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8 PA Cons Stat § 1201.3 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 12 - Corporate Powers|Section 1201.3 - Exceptions

§ 1201.3. Exceptions.   (a) Sale of property.--Nothing under this chapter requiring advertising for bids or sale at public auction and sale to the highest bidder shall apply if borough real or personal property is to be sold to any of the following: (1) A county, city, borough, town, township, institution district, school district, volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad located within the borough. (2) A council of government, consortium, cooperative or other similar entity created pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation). (3) An authority as defined in 53 Pa.C.S. § 5602 (relating to definitions). (4) A nonprofit corporation engaged in community development or reuse only upon entering into a written agreement with the nonprofit corporation that requires the property to be used for industrial, commercial or affordable housing purposes. This exemption shall not apply to property on which existing governmental functions are conducted. This exemption shall also not apply to property owned and operated by the borough or subcontracted or operated on behalf of the borough in order to conduct existing government functions. (5) A person for the person's exclusive use in an industrial development program. (6) A nonprofit corporation organized as a public library for its exclusive use as a library. (7) A nonprofit medical service corporation as authorized under section 1202(50) (relating to specific powers). (8) A nonprofit housing corporation as authorized by section 1202(51). (9) The Federal Government or the Commonwealth. (10) A nonprofit museum or historical society for its exclusive use as a nonprofit museum or historical society.  (b) Sales to certain nonprofit corporations.--When real property is to be sold to a nonprofit corporation organized as a public library for its exclusive use as a library or to a nonprofit medical service corporation or to a nonprofit housing corporation, council may elect to accept nominal consideration for the sale as it shall deem appropriate.  (c) Reversion.--Real property sold under this section to a volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad, nonprofit medical service corporation or nonprofit housing corporation shall be subject to the condition that, when the property is not used for the purposes of the company, service, squad or corporation, the property shall revert to the borough.    Cross References. Section 1201.3 is referred to in section 1201.1 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1203 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 12 - Corporate Powers|Section 1203 - Reserved powers

§ 1203. Reserved powers.  The council may make and adopt all ordinances, bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with or restrained by the Constitution of Pennsylvania and laws of this Commonwealth as may be expedient or necessary for the proper management, care and control of the borough and its finances and the maintenance of peace, good government, safety and welfare of the borough and its trade, commerce and manufactures.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1301 - Fiscal year

§ 1301. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of every borough shall coincide with the calendar year, beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1302.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1302.1 - Different and separate tax levies

§ 1302.1. Different and separate tax levies.   (a) General rule.--A borough may in any year levy separate and different rates of taxation for municipal purposes on all real estate classified as nonfarmland, exclusive of the buildings on the real estate, and on all real estate classified as either buildings on land or farmland. When real estate tax rates are so levied: (1) The rates shall be determined by the requirements of the borough budget. (2) A higher rate may be levied on real estate classified as nonfarmland than on real estate classified as either buildings on land or farmland if the respective rates on nonfarmland and on buildings or farmland are so fixed as not to constitute a greater levy in the aggregate than the levy to result from the maximum rate allowed by law on all real estate. (3) The rates shall be uniform as to all real estate within the classification.  (b) Nonseverability.--Notwithstanding section 104 (relating to constitutional construction), the provisions of this section are nonseverable. If any provision of this section or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remaining provisions or applications of this section are void.  (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:  "Farmland." Any tract of land that is actively devoted to agricultural use, including, but not limited to, the commercial production of crops, livestock and livestock products as defined in section 3 of the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law.  "Nonfarmland." Any tract of land that is not farmland.    Cross References. Section 1302.1 is referred to in section 1303 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1303 - Special levy to pay debts

§ 1303. Special levy to pay debts.  In addition to the levies provided for in section 1302.1 (relating to different and separate tax levies), if the council refuses or neglects to levy a sufficient tax to pay the debts due by the borough, a court may, after ascertaining the amount of the indebtedness of the borough, direct a writ of mandamus to the proper officers of the borough to collect by special taxation an amount sufficient to pay the indebtedness in one or more annual installments, as determined reasonable by the court.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1304 - Special road fund tax

§ 1304. Special road fund tax.   (a) Authority.--Any borough shall be empowered, within its general power to levy taxes, to collect annually a tax upon all real property taxable for borough purposes, not to exceed five mills on the dollar in any one year, for the purpose of creating and maintaining a special fund to be used by its borough in making permanent street improvements and to pay contract prices for paving and other permanent street improvements, prior to the collection of the cost and expense from the property owners adjoining or abutting the property by the borough under existing laws.  (b) Application.--If the cost and expense or any part of the cost and expense of the construction of any permanent street improvement, which has been made under existing laws and which has been aided in its construction from the special fund provided for under this section, has been assessed and collected from the owners of the real property adjoining or abutting upon the improvement, it shall be applied to the credit of the special fund, to the extent of the withdrawal from the special fund for that purpose.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1305 - Date tax duplicate to issue

