paid to the Regional Destination Facilities Fund and 75% to the Regional Growth Fund.

(g) Levying of the tax.--The governing body of a county in which the electorate has approved a referendum levying the taxes provided for in this subchapter may not be required to adopt an ordinance levying the tax. Upon approval of the referendum provided under section 17154, taxes approved by the referendum under this subchapter shall be deemed levied by the governing board under this subchapter. Cross References. Section 17152 is referred to in sections 17121, 17154, 17171 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14985 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14985
Committee to prepare uniform forms.
Status: in_force

(a) Committee to prepare forms.--The report forms specified in this chapter shall be prepared by a committee. The committee shall consist of the following members:

(1) The Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's designee, who shall be trained in the field of municipal finance.

(2) One member of the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives, who shall be members of the Local Government Commission, appointed by the majority chairperson of the commission.

(3) Three representatives from the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.

(4) Three representatives from the Pennsylvania State Association of County Controllers.

(5) Three representatives from the Pennsylvania State Association of County Auditors.

(6) One certified public accountant.

(b) Appointment of committee members.--Except for the certified public accountant who shall be appointed by the Governor, the committee members shall be appointed by the president of each organization. For representatives of the county commissioners, one shall be appointed from a county of either the third or fourth class, one from a county of either

the fifth or sixth class and one from a county of either the seventh or eighth class. The president of each organization shall supply to the Department of Community and Economic Development the names and addresses of the representatives immediately upon appointment.

(c) Reimbursement of expenses.--The representatives shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth for all necessary expenses incurred while attending meetings of the committee.

(d) Meetings.--The committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee. The Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall call meetings of the committee at the request of the secretary of any of the associations represented under subsection (a). There shall be at least two weeks' notice to each member of the committee of any meeting.

(e) Preparations of forms.--In preparing the uniform forms for annual reports, the committee shall give careful consideration to the differing legal requirements and needs of the counties, producing, if necessary, separate forms for certain classes of counties or groups of classes.

(f) Oversight.--The Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's designee shall ensure that the forms required under this section are prepared in cooperation with the committee. If the committee fails to cooperate, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's designee shall complete the preparation of the forms. The Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall issue and distribute the forms annually, as needed, to the county commissioners, controller or auditors of each county.

(g) Changes to forms.--The Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall include within the report forms specified in this section the changes necessitated under this part in regard to property, powers, duties and obligations of institution districts transferred to counties. The committee may not be held responsible for the changes to the forms.

(h) Accounting and fiscal practices.--The Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall convene the committee to assist counties in developing appropriate accounting and fiscal practices in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17301 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17301
Scope of subchapter.
Status: in_force

This subchapter relates to third class county convention center authorities.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16730 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16730
Widening, straightening, altering or changing course of unnavigable streams for protection of county bridges and highways.
Status: in_force

If, in the construction, repair or maintenance of a county bridge or highway, it becomes necessary for the safety of the bridge or highway or economically advisable to widen, straighten, alter, protect or change the course of an unnavigable stream, it shall be lawful for the county to enter upon abutting or adjacent land, and to widen, straighten, alter, protect or change the course of the stream for these purposes, and, in connection with the entry, to take, injure and destroy any necessary land or property in the manner and subject to the restrictions and procedure provided by law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15904 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 159 / Section 15904
Agreements for airport facilities.
Status: in_force

A county acquiring land for an airport may enter into agreements for the use of all or a part of the land, for adequate consideration, after due public notice to a person desiring to use the same for the purposes of taking off or landing an airplane, for other aviation purposes or for any nonaviation purpose, on terms and subject to conditions and regulations. In counties of the second class A, agreements for nonaviation purposes shall be for terms of less than 50 years and shall only involve land designated in the county's airport master plan not needed for airport purposes within the term of the lease. A county may enter into a contract in the form of a lease providing for the use of airport land or any part thereof by the Federal Government for air mail delivery or other aviation purposes upon nominal rental or without consideration.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15509 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15509
Funeral expenses of deceased servicepersons.
Status: in_force

(a) Contributions.--In accordance with subsection (b), each county shall contribute at least $75 towards the funeral expenses of each deceased serviceperson if application for the contribution is made within one year after the date of the deceased serviceperson's death. For a deceased serviceperson who died while in service, application may be made at any time.

