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74 PA Cons Stat § 1721 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1721 - Counsel to the board

§ 1721. Counsel to the board. The board shall appoint a counsel to the board, who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and who shall be appointed by the board to serve at its discretion. The board shall pay the counsel to the board reasonable compensation for services actually performed. The counsel to the board shall advise the board in all matters relating to its official duties and shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, approve all matters relating to bonds and indentures.    Cross References. Section 1721 is referred to in section 1722 of this title.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1722 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1722 - Legal division and general counsel

§ 1722. Legal division and general counsel. (a) Legal division.--The general manager shall establish a legal division which shall be administered by a full-time general counsel, who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and who shall be appointed by the general manager to serve at his or her pleasure. The legal division, in addition to the general counsel, shall consist of those attorneys and other employees as the general counsel shall, from time to time, determine to be necessary and who shall be appointed by the general manager. Except as provided in section 1721 (relating to counsel to the board), the legal division shall administer the legal affairs of the authority, shall prosecute and defend, settle or compromise all suits or claims for and on behalf of the authority and shall advise the general manager in all matters relating to his or her official duties. The authority shall not be considered either an executive agency or an independent agency for the purpose of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, but shall possess the same status for such purpose as the Auditor General, the State Treasurer and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, except that the provisions of section 204(b) and (f) of the Commonwealth Attorneys Act shall not apply to the authority and, notwithstanding the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8525 (relating to legal assistance), the authority through its counsel shall defend actions brought against the authority and its officers and employees when acting within the scope of their official duties.  (b) Other counsel.--The general counsel may, from time to time, with the approval of the general manager, retain such other legal counsel on such terms and for such purposes as shall be deemed by the general manager to be necessary or in cases where the needs of the authority would be better served. Nothing in this section or in section 1721 shall be construed so as to limit the power of the legal or other officers of the counties and municipalities comprising the metropolitan area to act in behalf of the general manager in their official capacities when requested to do so by the general manager.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1723 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1723 - Other employees

§ 1723. Other employees. (a) Collective bargaining.--The board acting through the general manager shall have the right to bargain collectively and enter into agreements with labor organizations. The board acting through the general manager shall recognize and be bound by existing labor union agreements where they exist between labor unions and transportation companies that are acquired, purchased, condemned or leased by the board. It shall designate their duties and require bonds of those of them as the board may designate.  (b) Compensation.--The compensation of the general manager, counsel to the board, secretary and controller shall be fixed by the board. For all other officers, employees, attorneys, engineers, consultants and agents, the board shall establish salary scales. The general manager shall establish, within these salary scales, compensation levels based upon written appraisals of performance for all employees under his control. The secretary and the controller shall establish, within these salary scales, compensation levels based upon written appraisals of performance for all employees in their respective offices.  (c) Other offices or employment.--With the exception of the secretary, any of the officers and employees described in subsection (b) may be appointed, retained, hired or employed on a part-time basis and may be engaged in other business or professional activities. No salaried executive officer of the authority shall hold any other office in or be an employee of the Federal, State or any county or municipal government except an office or employment without compensation or an office in the military reserve or National Guard.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1725 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1725 - Public hearings

§ 1725. Public hearings. (a) Conduct.--All public hearings required by this chapter shall be conducted so as to insure that:  (1) Members of the public are afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment orally or in writing or both orally and in writing concerning actions the authority proposes to take.  (2) The site of the hearing is a convenient, accessible location. (3) Members of the public are adequately informed at the outset regarding the purposes of the hearing and the matters on the agenda.  (4) Reasonable and legitimate questions from members of the public are answered. (b) Decrease in service.--Whenever a decrease in service is proposed, a public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with this section in the area affected by the proposed decrease in service.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1727 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1727 - Investigations and subpoenas

§ 1727. Investigations and subpoenas. (a) Procedure.--The board may investigate all means of transportation and the management thereof, the enforcement of its resolutions, rules and regulations and the action, conduct and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the authority. In the conduct of investigations, the board may hold public hearings on its own motion and shall do so on complaint or petition of any municipality in the metropolitan area. Each member of the board shall have power to administer oaths, and the secretary, by order of the board, shall issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to investigations and to any hearing before the board or any member thereof, or any officers' committee or employees' committee, appointed by the board to hear any complaint of an officer or employee who has been discharged or demoted.  (b) Enforcement.--Any court of record of this Commonwealth or any judge thereof, either in term time or vacation, upon application of the board or any member thereof may, in his discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers and giving of testimony before the board or before any member thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the board by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before the court.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1728 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1728 - Conflicts of interest

