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53 PA Cons Stat § 8003 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8003 - Advertisement and effectiveness of ordinances

§ 8003. Advertisement and effectiveness of ordinances.   (a) Advertisement of ordinances.--Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, an ordinance required to be adopted by this subpart shall be advertised not less than three nor more than 30 days prior to its enactment. The advertisement shall appear once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the local government unit, shall set forth a summary of the contents of the ordinance and shall state that a copy of the full proposed text thereof may be examined by any citizen in the office of the secretary of the local government unit at the address and during the reasonable hours stated in the advertisement.  (b) Notice of enactment.--Not later than 15 days after the final enactment of the ordinance, a notice of the enactment shall be advertised once in a newspaper of general circulation in the local government unit. This notice shall state: (1) Briefly, the substance of any amendments made during final passage and, where applicable: (i) in respect of lease rental debt, the range of lease rental payments; and (ii) in other cases, the price bid for bonds or notes and the range of interest rates named in the successful bid. (2) That the final text of the ordinance as enacted may be examined by any citizen in the office of the secretary of the local government unit at the address and during the reasonable hours stated in the notice.  (c) Effectiveness of ordinance.--The ordinance shall be valid and effective for all purposes on the fifth day after the second advertisement. The second advertisement shall be conclusive, so far as concerns the effectiveness of the ordinance or the validity of any debt incurred, as to the existence of all matters recited or referred to therein unless an action questioning the validity or effectiveness has been filed in timely manner as provided in this subpart, but the conclusiveness shall not affect the liability of any person for failure to permit inspection. No other or different publication shall be required, notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute.    Cross References. Section 8003 is referred to in sections 8002, 8281, 8284 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8004 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8004 - When lease or other agreement evidences acquisition of capital asset

§ 8004. When lease or other agreement evidences acquisition of capital asset.   (a) General rule.--A lease, guaranty, subsidy contract or other agreement entered into by a local government unit shall evidence the acquisition of a capital asset if: (1) the lessee or obligor is a local government unit and the lessor or obligee is an authority organized under any law of this Commonwealth, another local government unit, a nonprofit corporation, the State Public School Building Authority or other agency or authority of the Commonwealth; (2) the payments, or any portion thereof, which are payable in a subsequent fiscal year or subsequent fiscal years and which are applicable to debt service requirements or capital costs are payable, whether in all events or only upon the happening of certain events, under the terms of the instrument from the tax or general revenues of the local government unit; and (3) upon termination of the lease guaranty, subsidy contract or other agreement or upon dissolution of the lessor or obligee, whether before or after the termination of the lease, title to the subject project or premises or a given part thereof or undivided interest therein shall or, at the option of the local government unit, may vest by agreement or operation of law in the local government unit or in the Commonwealth.  (b) Agreement exceeding useful life of asset.--A lease, guaranty, subsidy contract or other form of agreement entered into by a local government unit shall also evidence the acquisition of a capital asset if the payments to be made in a subsequent fiscal year or subsequent fiscal years applicable to debt service requirements or capital costs are payable, whether in all events or only upon the happening of certain events, under the provisions of the instrument from the tax or general revenues of the local government unit and the term of the instrument is equal to or exceeds the useful life of the asset, regardless of the nature of the lessor or obligee.    Cross References. Section 8004 is referred to in section 8002 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8005 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8005 - Classification and authority to issue bonds and notes

