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53 PA Cons Stat § 2983 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 29 - General Provisions|Section 2983 - Retention of existing form of government when electors disapprove proposal

§ 2983. Retention of existing form of government when electors disapprove proposal.  In case the electors of any municipality disapprove a proposal to adopt a home rule charter or an optional plan of government, the municipality shall retain its existing form of government.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3001 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3001 - Designation and applicability of plan

§ 3001. Designation and applicability of plan. The form of government provided in this subchapter shall be known as the "Executive (Mayor) - Council Plan A" and shall, together with the laws applicable to that class of municipality and Subchapter F of Chapter 29 (relating to general provisions and limitations for optional plan municipalities) and Chapter 31 (relating to general provisions common to optional plans), govern any municipality the electors of which have adopted it under this subpart.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3002 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3002 - Officers and employees

§ 3002. Officers and employees.  Each municipality under this subchapter shall be governed by an elected council, an elected executive who may be called mayor, as determined by the government study commission, an elected district attorney in the case of counties and, when recommended by the commission and adopted by the voters, an elected treasurer, an elected controller and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this subchapter or other applicable law.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3003 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3003 - Election and term of office of officials

§ 3003. Election and term of office of officials.  The executive (mayor), the treasurer, if elected, the district attorney in the case of counties and the controller, if elected, shall be elected by the electors at a regular municipal election and shall serve for a term of four years beginning on the first Monday of January next following his election.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3004 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3004 - Election and term of office of council members

§ 3004. Election and term of office of council members.  The council shall consist of five members unless, under the authority granted under section 2924 (relating to specificity of recommendations), the municipality shall be governed by a council of three, seven or nine members. Members of the council shall be elected at large by the electors unless, under the authority granted pursuant to section 2924, members shall be elected on a district basis in which each district is as equal in population as is feasible, or on a combination at-large and district basis as determined by the government study commission, or as specified in an initiative petition or ordinance of the governing body under the provisions of sections 2942 (relating to initiation of amendment by electors or council), 2943 (relating to petition for referendum or ordinance proposing amendment) and 2944 (relating to time and manner of submission of question) at a regular municipal election and shall serve for a term of four years, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, beginning on the first Monday of January next following their elections.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3005 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3005 - First election of council members

§ 3005. First election of council members.  At the first municipal election following the adoption of this plan, council members shall be elected and shall serve for the terms as provided in section 3162 (relating to status and term of office of officials).
53 PA Cons Stat § 3006 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3006 - Legislative power vested in council

§ 3006. Legislative power vested in council.  The legislative power of the municipality as provided by laws applicable to that class of municipality shall be exercised by the municipal council, except as may otherwise be provided for under this subpart.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3007 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3007 - Organization of council

§ 3007. Organization of council.  On the first Monday of January following the regular municipal election, the members of council shall assemble at the usual place of meeting, organize and elect a president from among its members who shall preside at its meetings and perform such other duties as council may prescribe and a vice president who shall preside in the absence of the president. If the first Monday is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next day.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3008 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3008 - Powers of council concerning officers and agencies

§ 3008. Powers of council concerning officers and agencies.  The council, in addition to other powers and duties as may be conferred upon it by general law, may require any municipal officer to prepare and submit sworn statements regarding the performance of the officer's official duties and may otherwise investigate the conduct of any department, office or agency of the municipal government.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3009 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3009 - Appointment and duties of municipal clerk or secretary

§ 3009. Appointment and duties of municipal clerk or secretary.  A municipal clerk or secretary shall be appointed in the manner set forth in the administrative ordinance as provided pursuant to section 3146 (relating to passage of administrative ordinance). The municipal clerk or secretary shall serve as clerk of the council, keep its minutes and records of its proceedings, maintain and compile its ordinances and resolutions as this subpart requires and perform such functions as may be required by law or by local ordinance. The municipal clerk shall, prior to the appointment, have been qualified by training or experience to perform the duties of the office.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3010 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3010 - Executive power vested in executive

§ 3010. Executive power vested in executive.  The executive power of the municipality shall be exercised by the executive (mayor).
53 PA Cons Stat § 3011 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3011 - Powers and duties of executive

§ 3011. Powers and duties of executive.  The executive (mayor) shall enforce the plan and ordinances of the municipality and all general laws applicable to them. The executive shall, annually, report to the council and the public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the municipal government and shall from time to time make these recommendations for action by the council as he deems in the public interest. He shall supervise the departments of the municipal government and shall require each department to make annual and other reports of its work as he deems desirable.    Cross References. Section 3011 is referred to in section 3041 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3012 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3012 - Approval or veto of ordinances