§ 1305. Date tax duplicate to issue.  Council shall, within 30 days after adoption of the budget or within 30 days after receipt of the assessment roll from the county, whichever is later, issue their duplicate of taxes assessed to the collector of taxes of the borough.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1306 - Additions and revisions to duplicates

§ 1306. Additions and revisions to duplicates.   (a) Inspection and reassessment.--If in any borough there is any construction of a building or buildings not otherwise exempt as a dwelling after the council has prepared a duplicate of the assessment of borough taxes and the building is not included in the tax duplicate of the borough, the county assessment office shall, upon the request of the council, direct the assessor in the county assessment office to inspect and reassess, subject to the right of appeal and adjustment provided by statute, all taxable property in the borough to which major improvements have been made after the original duplicates were prepared and to give notice of the reassessments within ten days to the authority responsible for assessments, the borough and the property owner. The real property shall then be added to the duplicate and shall be taxable for borough purposes at the reassessed valuation for that proportionate part of the fiscal year of the borough remaining after the real property was improved. Any improvement made during the month shall be computed as having been made on the first of the month.  (b) Copy of additions or revisions.--A certified copy of the additions or revisions to the duplicate shall be furnished by the council to the borough tax collector, together with their warrant for collection of the taxes, and, within ten days, the borough tax collector shall notify the owner of the real property of the taxes due to the borough.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1307 - Preparation of budget

§ 1307. Preparation of budget.  Beginning at least 30 days prior to the adoption of the budget, a proposed budget or annual estimate of revenues and expenditures for the ensuing year shall be prepared in a manner designated by the council. The proposed budget shall be kept on file with the borough secretary and be made available for public inspection by the borough secretary for a period of ten days.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1308 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1308 - Notice of proposed budget and penalty

§ 1308. Notice of proposed budget and penalty.   (a) Notice.--Notice that the proposed budget is available for inspection shall be published by the borough secretary in a newspaper of general circulation, except in boroughs in which the estimated budget receipts are less than $50,000 in 2012, where, in lieu of the newspaper publications, notice may be conspicuously posted during the ten-day period in a place readily viewable by the public at the office of the borough secretary and with further notice as shall be prescribed by council.  (b) Failure.--Any borough secretary who fails or refuses to give the notice that the proposed budget is available for inspection, as required, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $100 and costs of prosecution.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1309 - Revision and completion of budget

§ 1309. Revision and completion of budget.  After the expiration of the ten days, council shall make the revision in the budget as deemed advisable. The budget must be as comprehensive and exact as the information available will permit. In addition to expenditures proposed for the current fiscal year, council may include as proposed expenditures a sum sufficient to pay any existing indebtedness and to pay the ordinary operating expenses for the subsequent year until the taxes of the subsequent year are received and may also include a sum to provide, in whole or in part, for any deferred maintenance, depreciation and replacements. Within the tax levy and debt limitations, council may also include, in whole or in part, expenditures for capital investments and purchases. Expenditures of a legislative character must be made, authorized or ratified by ordinance. Other expenditures allowed by law may be made or ratified by motion in council. The expenditures, whether by ordinance or motion, must then be considered as appropriations affecting the budget. A balance of revenues over expenditures may be expended in a subsequent year for a lawful purpose.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1310 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1310 - Adoption of budget

§ 1310. Adoption of budget.  Upon completion of the budget containing the estimated receipts and expenditures, the council shall adopt the budget by motion of the council, which may not be later than December 31.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1310.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1310.1 - Tax ordinance or resolution

§ 1310.1. Tax ordinance or resolution. After council has adopted the budget, it is the duty of the council to adopt a resolution levying the taxes referred to in this part for the fiscal year for taxes levied at the same rate as or a rate lower than the previous fiscal year, and to enact an ordinance if the tax rate increases from the previous fiscal year, subject to approval of the mayor or enactment over the mayor's veto under the procedure established in section 3301.3(c) (relating to enactment, approval and veto).  (July 2, 2019, P.L.351, No.51, eff. 60 days)   Cross References. Section 1310.1 is referred to in section 3301.3 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1311 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1311 - Amending budget and notice

§ 1311. Amending budget and notice.  During the month of January next following a municipal election, the council of a borough may amend the budget and the levy and tax rate to conform with its amended budget. A period of ten days' public inspection at the office of the borough secretary of the proposed amended budget, after notice by the borough secretary to that effect is published once in a newspaper of general circulation, must intervene between the proposed amended budget and its adoption. An amended budget must be adopted by council on or before the 15th day of February.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1312 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1312 - Modification of budget and supplemental appropriations and transfers