§ 8005. Classification and authority to issue bonds and notes.   (a) Classification.--Bonds or notes prior to the authorization thereof shall be classified by the issuing local government unit as one of the following three types of obligation: (1) General obligation bonds or notes. (2) Guaranteed revenue bonds or notes. (3) Revenue bonds or notes.  (b) Guaranteed revenue bonds or notes.--Guaranteed revenue bonds or notes may have either a general or a limited guaranty as the governing body of the local government unit may determine, but, if the guaranty is less than a full unconditional guaranty, the title of the bond or note shall contain the word "limited" before the word "guaranteed." The guaranty of the local government may be of its own revenue bonds or notes or of the revenue bonds or notes of an authority or another local government unit subject, however, to the provisions of subsection (c).  (c) Authority to issue bonds and notes.--Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, every local government unit shall have full power and authority to issue bonds or notes, and make guaranties, leases, subsidy contracts or other agreements evidencing the acquisition of capital assets payable out of taxes and other general revenues, to provide funds for and towards the cost of or the cost of completing any project or combination of projects which the local government unit is authorized to own, acquire, subsidize, operate or lease or to participate in owning, acquiring, subsidizing, operating or leasing with others, to issue tax anticipation notes and funding bonds or notes as provided in this subpart and to contract for insurance covering the risks of nonpayment of principal, interest and premium of bonds, notes, tax anticipation notes and guaranties.  (d) Nature of guaranty.--For the purpose of this subpart, unless debt evidenced by a guaranty has been approved as electoral debt in accordance with Subchapter C (relating to procedure for securing approval of electors), the guaranty shall be deemed to be nonelectoral debt if the local government unit guaranties its own bonds or notes and shall be deemed to be lease rental debt if it guaranties the bonds or notes of an authority or another local government unit. For the purpose of all other statutes, the guaranty shall be deemed to create debt or indebtedness of the local government unit making the guaranty.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8006 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8006 - Preliminary cost estimates

§ 8006. Preliminary cost estimates.  Prior to the initial authorization of bonds or notes or the issuance of any guaranty to finance any project involving construction or acquisition, the governing body shall obtain realistic cost estimates through actual bids, option agreements or professional estimates from registered architects, professional engineers or other persons qualified by experience. Any local government unit may retain the services of a financial advisor. Costs of preliminary estimates and the fees of financial advisors may, if initially paid by the local government unit, be reimbursed out of the net proceeds of the issue of bonds or notes as a cost of the project.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8007 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8007 - Cost of project

§ 8007. Cost of project.  The cost of a project includes the amount of all payments to contractors or for the acquisition of a project or for lands, easements, rights and other appurtenances deemed necessary for the project, fees of architects, engineers, appraisers, consultants, financial advisors and attorneys incurred in connection with the project financing costs, costs of necessary printing and advertising, costs of preliminary feasibility studies and tests, cost estimates and interest on money borrowed to finance the project, if capitalized, to the date of completion of construction and, if deemed necessary, for one year thereafter, amounts to be placed in reserve funds, if any, a reasonable initial working capital for operating the project and a proper allowance for contingencies and any amount which constitutes, under generally accepted accounting principles, a cost of, and which has been determined by an independent actuary or other expert to be required for the purposes of, a reserve or a contribution toward a combined reserve, pool or other arrangement for losses or liabilities covered by a self-insurance arrangement established by one or more local government units.    Cross References. Section 8007 is referred to in sections 5602, 8002 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8008 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8008 - Home rule

§ 8008. Home rule.   (a) General rule.--Every local government unit obtaining a home rule charter after July 12, 1972, shall be subject to the substantive provisions of this subpart applicable to it as if it were a local government unit and may adopt the procedural provisions of this subpart, by incorporation thereof by reference, in its home rule charter.  (b) Referendum requirements.--The home rule charter of a county may establish limitations pertaining to incurring debt without the approval of electors which are more restrictive than the provisions contained in section 8022 (relating to limitations on incurring of other debt). (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1286, No.160, eff. 60 days)
53 PA Cons Stat § 8009 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8009 - Guaranty funds and compulsory associations

§ 8009. Guaranty funds and compulsory associations.   (a) Self-insurance.--No self-insurance program funded pursuant to this subpart shall be required or permitted to join or contribute financially to any insurance insolvency guaranty fund, or similar mechanism, in this Commonwealth, nor shall any such self-insurance program funded pursuant to this subpart, or its insureds or claimants against its insureds, receive any benefit from any such fund for claims arising under the coverage provided by such self-insurance program.  (b) Exception.--When a local government unit or group of local government units obtains insurance from a self-insurance program funded pursuant to this subpart, such risks, wherever resident or located, shall not be covered by any insurance guaranty fund or similar mechanism in this Commonwealth.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8021 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8021 - No limitation on debt approved by electors