§ 1728. Conflicts of interest. Every member of the board and every employee of the authority shall be subject to the act of July 19, 1957 (P.L.1017, No.451), known as the State Adverse Interest Act, and the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), referred to as the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1743 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1743 - Power to contract with public utilities

§ 1743. Power to contract with public utilities. The authority shall have power to enter into agreements with any public utility operating a railroad or any other transportation facility, either within or without the metropolitan area, for the joint use of any property of the authority or public utility or the establishment of through routes, joint fares and transfer of passengers. The authority shall have power to enter into agreements with any public utility, either within or without the metropolitan area, which in the judgment of the authority are necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1745 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1745 - Use of ways occupied by passenger utilities

§ 1745. Use of ways occupied by passenger utilities. The authority shall not have the right to use any street or public way occupied prior to January 15, 1964, by a public utility engaged in local passenger transportation for a competing purpose without the agreement of the public utility.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1746 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1746 - Transfer of records by Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

§ 1746. Transfer of records by Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. In case the authority acquires the plant, equipment, property and rights in property of any public utility used or useful in the operation of a transportation system, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall transfer and deliver to the board, upon its demand, in writing all books, papers and records in control of the commission affecting the public utility exclusively.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1748 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1748 - Transfers of facilities or things of value to any authority

§ 1748. Transfers of facilities or things of value to any authority. Any person may and is hereby authorized to sell, lease, lend, grant, convey, transfer or pay over to any authority, with or without consideration, any project or any part or parts thereof, or any interest in real or personal property or any funds available for building construction or improvement purposes, including the proceeds of bonds previously or hereafter issued for building construction or improvement purposes, or any money or thing of value, including services, which may be used by the authority in the construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance or operation of any project or for any other of its corporate purposes, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1749 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1749 - Compacts to finance operations and particular projects

§ 1749. Compacts to finance operations and particular projects. (a) General rule.--The counties and municipalities in any metropolitan area shall enter into a compact or compacts among themselves and/or with the authority to provide for meeting the authority's capital or operating budget by appropriations, annual or otherwise, of such sums and in such proportions as may be agreed upon in the compact to be paid by each signatory party thereto. The obligation incurred thereby shall be for the term as set forth in the compact without regard to the provisions of any law, ordinance or regulation to the contrary and shall constitute a commitment and obligation, binding and absolute, on the part of each signatory party to appropriate and pay over the necessary funds in accordance therewith. The operating budget shall include all sums of money necessary for the formation and organization of any authority and all items of operating expenses in connection with the authority, as well as necessary funds for planning and research appropriate and consistent with the purposes of this chapter and any compact entered into under this chapter.  (b) Financing of particular projects.--A compact may also provide for the financing of a particular mass transportation project in such manner as shall be provided for in the compact.  (c) Commitment of party.--Whenever a party signatory to a compact thereby expresses its approval of the budget for financing a particular project, this shall then constitute a commitment and obligation, binding and absolute, on the part of the party signatory to appropriate the necessary funds in accordance therewith.  (d) Commitment of county or municipality.--No commitment or obligation involving the payment of moneys to or on behalf of the authority shall exist in any instance on the part of any county or other municipality within the metropolitan area unless and until the commitment or obligation shall first have been expressly and lawfully undertaken and assumed by the county or other municipality.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1751 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1751 - Fiscal provisions

§ 1751. Fiscal provisions. (a) Fiscal year and budget.--The board shall establish a fiscal year for operations and a fiscal year for capital programs. At least 90 days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the creation of the authority and annually thereafter, the board shall cause to be prepared and submitted to it a tentative operating budget and a tentative capital budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The tentative budgets shall be considered by the board and, subject to any revision and amendments as may be determined, shall be adopted prior to the first day of the ensuing fiscal year as the budgets for that year. The board shall establish such rules as are necessary for proper observance of the budgets. Simultaneously with the adoption of the capital budget, the board shall adopt a tentative capital program covering the ensuing six years.  (b) Procedure.--A public hearing shall be conducted prior to the adoption of the final operating budget and tentative capital program. Notice of the public hearing shall be published in two newspapers of general circulation and a publication specifically designed to reach minorities not fewer than 30 days prior to the hearing.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1752 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1752 - Financial statements and audit