(b) Uniform contribution.--All contributions made under this section shall be uniform as to eligible deceased servicepersons within the same calendar year.

(c) Payments.--Payments under this section shall be made under the following circumstances:

(1) If the deceased serviceperson, at the time of death, had a legal residence in the county to which an application for a contribution under subsection (a) has been made, regardless of if the person died or was interred in the county. Every deceased serviceperson having a legal residence in this Commonwealth at the time of death shall be entitled to the benefits of this section, regardless of where the individual died or where the individual is interred, and the liability shall be on the county where the deceased serviceperson shall have had legal residence at the time of death.

(2) If the deceased serviceperson died and was interred in the county to which an application for a contribution under subsection (a) has been made, but, at the time of death, did not have legal residence within this Commonwealth, if the county commissioners in the county in which the individual died are notified in writing by an organization of veterans, and upon investigation finds, that the body is unclaimed by relatives or friends.

Cross References. Section 15509 is referred to in section 15511 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17121 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 171 / Section 17121
Establishment of Regional Growth Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Establishment.--The Regional Growth Fund is established. The treasurer of the authority shall be custodian of the Regional Growth Fund which shall be subject to the provisions of law applicable to funds listed in section 302 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code.

(b) Credits.--Taxes imposed under Subchapter E (relating to additional sales and use taxes) shall be received by the department and paid to the treasurer of the authority and, along with interest and penalties less any collection costs allowed under Subchapter E and any refunds and credits paid, shall be credited in the manner provided in section 17152(f) (relating to imposition of additional sales and use taxes) to the Regional Growth Fund not less frequently than every two weeks. Any amounts appropriated to the Regional Growth Fund by the General Assembly and any contributions received from any other source shall be credited to the Regional Growth Fund.

(c) Special accounts.--A special account shall be established within the Regional Growth Fund for each participating county. All of the taxes, interest and penalties that are collected under section 17152 from a particular county and deposited into the Regional Growth Fund in accordance with section 17152(f) shall be credited to the special account for that county. All of the money in a county account must be spent on projects located in whole or in part within that county unless the governing body of that county authorizes by resolution the use of a portion of the money in its county account for a regional project located outside of the county.

(d) Other special accounts.--The authority may also establish other special accounts within the Regional Growth Fund to which shall be credited any amounts appropriated to the Regional Growth Fund by the General Assembly and any contributions received from any other source. Money in such special accounts shall be used for eligible projects in a participating county as determined by the board, subject to any limitations imposed by the source of the money.

(e) Restrictions.--All money in the Regional Growth Fund, including money credited under this section, prior year encumbrances and the interest earned on the money in the fund, may not lapse or be transferred to any other fund but shall remain in the Regional Growth Fund and must be used exclusively as provided in this chapter.

(f) Earnings.--Pending disbursement, money received on behalf of or deposited into the Regional Growth Fund shall be invested or reinvested in the same manner as money in the custody of the State Treasurer. All earnings received from the investment or reinvestment of the money shall be credited to the Regional Growth Fund and shall be allocated on a proportional basis to each special account within the Regional Growth Fund.

Cross References. Section 17121 is referred to in sections 17113, 17136 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 12506 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 125 / Section 12506
Oaths.
Status: in_force

Each county commissioner may administer oaths and affirmations in each case arising in the performance of the duties of the office of the county commissioners.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17341 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17341
Governing board.
Status: in_force

(a) Composition.--The power of the authority shall be exercised by a governing board composed of 11 members appointed as follows:

(1) The mayor or, if there is no mayor, the governing body of the municipality in which a convention center is located shall appoint two members. Subject to subsection

(b), the terms of the first two members appointed shall be for a two-year and four-year term, respectively. In all cases, the beginning of the term shall be January 1 of the year of appointment, subject to subsection (b).

(2) The county council or, if there is no county council, the governing body of the county in which a convention center is located shall appoint seven members. Subject to subsection (b), the beginning of the term shall be January 1 of the year of appointment. The terms of the first seven members appointed shall be allocated as follows:

(i) One one-year term.