§ 1312. Modification of budget and supplemental appropriations and transfers.  The council in its reasonable discretion may, in any year, by motion, modify the budget after its final adoption. New appropriations, supplementary appropriations and transfers from one appropriation to another may be made during the fiscal year, either before or after the expenditure is authorized or ratified after the expenditure is made, if it is within the current year's revenues, or the money is promptly made available through borrowing as allowed by law.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1313 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1313 - Payment from borough funds

§ 1313. Payment from borough funds.  The payments made by the council from the borough funds must be made by proper borough orders, drawn upon the treasurer. No borough order may be authorized by council or signed by the president or secretary of a council unless there are sufficient funds in the treasury of the borough to pay the order, and no orders may be made payable at any time in the future or draw interest. A separate borough order must be drawn for each account or payment.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1313.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1313.1 - Creation of special funds and investments

§ 1313.1. Creation of special funds and investments.  Council may set aside in a separate fund any money received out of or from the sale, lease or other disposition of any borough property or received from any source unless the money was received or acquired for a particular purpose. The fund must be controlled, invested and administered, and the income arising from the fund expended, in the manner as may be determined by action of the council under the ordinance creating the fund. The ordinance may provide that only the income from the fund may be used or expended and that neither principal nor any part of the principal may be used or expended unless upon authorization of a majority vote of the qualified electors of the borough. The ordinances previously enacted by a borough creating and establishing a separate fund as authorized by this section must be deemed and taken as valid and effectual for all purposes if the other requirements of law concerning the enactment of the separate fund have been complied with.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1314 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1314 - Uniform financial report and forms

§ 1314. Uniform financial report and forms.   (a) Preparation of uniform forms.--The uniform forms for the annual financial statement required to be made by the auditors or the controller must be prepared by a committee consisting of four representatives from the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's designee, and any additional members appointed under statute.  (b) Appointment of representatives.--The representatives of boroughs must be appointed by the president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs. The representatives shall be chosen from among the finance officers or other officers of the borough who have knowledge of the borough's fiscal procedures. As far as possible, they must be chosen to represent boroughs in the various population groups. The president of the organization shall supply to the Department of Community and Economic Development the names and addresses of the representatives immediately upon their appointment.  (c) Compensation of representatives.--The representatives shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth for the necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the committee.  (d) Meetings.--The committee shall meet, from time to time, as conditions may warrant at the call of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as chair of the committee.  (e) Duty of secretary and cooperation.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's designee, to ensure that the forms required by this chapter are prepared in cooperation with the committee. In the event that the committee should for any reason fail to furnish the cooperation, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's designee, shall prepare the forms. After their preparation, the secretary shall issue the forms and distribute them annually, as needed, to the proper officers of each borough.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1315 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1315 - Capital improvements to certain public service facilities

§ 1315. Capital improvements to certain public service facilities. (a) Authority.--For the purpose of financing the cost and expense or its share of the cost and expense of capital improvements, including the purchase and installation of machinery and equipment, by altering, improving or enlarging any of the following, a borough owning the plant or facility may issue nondebt revenue bonds as provided in section 1202(46) (relating to specific powers):  (1) its sewer, sewer system or sewage treatment works, either singly or jointly with other municipalities;  (2) its water works, either singly or jointly with other municipalities; (3) its electric power plant or power distribution system; or (4) its gas plant, gas distribution system for its own municipal purposes, municipal gas distribution system or municipal gas works.  (b) Rates.--A borough issuing nondebt revenue bonds under the authority of this section shall adjust and, when necessary, increase the rates of rentals or charges pledged as security for the bonds in order to provide sufficient revenue. The revenue must be set aside as reserve funds to cover depreciation of the properties involved and for future improvements to the plant or facility involved as well as for the payment of the interest on the bonds and the principal at the time of maturity.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3)(xii) of Act 37 of 2014 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
8 PA Cons Stat § 1317 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance|Section 1317 - (Reserved)

§ 1317. (Reserved).
8 PA Cons Stat § 1401 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 14 - Contracts|Section 1401 - Power to make contracts

§ 1401. Power to make contracts.   (a) Authority of borough.--Each borough may make contracts for lawful purposes and for the purposes of carrying into execution this part and laws of this Commonwealth.  (b) Contracts and purchases.--Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, all contracts and purchases must be made with and from the lowest qualified and responsible bidder. In awarding contracts and making purchases, council has the right to take into consideration such factors as the availability, cost and quality of service and may establish prequalification standards for contracts and purchases. A prequalification standard must be reasonably designed to assist council in determining the ability of a bidder to successfully complete a contract or purchase.  (c) Electronic submission of bids.--A borough may permit the electronic submission of bids and may receive bids electronically for competitively bid purchases and contracts pursuant to 62 Pa.C.S. Ch. 46 (relating to electronic bidding by local government units).