§ 1752. Financial statements and audit. (a) Statement.--As soon after the end of each fiscal year as is feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a report and financial statement of the authority's operations for the previous year and of its assets and liabilities prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of the report shall be printed for distribution to persons interested, upon request. A copy of the report shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the county clerk of each county in the metropolitan area and the clerk of each municipality which has granted rights to the authority by ordinance, and a copy of the report shall be addressed to and mailed to the mayor and city council or the governing body of the municipality. The board from time to time shall mail, to the persons and offices specified, copies of the interim financial reports as may be prepared by the authority, copies of all bylaws, rules and regulations and amendments thereto and copies of the annual financial budgets.  (b) Audit.--The board shall appoint in due time each year a firm of independent certified public accountants as auditors who shall examine the books, records and accounts, operations and assets and liabilities of the authority for the purpose of auditing and reporting upon its financial statements for such year. The auditors shall audit the books, records, accounts, operations and assets and liabilities of the authority in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The report of the auditors shall be appended to the financial statement.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1753 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1753 - Aid from Federal Government

§ 1753. Aid from Federal Government. In addition to the powers conferred upon any authority by other provisions of this chapter, the authority is empowered to borrow or accept money or accept grants or other financial assistance from any Federal agency for or in aid of the authority's operations. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize the authority, and the authority is so authorized, to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of any Federal agency in any of the authority's operations. These things may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power to change or revise rates, fares and charges, to make relocation payments to families, businesses and nonprofit organizations, to provide an areawide transportation plan or program for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated mass transportation system for the metropolitan area, to carry out research, development and demonstration projects and to provide a share of the cost of any project and all as may be required by any Federal law or by the requirements of any Federal agency authorized to administer any Federal program of aid to any mass transportation program.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1762 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1762 - Special funds

§ 1762. Special funds. An authority, under resolutions adopted from time to time by the board, may establish and create such special funds as may be found desirable by the board and, in and by such resolutions, may provide for payments into all special funds from specified sources with such preferences and priorities as may be deemed advisable and may provide for the custody, disbursement and application of any moneys in any such special funds consistent with the provisions of this subchapter and consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1764 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1764 - Contracts with obligees of an authority

§ 1764. Contracts with obligees of an authority. Except as otherwise provided in any resolution of an authority authorizing or awarding bonds, the terms thereof and of this chapter as in effect when the bonds were authorized shall constitute a contract between the authority and obligees of the authority, subject to modification in such manner as the resolution, the trust indenture securing such bonds or the bonds shall provide.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1765 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1765 - Commonwealth pledges

§ 1765. Commonwealth pledges. (a) Limitation of powers.-- (1) The Commonwealth does hereby pledge to and agree with any person, firm or corporation, government agency, whether in this Commonwealth or elsewhere, or Federal agency subscribing to or acquiring the bonds to be issued by the authority that the Commonwealth will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority in any manner inconsistent with the obligations of the authority to the obligees of the authority until all bonds at any time issued, together with the interest thereon, are fully paid or provided for. The Commonwealth does further pledge to and agree with any Federal agency that, in the event that any Federal agency shall contribute any funds for the authority or any project, the Commonwealth will not alter or limit the rights and powers of the authority in any manner which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any agreements between the authority and any Federal agency.  (2) The Commonwealth does hereby pledge to and agree with any person who, as owner thereof, leases or subleases property to or from an authority that the Commonwealth will not limit or alter the rights and powers hereby vested in the authority or otherwise created by this chapter in any manner which impairs the obligations of the authority until all obligations of the authority under the lease or sublease are fully met and discharged.  (b) Tax proceeds.--If and to the extent that the authority pledges its share of the proceeds of a tax authorized by law to be levied for authority purposes or made available for use by the authority as security for the payment of bonds issued by the authority, the Commonwealth does hereby pledge to and agree with any person, firm or corporation, government agency, whether in this Commonwealth or elsewhere, or Federal agency subscribing to or acquiring such bonds to be issued by the authority that the Commonwealth itself will not, nor will it authorize any government entity levying such tax to, abolish or to reduce the rate of tax imposed for authority purposes or made available for use by the authority until all bonds so secured by the pledge of the authority, together with the interest thereon, are fully paid or provided for.
74 PA Cons Stat § 1767 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 74 - TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities|Section 1767 - Bonds to be legal investments

§ 1767. Bonds to be legal investments. Bonds issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and the instrumentalities and agencies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, banks, bank and trust companies, trust companies, banking associations, banking corporations, savings banks, investment companies, executors, trustees, the trustees of any retirement, pension or annuity fund or system of the Commonwealth and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, deposits or other funds in their control or belonging to them. These bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any Commonwealth or municipal officer or any agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the Commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the Commonwealth now or may hereafter be authorized by law.