(ii) Two two-year terms.

(iii) Two three-year terms.

(iv) Two four-year terms.

(3) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of a majority of the members of the Senate.

(b) Terms.--Except as otherwise provided and subject to subsection (a), members shall serve a four-year term from the date of appointment and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs by death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a member, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor to fill the unexpired term.

(c) Compensation.--The members of the board may not be compensated for service on the board or for any other position in which the members may serve the authority. The authority may reimburse members for reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by members in carrying out the business of the authority.

(d) Powers and duties.--

(1) The following shall apply:

(i) The members of the board shall select a chairperson and other officers as the board determines from among the members.

(ii) Except as otherwise provided, all actions of the board shall be taken by a vote of at least six members of the board, which shall constitute a majority of the board, unless the bylaws of the authority provide for a majority vote by a present quorum of not less than six members in the absence of a full board.

(iii) The board shall have full authority to manage the properties and business of the authority and to

prescribe, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the authority may be conducted and the powers granted to the authority may be exercised and embodied. Notwithstanding any other law, court decision, precedent or practice to the contrary, no actions by or on behalf of the board shall be taken by an officer of the board or the authority except upon the approval or prior authorization of the board.

(iv) As used in this subsection, the term "actions by or on behalf of the board" means any action of the board, including the hiring, appointment, removal, transfer, promotion or demotion of any officers and employees, the retention, use or remuneration of advisors, counsel, auditors, architects, engineers or consultants, the initiation of legal action, the making of contracts, leases, agreements, bonds, notes or covenants, the approval of requisitions, purchase orders, investments and reinvestments and the adoption, amendment, revision or rescission of rules and regulations, orders or other directives.

(2) The board shall appoint an executive director who shall act as the chief executive officer of the authority. The executive director shall not be a member of the board. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the board may, by bylaw or by resolution, delegate to the executive director the authority and power to carry out the day-to-day operations of the authority and to exercise those powers which are normal, customary and necessary to perform the duties of a chief executive officer.

(3) The board may appoint an assistant and other officers, including assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, as the board determines to be appropriate to carry out the business of the authority. Assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers may be members of the board.

(4) The board may appoint one or more deputy executive directors who, to the extent authorized by the board, may exercise the duties and powers of the executive director in the executive director's absence or incapacity or in the event of a vacancy in the office of executive director.

(e) Liability.--Members of the board may not be held personally liable for the bonds or other obligations of the authority, and the rights of creditors shall be solely against the authority. The authority shall defend board members and the authority shall indemnify and hold harmless board members, whether currently serving as a member of the authority, against and from personal liabilities, actions, causes of action and claims made against them for actions performed within the scope of board member duties.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15511 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15511
Payment.
Status: in_force

(a) Funeral expenses.--The county shall make a payment in the amount authorized or required under section 15509 (relating to funeral expenses of deceased servicepersons) or 15510 (relating to interment of spouses of deceased servicepersons) for each deceased serviceperson or spouse of a deceased serviceperson in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) Money.--A payment under this subchapter shall be paid out of the money of the county.

(c) Payments.--Payments under this subchapter shall be made payable to the applicant if the application shows that the funeral expenses have been paid. Otherwise, payments shall be made to the funeral director performing the services, with notice to the applicant.

(d) Applications.--Application for contributions under this subchapter shall be made by a personal representative or spouse of the deceased serviceperson. If no qualified personal representative is available, the application may be made by the next of kin of the deceased serviceperson, an individual or a veterans' organization, that shall assume responsibility for the cost of burial. The facts contained in the application shall be sustained by affidavit. An individual who knowingly files an application under this section that is false in any material manner commits a misdemeanor in accordance with 18 Pa.C.S. § 4903 (relating to false swearing).