§ 8021. No limitation on debt approved by electors.  All debt of any classification, whenever incurred, which is approved, either before or after the debt is incurred, by majority of the votes cast upon the question of incurring the debt at a general or special election held as provided by applicable law is excluded from the nonelectoral debt or the lease rental debt, as the case may be, of a local government unit, and the limitations imposed by this subpart upon the debt of the classification shall not apply to such debt.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8023 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8023 - Transfer to electoral debt of debt incurred without approval of electors

§ 8023. Transfer to electoral debt of debt incurred without approval of electors.  The governing body of any local government unit may, by resolution, signify a desire to have any debt theretofore incurred without the approval of the electors transferred to the electoral debt. The resolution shall direct the holding of an election for the purpose of obtaining the approval of the electors to the debt in the manner provided for securing the approval of electoral debt. The question shall be whether the remaining unpaid debt incurred without the approval of the electors for the project named in the question shall be removed from the category of nonelectoral or lease rental debt. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question at the election favor transfer to electoral debt, a certified copy of the resolution, proof of due advertisement of the election and a certified return of the election shall be filed with the department. If the department finds the proceedings to have been taken in conformity with the law, it shall endorse its approval on a duplicate original and return it to the local government unit. The debt shall thereupon be no longer classified as nonelectoral or lease rental debt.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8025 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8025 - Exclusion of self-liquidating debt evidenced by revenue bonds or notes to determine net nonelectoral debt

§ 8025. Exclusion of self-liquidating debt evidenced by revenue bonds or notes to determine net nonelectoral debt.  Self-liquidating debt evidenced by revenue bonds or notes shall not be excluded from nonelectoral debt for the purpose of establishing net nonelectoral debt until the following have been filed with the department: (1) A statement by the proper officials of the local government unit certifying the amount of the debt, the project for which it was incurred and the nature of the revenues from which the debt is to be repaid. (2) A certificate from a qualified professional engineer or architect, or other person qualified by experience appropriate to the project, estimating the revenues and operating expenses of the project and showing that the net revenues so estimated will be sufficient to pay the annual debt service as it falls due. (3) An opinion of the bond counsel approving the issue to the effect that the holders of the bonds or notes have no claim upon the taxing power or tax revenues of the local government unit issuing the bonds or notes, but only claims upon the specific revenues pledged and rights to the enforcement of any covenants as to the levying or collection of rates and charges for the use of the project being financed or any covenants as to the assessment of benefits upon properties serviceable by the project as provided in the covenants with the holders of the revenue bonds.    Cross References. Section 8025 is referred to in sections 8022, 8201, 8211 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8027 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8027 - Effect of debt limitations on outstanding debt

 § 8027. Effect of debt limitations on outstanding debt.  Notwithstanding anything in other law or in this subpart, this subpart shall not be construed to invalidate any debt which was lawful when incurred or which could have been lawfully incurred if this subpart had been in effect, whether incurred before or after the passage of this subpart, and the percentage limitations set forth in section 8022 (relating to limitations on incurring of other debt) shall be deemed increased to the extent necessary to cover such incurred debt. This subpart shall not be construed to subject any debt incurred and voted upon prior to July 12, 1972, as electoral debt to any of the limitations herein imposed by this subpart on nonelectoral debt.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8029 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8029 - Determination of debt limits

§ 8029. Determination of debt limits.  Whenever it is necessary to determine the limitations on the amount of nonelectoral debt or nonelectoral debt plus lease rental debt that may be incurred by any local government unit, the appropriate percentage limitations of section 8022 (relating to limitations on incurring of other debt) shall be applied to the borrowing base of the local government unit. The certificate as to the borrowing base shall be made a part of all proceedings for the sale of bonds or notes, for the guaranty of authority obligations or for the incurring of lease rental debt and a copy shall be filed with the department as a part of all proceedings required to be filed for its approval. The borrowing base set forth in the certificate and a similar certificate as to net nonelectoral debt or net lease rental debt outstanding shall be conclusive as to the respective figures for the purposes of this subpart, upon the approval of the proceedings by the department, unless contested within the specified time limits as provided in this subpart.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8041 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8041 - Desire resolution and expense of certain elections