§ 3012. Approval or veto of ordinances.   (a) General rule.--Ordinances adopted by the council shall be submitted to the executive (mayor) who shall, within ten days after receiving any ordinance, either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature thereto or veto the ordinance by delivering it to the municipal clerk together with a statement setting forth his objections. The clerk shall immediately notify the council of the veto. No ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the executive's (mayor's) approval unless the executive (mayor) fails to return an ordinance to the clerk within ten days after it has been presented to him or unless council upon reconsideration of the veto on or after the third day following its return by the executive (mayor) shall override the executive's (mayor's) veto by a vote of a majority plus one of the members.  (b) Attendance at meetings of council.--The executive (mayor) may attend meetings of council and may take part in discussions of council but shall have no vote except in the case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the council, in which case he may cast the deciding vote.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3013 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3013 - Mayor, departments and department heads

§ 3013. Mayor, departments and department heads.   (a) Inability of executive to perform duties.--The executive (mayor) shall designate any department head to act as executive (mayor) whenever the executive (mayor) shall be prevented, by absence from the municipality, disability or other cause, from attending to the duties of his office. During such time, the person so designated by the executive (mayor) shall possess all the rights, powers and duties of the executive (mayor). Whenever the executive (mayor) has been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of 60 consecutive days for any of the reasons stated in this subsection, a member of council shall be appointed by the council as acting executive (mayor), who shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the executive (mayor) or the then acting executive (mayor), until he shall return or his disability ceases.  (b) Establishment and exercise of functions of department.--The municipality may have a department of administration and shall have such other departments as council may establish by ordinance. All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality, other than those vested in the office of the clerk, treasurer, if elected, and controller, shall be assigned among and within the departments.  (c) Appointment and term of department heads and solicitor.--Each department shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the executive (mayor) with the advice and consent of the council. Each municipality shall also have a solicitor who shall be appointed by the executive (mayor) with the advice and consent of the council. Each department head and the solicitor shall serve during the term of office of the executive (mayor) appointing him and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. No member of municipal council shall head a department.  (d) Removal of department head.--The executive (mayor) may remove any department head after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing a department head, the executive (mayor) shall first file written notice of his intention with the council. The removal shall become effective 20 days after the filing of the notice.  (e) Department officers and employees.--Department heads shall appoint subordinate officers and employees within their departments under procedures established in section 3122 (relating to appointment of subordinate officers and employees).    Cross References. Section 3013 is referred to in section 3031 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3014 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3014 - Department of administration

§ 3014. Department of administration.   (a) Department heads.--Where a department of administration is established, it shall be headed by a director. The director shall be chosen solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in or his knowledge of accepted practice in respect to the duties of his office. At the time of appointment, the director need not be a resident of the municipality or this Commonwealth. He shall have, exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of the department.  (b) Department functions.--The department, under the direction and supervision of the executive (mayor), shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To assist in the preparation of the budget. (2) To administer a centralized purchasing system. (3) To establish and administer a centralized personnel system. (4) To establish and maintain a centralized accounting system which shall be so designed as to accurately reflect the assets, liabilities, receipts and expenditures of the municipality. (5) To perform any other duties as council may prescribe through the administrative ordinance or as the executive (mayor) may direct.    Cross References. Section 3014 is referred to in section 3032 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3015 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3015 - Budget

§ 3015. Budget.  The municipal budget shall be prepared by the executive (mayor) with the assistance of the director of the department of administration or other officer designated by the executive (mayor).
53 PA Cons Stat § 3016 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3016 - Form and adoption of budget

§ 3016. Form and adoption of budget.  The budget shall be in the form required by council and shall have appended to it a detailed analysis of the various items of expenditure and revenue. The budget as submitted and adopted shall be balanced. Council may reduce any item or items in the executive's (mayor's) budget by a vote of a majority of the council, but an increase in any item or items therein shall become effective only upon an affirmative vote of a majority plus one of the members of council. Council shall, upon the introduction of the proposed budget, fix a date for adoption which shall except as otherwise provided be not later than December 31 immediately following.    Cross References. Section 3016 is referred to in section 3017 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3017 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3017 - Amended budget

§ 3017. Amended budget.  During January next following any municipal election, the executive (mayor) may submit an amended budget to council. Council shall consider it in the same manner as provided in section 3016 (relating to form and adoption of budget), but final consideration of the amended budget shall be completed by February 15 of the same year.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3018 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3018 - Council amendments to budget

§ 3018. Council amendments to budget.  Council may amend the budget during January next following any municipal election. Final adoption of the amended budget shall be completed by February 15 of the same year.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3031 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3031 - Designation and applicability of plan