(e) Application.--The application shall be:

(1) on a form prescribed by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and shall verify whether the funeral expenses have been paid; and

(2) attached to a certified copy of the death certificate and an affidavit prepared by the funeral director who had charge of the interment, which certifies that the funeral director did render the service.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16139 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16139
Furnishing rooms for meetings of veterans and other organizations.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may, upon application, furnish meeting accommodations to any veterans, veterans auxiliary or other civic organization.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14112 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 141 / Section 14112
Second deputy recorder.
Status: in_force

The recorder of deeds may appoint a second deputy recorder of deeds. A second deputy recorder of deeds shall possess and discharge all the rights, powers and duties of the principal deputy recorder of deeds during the principal deputy's necessary or temporary absence.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16146 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16146
Ornamental illumination.
Status: in_force

(a) General rule.--The county commissioners may appropriate money to support the installation, maintenance or repair of ornamental illumination of any section of a street that abuts the courthouse or other county building in the county seat.

(b) Limitation.--The appropriation by the county commissioners under subsection (a) may not exceed the amount that shall be assessed for ornamental illumination upon owners of an equivalent frontage of property abutting upon the street, measured by the foot front rule.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16932 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16932
Taking street or other property of municipal corporation.
Status: in_force

If the county commissioners deem it necessary or advisable to enter upon or appropriate a road or property of any municipal corporation in the county or to take action affecting the property rights or authority of the municipal corporation for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a road, tunnel, subway or underground road or the improvement of a road, tunnel, subway or underground road which has been or is about to be purchased by the county or otherwise, the consent of the municipal corporation by ordinance shall be obtained before the actual entering in or upon or the appropriation of the road or property. After the entry and appropriation, the county shall be liable and charged with the supervision, control and maintenance of the roads and properties, or as much of the road or property as is taken and used for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the road, tunnel, subway or underground road or the improvement of the road, tunnel, subway or underground road, purchased or to be purchased. Cross References. Section 16932 is referred to in sections 16907, 16930 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17351 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17351
Cooperation.
Status: in_force

(a) Rights given authority.--For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the authority and in the planning, acquisition, clearance, relocation, development, design, construction, rehabilitation, leasing, subleasing, alteration, expansion, financing, improvement, management or operation of a convention center, any public body or political subdivision of the Commonwealth or the county or county seat may, with or without consideration:

(1) Dedicate, sell, convey, lease or otherwise transfer property or any interest, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, to the authority.

(2) Cause parking, recreational or community facilities or any other works, which the political body or political

subdivision is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished in or adjacent to any area selected for a convention center or part of a convention center.

(3) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which the political body or political subdivision is empowered to act.

(4) Enter into agreements, extending over any period, with the Federal Government or the authority with respect to action by a State public body pursuant to the powers granted by this section.

(5) Incur the entire expense in connection with public improvements made by a State public body, political subdivision, county or the county seat, in exercising the powers granted under this section.

(6) Aid and cooperate in the development, acquisition, design, construction, improvement, maintenance, management, operation, furnishing, fixturing, equipping, repairing, financing, owning, leasing and subleasing of a convention center or part of a convention center.

(b) Power of Secretary of General Services.--The Secretary of General Services is authorized, with the approval of the Governor and Attorney General, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Commonwealth, conveyances, deeds and leases authorized under this subchapter.

(c) Payments.--

(1) In connection with a convention center, the county or county seat may contract with the authority or the Federal Government with respect to sums which the Federal Government or the authority may agree to pay during any year or period of years to the county or county seat for the improvements, services and facilities to be provided by the county or county seat for the benefit of the authority, convention center facility or the persons occupying the area.

(2) The absence of a contract for payments under paragraph (1) does not relieve the county or county seat from the duty to furnish for the benefit of the authority, convention center or the persons occupying the area customary improvements and services and facilities as the county or county seat usually furnish without a service fee.

(d) Agency.--The Commonwealth, county or county seat may, by written agreement, designate the authority as an agent within the authority's field of operation to perform any specified activity or to administer any specified program which the Commonwealth, county or county seat is authorized by law to do if these activities or programs are in furtherance of the public purposes specified in this subchapter. Activities include development, acquisition, design, construction, improvement, maintenance, leasing, management or operation of a convention center or part of a convention center.