§ 8041. Desire resolution and expense of certain elections.   (a) Resolution.--Whenever the governing body of any local government unit shall determine that it is advisable to make an increase in the debt of the local government unit with the assent of the electors or to obtain the assent of the electors to transfer any debt previously incurred without the approval of the electors to electoral debt, it shall adopt a resolution signifying that determination, calling an election for the purpose of obtaining the assent and approving the content and substantial form of notice of election.  (b) Date of election.--The date fixed shall be that of a municipal, general, primary or special election for other purposes, but, if the date of the nearest of the elections is more than 90 or less than 30 days from the effective date of the desire resolution, the governing body may fix a date for a special election.  (c) Payment of expense of special election.--In the case of a special election to increase debt not held concurrently with an election for other purposes, the expense of holding the election shall be paid by the local government unit for whose benefit it is held.    Cross References. Section 8041 is referred to in section 8043 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8042 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8042 - Advertisement of election

§ 8042. Advertisement of election.   (a) General rule.--Notice of the election shall be given in one but not more than two newspapers of general circulation in the local government unit and in the legal journal, if any, designated by the rules of court of the county in which the local government unit is located for the publication of legal notices and advertisements. If only newspaper publication is done, the notice shall be published three times at intervals of not less than three days, but, if published in a weekly newspaper and in the legal journal, it shall be published only twice, once a week for two successive weeks. The first publication in at least one newspaper shall be not less than 14 nor more than 21 days before the election, but all publications shall be after the effective date of the resolution and need not be upon the same dates in different newspapers.  (b) Content of election notice.--The election notice shall contain and state: (1) The date upon which the election is to be held. (2) The estimated amount of the debt to be incurred or to be approved by the electors if already incurred. (3) The project for which the debt will be or was incurred. (4) The estimated cost of the project. (5) The question to be submitted to the electors at the election, which shall be substantially in the following appropriate form: Shall debt in the sum of (insert amount) dollars for the purpose of financing (insert brief description of project) be (authorized to be incurred as) (transferred from nonelectoral debt to) debt approved by the electors?
53 PA Cons Stat § 8043 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8043 - Conduct of election

§ 8043. Conduct of election.   (a) Certification of resolution and question.--The governing body, at least 45 days before any election called pursuant to section 8041 (relating to desire resolution and expense of certain elections), shall cause to be certified to the county board of elections of each county in which the election is to be held a copy of the desire resolution and the form of the question to be submitted to the electors.  (b) Regulation of election.--An election called pursuant to section 8041 shall be held at the place, during the hours and under the same regulations as provided by law for the holding of municipal elections. In receiving, counting and making returns of the votes cast, the inspectors, judges and clerks of the election shall be governed by the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.  (c) Qualification of electors.--At the elections, only qualified electors of the local government unit, the debt of which is to be increased or approved by the electors, may vote.  (d) Election returns.--The election officers and clerks shall make return on forms provided by the county board of elections of the votes cast on the question to the county board of elections. The county board of elections shall compute the vote and transmit a certified return thereof to the governing body of the local government unit, which shall enter the same on its minutes. If the certified return shows that a majority of those voting on the question have voted in favor thereof, irrespective of any other statute requiring a greater percentage, the local government unit shall file with the department a certified copy of the desire resolution, the certified return and proofs of publication of the notice of election, whereupon the amount of the debt so approved shall constitute electoral debt from the date of the election, subject to the provisions of section 8044 (relating to finality of result of election).    Cross References. Section 8043 is referred to in section 8049 of this title.
53 PA Cons Stat § 8044 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 80 - General Provisions|Section 8044 - Finality of result of election

§ 8044. Finality of result of election.  Any interested party or any taxpayer may contest the validity of any election proceedings under this subchapter by filing with the court a complaint in equity specifically alleging any errors complained of in the proceedings, and the petitioner shall have the burden of proof. If no complaint has been filed or if a complaint has been filed and has been finally dismissed, the election shall be conclusively deemed to be valid. If, prior to the timely filing of a complaint, further proceedings in connection with the incurring of the debt have been filed with the department, then any contest shall proceed by way of an appeal from the action of the department upon the proceedings. The petition or appeal provided by this section shall be the party's or the taxpayer's sole and exclusive remedies.    Cross References. Section 8044 is referred to in section 8043 of this title.