§ 3031. Designation and applicability of plan.  The form of government provided in this subchapter shall be known as the "Executive (Mayor) - Council Plan B" and shall, together with Subchapter F of Chapter 29 (relating to general provisions and limitations for optional plan municipalities), Subchapter A of Chapter 30 (relating to executive (mayor) - council plan A) and Subchapter A of Chapter 31 (relating to officers and employees), with the exception of section 3013(b) (relating to mayor, departments and department heads), govern any municipality the voters of which have adopted it pursuant to this subpart.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3032 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3032 - Departments

§ 3032. Departments.  The municipality shall have a department of administration and shall have such other departments as council may establish by ordinance. The administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality, other than those vested in the office of the clerk, treasurer and controller, if provided for, shall be allocated and assigned among and within the departments except that the functions specified in section 3014 (relating to department of administration) shall be assigned to the department of administration.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3033 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3033 - Mandatory department of administration

§ 3033. Mandatory department of administration.  Under Executive (Mayor) - Council Plan B a department of administration shall be established.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3041 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3041 - Designation and applicability of plan

§ 3041. Designation and applicability of plan.  The form of government provided in this subpart shall be known as the "Executive (Mayor) - Council Plan C" and shall, together with Subchapter F of Chapter 29 (relating to general provisions and limitations for optional plan municipalities), Subchapter A of Chapter 30 (relating to executive (mayor) - council plan A) and Subchapter A of Chapter 31 (relating to officers and employees), with the exception of section 3011 (relating to powers and duties of executive), govern any municipality the voters of which have adopted it pursuant to this subpart.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3042 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3042 - Powers and duties of executive

§ 3042. Powers and duties of executive.  The executive (mayor) shall enforce the plan and ordinances of the municipality and all general laws applicable thereto. The executive shall, annually, report to the council and the public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the municipal government and shall from time to time make those recommendations for action by the council he deems in the public interest.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3043 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3043 - Appointment and duties of managing director

§ 3043. Appointment and duties of managing director.   (a) General rule.--The executive (mayor) shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the council, a managing director who shall supervise the departments of government and who shall be the contact officer between the mayor and the departments. The managing director shall make periodic reports with those recommendations as he deems appropriate to the executive (mayor) concerning the affairs of municipal government and particularly of the departments.  (b) Removal.--The executive (mayor) may remove a managing director after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing a managing director, the executive (mayor) shall first file written notice of his intention with the council. The removal shall become effective 20 days after the filing of the notice.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3051 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3051 - Designation and applicability of plan

§ 3051. Designation and applicability of plan.  The form of government provided in this subchapter shall be known as the "Council-Manager Plan" and shall, together with Subchapter F of Chapter 29 (relating to general provisions and limitations for optional plan municipalities) and Subchapter A of Chapter 31 (relating to officers and employees), govern any municipality the voters of which have adopted this plan pursuant to this subpart.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3052 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3052 - Officers and employees

§ 3052. Officers and employees.  Each municipality under this subchapter shall be governed by an elected council, one member of which shall be the mayor or president of council or chairman chosen under sections 2924 (relating to specificity of recommendations) and 3056 (relating to selection of mayor, council president or chairman), an elected district attorney in the case of counties and an appointed municipal manager, and, if so provided under the plan, an elected treasurer, an elected controller and by those other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this subchapter, general law or ordinance.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3053 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3053 - Election and term of office of elected officials

§ 3053. Election and term of office of elected officials.  The district attorney in the case of counties and the treasurer and controller, if provided for and if elected, shall be elected by the electors at a regular municipal election and shall serve for a term of four years beginning the first Monday of January next following the election.
53 PA Cons Stat § 3054 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 30 - Types of Optional Plans of Government|Section 3054 - Election and term of office of council members

§ 3054. Election and term of office of council members.  The municipal council shall consist of five members unless, under the authority granted pursuant to section 2924 (relating to specificity of recommendations), the municipality shall be governed by a council of three, seven or nine members. Members of the municipal council shall be elected at large by the electors unless, pursuant to the authority granted under section 2924, members shall be elected on a district basis in which each district is as equal in population as is feasible, or on a combination at-large and district basis as determined by the charter study commission or as specified in an initiative petition or ordinance of the governing body under the provisions of sections 2942 (relating to initiation of amendment by electors or council), 2943 (relating to petition for referendum or ordinance proposing amendment) and 2944 (relating to time and manner of submission of question), at a regular municipal election. The members shall serve for a term of four years, except as provided in this subchapter, beginning on the first Monday of January next following their election.