(e) Supplemental powers.--Powers granted under this section shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 13932 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 139 / Section 13932
Vacancy.
Status: in_force

(a) Removal, death or resignation.--If a coroner is legally removed from office, dies or resigns before the expiration of the term for which the coroner was elected or appointed, the chief deputy coroner shall execute the office of coroner, perform related duties and receive and retain the compensation provided by law for the coroner until another coroner is appointed.

(b) Neglect or refusal.--Except as otherwise provided under subsections (d) and (e), if an individual who is elected to the office of coroner neglects or refuses, for the two months after the election, to assume the duties of the office and to comply with the requirements of the law, the office shall be deemed vacant. The Governor shall notify the recorder of deeds and appoint and commission a suitable individual to fill the vacancy during the remainder of the term.

(c) Fees.--A fee may not be charged on a commission issued to the coroner under subsection (b).

(d) Exception in certain counties.--In counties of the second class A, the appointee of the Governor shall serve until the first Monday of January next succeeding the first municipal election which occurs at least two months after the vacancy, at which time a new coroner shall be elected. The appointee shall be confirmed by the Senate if the Senate is in session.

(e) Medical examiner.--In counties of the second class, the appointee to the office of medical examiner shall serve and the term of office shall be as provided by county ordinance.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17309 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17309
Remedies of obligee of authority.
Status: in_force

An obligee of the authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on the obligee, subject only to contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee:

(1) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, to compel the authority and authority members, officers, agents or employees to perform each term, provision and covenant contained in any bond or contract of the authority with or for the benefit of the obligee and require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this subchapter.

(2) By proceeding in equity, to obtain an injunction against any acts or things which may be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of the obligee.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15512 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 155 / Section 15512
Flagholders for graves.
Status: in_force

(a) Flagholders.--The county commissioners shall, at the county commissioners' discretion, procure appropriate flagholders for the graves of deceased servicepersons and the graves of all other deceased individuals who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Merchant Marine during World War II or an organization officially connected to those forces and whose separation from service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise.

(b) Material of flagholder.--A flagholder shall be of bronze, aluminum or other suitable weather-resistant material.

(c) Requirement for flagholders.--The county commissioners shall place a flagholder under subsection (a) if the deceased individual:

(1) had legal residence in the county, regardless of if the individual died or is interred in the county; or

(2) did not have a legal residence within this Commonwealth.

(d) Design of flagholders.--

(1) If a deceased serviceperson was a veteran of a war or campaign for which the Federal Government issued discharge buttons, the flagholder designated for the grave shall include a facsimile of the discharge button.

(2) If a deceased serviceperson was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, the flagholder designated for the grave shall include a circular emblem with the words "Korea, U.S., 1950-1953" in the border and shall incorporate the insignia of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard, as appropriate, in the form approved by the State Veterans' Commission.

(e) Memorial certificate.--For a county of the second class A, in lieu of placing a flagholder on the grave, if the next of kin of a veteran so requests, a memorial certificate may be issued to the next of kin of a deceased serviceperson who, at the time of death, had legal residence in the county, regardless of if the individual died or is interred in the county. The memorial certificate shall indicate the deceased serviceperson's name and designate the war or campaign in which the deceased serviceperson served.
16 Pa.C.S. § 1131 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 1131
Custody and filing of required security documents.
Status: in_force

(a) Custody.--The governing body shall direct the chief clerk or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan county to present the documents evidencing required security obtained in accordance with this subchapter to the recorder of deeds or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan county for recording. No tax, fee or other charge shall be imposed for the recording of documents in compliance with this section. Following the recording, the documents shall be returned to the chief clerk or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan county, who shall maintain the custody of these documents on behalf of the governing body.

(b) Department of State filing.--

(1) In compliance with section 809 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, it shall be sufficient for a copy of the recorded documents evidencing the required security for county officers to be filed with the Department of State in accordance with deadlines established by the department.

(2) No other filing or approvals, except as provided in section 1133(c)(2) (relating to other requirements, references and approvals), of documents evidencing the required security for county officers, except that required in accordance with paragraph (1), shall be required as a condition for the issuance of commissions to elected county officials by the Department of State.

(3) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, no tax, fee or other charge shall be imposed as a result of the issuance of commissions to elected county officials, and no fee may be imposed for the recording of required security documents or commissions.

(c) Copies.--If requested by the Commonwealth agency or governing authority on whose behalf a county officer or employee is acting as an agent, a copy of recorded documents evidencing the required security shall be provided by the chief clerk or the equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan county to the Commonwealth agency or governing authority. No charge or fee shall be imposed for any copy provided in accordance with this subsection.

(d) Filing by governing body.--The governing body shall have the duty to file documents as required by this section.

(e) Retention of documents.--Documents evidencing required security shall be held by the custodian thereof for the longer of the following periods:

(1) For at least one year after the officer's term of office or employee's period of employment and, in the case of a county officer or employee who is acting as an agent for a Commonwealth agency or governing authority, for at least one year after the settlement of accounts with the Commonwealth agency or the governing authority.

(2) For the period of time required by the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.839, No.407), entitled "An act creating a county records committee; imposing powers and duties upon it; authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

Commission to assist and cooperate with it; defining county records; and authorizing the disposition of certain county records by county officers in counties of the second to eighth class," or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(f) Evidence.--A copy of original documents evidencing required security, certified as true and correct by the custodian thereof, or a copy of the recorded documents evidencing required security, certified as true and correct by the recorder of deeds, shall be competent evidence thereof in any judicial proceeding, in the same manner as the original would be if produced and offered in evidence.

(g) Sufficiency of filing and recording.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be sufficient to file and record documents evidencing required security in accordance with this subchapter without further acknowledgment, filing or recording of these documents with any other county officer or with any other Commonwealth agency, except as required by this subchapter.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14984.1 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14984.1
Taking of money and property.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may take by gift, grant, devise or bequest any money or property, real, personal or mixed, for the benefit of the county.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16104 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 161 / Section 16104
Credit of county available for grounds and buildings.
Status: in_force

In the acquisition, construction or alteration of land and buildings for county purposes, the commissioners may issue bonds as provided by law.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17321 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17321
Lease by authorities.
Status: in_force

A convention center or part of a convention center may be leased or subleased by the authority to and from the county or county seat, and the county or county seat may enter into leases or subleases, or both, for this purpose. A lease or sublease may be made for a specified or unlimited time and on terms and conditions as may be approved by the county or county seat and agreed to by the authority in conformity with the authority's contracts with the holders of any bonds.
16 Pa.C.S. § 501 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 501
Petition to Commonwealth Court.
Status: in_force

(a) Boundary lines.--The boundary line between two or more adjoining counties may be determined, surveyed, established or marked as provided under this title.

(b) Petition.--The process under subsection (a) shall be instituted on petition of a taxpayer, the county commissioners or the governing body of a political subdivision of any of the counties involved.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14723 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 147 / Section 14723
Number and compensation of officers, deputies, assistants, clerks and employees and revisions of salary schedules.
Status: in_force

(a) Setting numbers and compensation.--The following apply:

(1) At each annual meeting, the salary board, subject to limitations imposed by law, shall fix the compensation of each appointed county officer and the number and compensation of the following who are paid from the county treasury:

(i) all deputies, assistants, clerks and other individuals whose compensation is paid out of the county treasury, except employees of county officers who are paid by fees and not by salary;

(ii) all court criers, tipstaves and other court employees; and

(iii) all officers, clerks, stenographers and employees appointed by the judges of a court.

(2) Between annual salary board meetings as required by a judge, county officer or executive head of a separate board, commission or division whose deputies', assistants', clerks' and employees' numbers or compensation is sought to be fixed, the board shall meet and consider and shall fix and determine the numbers and compensation.

(3) All salaries fixed under this part shall be paid out of the county treasury in the manner provided by law.

(b) Effect of section.--

(1) Upon action by the salary board under subsection

(a), the number and compensation of all the officers, deputies, assistants, clerks and individuals are repealed.

(2) If a salary board fails to fix the number or compensation of an officer, deputy, assistant, clerk or other employee as required under this section, the number and compensation shall continue, as fixed by or in accordance with law with the same effect as though the number and compensation had been fixed by the salary board, but the salary board may fix any number or compensation at a later time and with similar effect. Cross References. Section 14723 is referred to in sections 13705, 13911 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16904 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16904
Joint action by counties.
Status: in_force

(a) Additional powers.--The provisions of this chapter may also be exercised jointly by adjoining counties as to roads extending along and adjacent to county lines and from one adjoining county into another.

(b) Procedure and jurisdiction.--The procedure and jurisdiction in each county under subsection (a) shall be the same as to any portion of the road lying within the limits of the county, except that the petition, plans and surveys of the road shall describe and exhibit every portion of the road within the limits of the county and every portion of the road extending along the line of or into an adjoining county. The portions of the road lying within limits of each county shall be treated in all proceedings as one continuous road. Cross References. Section 16904 is referred to in section 16907 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15398 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 153 / Section 15398
Money for traffic control devices.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may contribute money to any municipal corporation within the county for the erection and maintenance of any traffic signal, as defined under 67 Pa. Code § 212.1 (relating to definitions).
16 Pa.C.S. § 16716 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 16716
Acceptance of donated bridge.
Status: in_force

(a) County acceptance of bridge as donation.--The county commissioners may accept, take charge of and enter into county records as a county bridge any bridge within the county which has:

(1) been built at the expense of a private person or by a public subscription;

(2) been opened to free public travel;

(3) been used by the public; and

(4) become necessary and convenient for the use of the public.

(b) Notice.--

(1) A county may not accept, take charge of or enter into county records a bridge until the county has received written notice of the desire to give the bridge to the county from one of the following:

(i) the individuals who built the bridge;

(ii) subscribers to the original subscription on which the money was raised to build the bridge; or

(iii) the heirs, assigns or duly authorized board of trustees representing the individuals or subscribers included under subparagraph (i) or (ii).

(2) If a bridge crosses the boundary line between two counties, the individual or the individual's heirs or the assignees, subscribers or trustees representing the individual shall give notice in writing to the county commissioners of each county of the intention to donate the bridge to the counties jointly.

(c) Costs and bond requirement.--All costs shall be paid out of the treasury of the county. The county commissioners may require the owner of said bridge to file, together with their notice, a bond sufficient to secure payment of the costs.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14702 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 147 / Section 14702
System of accounts and fees paid to county treasurer.
Status: in_force

(a) System of accounts.--Each county officer receiving fees shall keep a system of accounts, the form of which shall be prescribed by the controller or, if that office does not exist, by the county auditors, on which entry shall be made of all the money received for fees and of all money earned and chargeable upon the county, specifying the day and date, the title of the case, if applicable, for what service and from whom received.

(b) Duties of officer.--At the times designated by resolution of the county commissioners but not later than the 10th day of each month, each officer shall:

(1) Pay to the county treasurer all fees received for each designated period. Duplicate receipts shall be taken, one of which the treasurer shall deposit with the county controller or the chief clerk if the office of controller does not exist.

(2) Deposit with the county controller or, in counties without a controller, with the county auditors a transcript, in detail, of the officer's system of accounts for the preceding month. The officer shall make oath or affirmation before the county controller or the county auditors if the office of controller does not exist that the transcript contains a true and correct list of all the fees received, earned or chargeable upon the county for services rendered in the office, either by the officer, deputies or clerks, during the preceding month that the fees were severally charged and collected at regular rates and that the officer has not received and is not to receive, for any official services or duty, any other fees than those entered on the transcript.

(c) Duties of county controller or county auditor.--The county controller, or the county auditors in counties without a controller, shall receive, audit and verify the returns for the preceding month and charge the county treasurer with the money for fees paid in.

(d) Fees for another office.--If fees are paid to an office for services rendered or to be rendered by another office, the officer receiving the fees shall specify the fees on the account book and on the transcript reflecting the office to which the fees are due. Cross References. Section 14702 is referred to in section 14707 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 17314 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 173 / Section 17314
Transfer of existing facilities or money, making of annual grants and lease payments to authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Authority to transfer.--

(1) A State public body or political subdivision may sell, lease or sublease from or to, lend, grant, convey or otherwise transfer or pay over to the authority, with or without consideration, any of the following:

(i) A convention center or part of a convention center.

(ii) An interest in property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible.

(iii) Any money available, needed or obligated for development, acquisition, design, maintenance, management, operation, financing, leasing or subleasing, construction or improvement purposes, including the proceeds of bonds issued before or after November 3, 1999, for construction or improvement of a convention center or part of a convention center.

(2) Property, money, a convention center or part of a convention center received by the authority may be used for any lawful purpose of the authority.

(3) Nothing in this subchapter or in any other law shall be deemed to make an authority or person a State-supported or State-aided institution under any law of this Commonwealth.

(b) Grants authorized.--

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the governing bodies of the county and county seat are authorized to:

(i) Make grants from current revenues to the authority.

(ii) Assist in defraying the costs of management, operation, maintenance, financing and debt service of a convention center or part of a convention center.

(iii) Enter into long-term agreements providing for payments under subparagraph (i) or (ii).

(iv) Enter into long-term leases or subleases as lessee or sublessee of all or part of a convention center.

(2) Obligations of the county and county seat to make grants, lease or sublease payments to an authority shall not, even if based on debt obligations of an authority, constitute debts of the county and county seat within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision and shall be payable only to the extent that current revenues of the county and county seat are available.

(3) The county and county seat may issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of obtaining money for local contributions pertaining to a convention center or part of a convention center.

(c) Capital costs.--The Commonwealth may contribute to the capital costs of constructing a convention center by the issuance of Commonwealth bonds and notes under Article XIX-B of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, or under Chapter 3 of the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act. A convention center project undertaken by the authority is deemed to be a redevelopment assistance project for which capital funds of the Commonwealth may be expended under the provisions of the act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633, No.493), known as the Housing and Redevelopment Assistance Law, and, notwithstanding any provisions of the Housing and Redevelopment Assistance Law, the Department of Community and Economic Development may make capital grants directly to the authority in furtherance of this subchapter.
16 Pa.C.S. § 1126 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Section 1126
County officers and employees acting as agents.
Status: in_force

Each county shall obtain security coverage for county officers and employees acting as agents of a Commonwealth agency or governing authority in accordance with this subchapter or any other law, regulation or rule requiring the posting of security in the form of a bond or otherwise. Cross References. Section 1126 is referred to in section 1123 of this title.
16 Pa.C.S. § 16965 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 169 / Section 16965
Center line road boundary between city or borough and township in adjoining county.
Status: in_force

(a) Costs.--If the center line of any road constitutes a dividing line between a township and a city or borough located in an adjacent county, the county commissioners and the commissioners or supervisors of the township may enter into a contract with the city or borough providing for the grading, curbing, macadamizing or paving of the roadway of the road. The cost shall be borne one-half by the city or borough and one-half by the township and the county in which the township is situated, in equal portions.

(b) Supervision of city or borough.--Alterations or improvements under this section shall be constructed and subsequent repairs shall be made under the supervision of the city or borough in compliance with applicable law and in further compliance with plans and specifications to be agreed upon in writing between the municipal corporation and the county commissioners and the governing body of the township. The cost of repairs shall be borne one-half by the city or borough and one-half by the township or by the county and township, in equal

portions or other proportion as may be agreed upon by the county and township.
16 Pa.C.S. § 14993 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 149 / Section 14993
Pay off, cancellation, priority and sale of county bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) Pay off and cancellation of bonds.--In order to facilitate the extinguishment of the county debt, the county bonds purchased by the sinking fund commission shall be paid off and canceled according to the priority of maturity. The commission may, at the commission's discretion, withhold the purchase of the maturing county bonds until after bonds purchased from a later issue of county bonds shall be paid off and canceled.

(b) Sale of bonds.--If the sinking fund commission does not have sufficient money to meet the payment of the earlier maturing bonds, the bonds shall be sold by the commission at not less than par.
16 Pa.C.S. § 15733 — PA Code / Title 16 / Chapter 157 / Section 15733
Aid to municipal corporations for water systems.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners may make appropriations to aid municipal corporations in the construction or maintenance of public water systems if the project has first received all necessary approvals or permits from the Department of Environmental Protection.