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11 PA Cons Stat § 10403.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10403.2 - Report

§ 10403.2. Report. (a) Contents.-- (1) The commissioners appointed by council under section 10403(a) (relating to appointment of commission) shall examine the premises and prepare a report which shall include a draft of each ward affected by the proposed creation, division or detachment showing the following:  (i) The division or change or the lines of each ward as affected by the separation and attachment.  (ii) The population contained within each affected ward using figures officially and finally reported in the most recent Federal decennial or special census.  (2) The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to council and shall include a recommendation reflecting the decision of a majority of the commissioners concerning the proposed creation, division or detachment of a ward.  (b) Territory.--Consistent with the standards applied in municipal reapportionment under 53 Pa.C.S. § 903(b) (relating to reapportionment by governing body), a report under subsection (a) may not recommend the creation, division or detachment of a ward unless the result of implementing the report and recommendation would be that each ward in the city is composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable as officially and finally reported in the most recent Federal decennial or special census.  (c) Submittal.--Upon receipt of a report under subsection (a), council shall, by motion, determine whether to submit the question of the proposed creation, division or detachment of a ward as provided in the report to the registered voters of the city in accordance with section 10404 (relating to election).    Cross References. Section 10403.2 is referred to in section 10404 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10404 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10404 - Election

§ 10404. Election. (a) Certification.--If, based upon the report under section 10403.2 (relating to report), council decides to proceed, council shall certify to the county board of elections the question of the creation, division or detachment of the ward to be submitted to the registered voters of each ward which are the subject of the report at the general or municipal election occurring not less than 90 days after the report was approved by council.  (b) Ballot.--The county board of elections shall place the question of approving the creation, division or detachment of a ward on the ballot in each ward or parts of a ward that will be affected by the question at the appropriate election in the manner provided under the Pennsylvania Election Code.    Cross References. Section 10404 is referred to in section 10403.2 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10405 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10405 - Notice of election and review of report

§ 10405. Notice of election and review of report. (a) Publication.--A city must publish a notice of election in a newspaper of general circulation at least 15 days prior to the date that the question of approving the creation, division or detachment of a ward is to be presented at the specified general or municipal election.  (b) Contents.--An election notice under subsection (a) must contain a statement of the issue to be submitted to the registered voters at the election, including each ward or parts of a ward to be affected and the date on which the election is to be held. The notice shall reference the report and specify that it is available for review and copying as a public record under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10406 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10406 - Election laws

§ 10406. Election laws. Each matter relating to the election at which the question of approving the creation, division or detachment of a ward or is to be presented to the voters shall be governed by the Pennsylvania Election Code.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10407 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10407 - Voting procedures

§ 10407. Voting procedures. (a) Publication.--The county board of elections must tabulate and publish the results of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation within 30 days of the election. A certified copy of the results shall be placed on record with the minutes of council.  (b) Positive vote.--If a majority voted in favor of creating or dividing a ward or the detachment of a part of a ward to be attached to another ward, council shall proceed to create or divide a ward or detach a part of a ward to be attached to another ward in accordance with the report and shall number the new wards if necessary.  (c) Negative vote.--If a majority voted against creating or dividing a ward or the detachment of a part of a ward to be attached to another ward, further action may not be taken and a new petition on the same question may not be resubmitted until two years from the date of the election.    Cross References. Section 10407 is referred to in section 10401 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10408 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10408 - Change of ward lines by council

§ 10408. Change of ward lines by council. If council determines during proceedings for the division or creation of a ward that any of the boundaries or divisions are uncertain, council must determine the relocation of the line to conform as nearly as possible to the previously determined boundary lines so that each ward in the city is composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable as officially and finally reported in the most recent Federal decennial or special census.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10409 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10409 - Pennsylvania Election Code

§ 10409. Pennsylvania Election Code. Nothing under this chapter shall be construed as affecting the powers and duties of the court of common pleas or the county board of elections and restrictions on alteration of election districts as provided under Article V of the Pennsylvania Election Code.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 106 - City Boundaries|Section 10601 - Navigable stream boundaries

§ 10601. Navigable stream boundaries. If a city is bounded by the nearest margin of a navigable stream and an opposite municipal corporation is bounded by the nearest margin of the same stream, the boundaries of the city shall extend to the center line of the stream. Nothing under this section shall be construed to repeal a local or special law providing for a different boundary.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10602 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 106 - City Boundaries|Section 10602 - Court establishment of disputed boundaries

§ 10602. Court establishment of disputed boundaries. (a) Establishment.--If a city or a municipal corporation contiguous to a city disputes the boundary between the city and the municipal corporation, the court of common pleas, after petition of the city or the contiguous municipal corporation, may establish the disputed boundary.  (b) County boundary.--In a dispute involving the boundary of a county, this chapter shall not supersede the application of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, or any other law applicable to the fixing of county boundaries.    Cross References. Section 10602 is referred to in section 10603 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10603 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 106 - City Boundaries|Section 10603 - Petition, commissioners and report

§ 10603. Petition, commissioners and report. (a) Appointment.--After petition under section 10602(a) (relating to court establishment of disputed boundaries), the court shall appoint three impartial commissioners who may employ a professional engineer or surveyor.  (b) Hearing.--After giving notice to interested parties by publication once in at least one newspaper of general circulation or as directed by the court, the commissioners shall hold a hearing and view the disputed boundaries.  (c) Report.--A majority of the commissioners shall make a report and recommendations to the court, accompanied by a plot or draft of the lines and boundaries proposed to be established if the lines and boundaries cannot be fully designated by natural lines or boundaries.  (d) Order.--After the filing of the report, it shall be confirmed nisi, and the court may make a further order.    Cross References. Section 10603 is referred to in section 10604 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10604 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 106 - City Boundaries|Section 10604 - Exceptions and procedure

§ 10604. Exceptions and procedure. (a) Filing.--An exception to the report under section 10603(c) (relating to petition, commissioners and report) may be filed by an interested person or municipal corporation within 30 days after the filing of the report.  (b) Date and notice.--The court must set a date for the hearing of an exception under subsection (a) and must provide notice of the hearing.  (c) Referral or confirmation.-- (1) After completion of the hearing under subsection (b), the court may sustain or dismiss the exceptions and confirm the report or refer the report back to the same or new commissioners with the authority to make another report.  (2) If no exceptions are filed within 30 days after the filing of the report, the court must confirm the report in its entirety.  (3) If a report is confirmed in its entirety, the court must enter a decree establishing the lines and boundaries as shown in the report.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10605 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 106 - City Boundaries|Section 10605 - Pay and expenses of commissioners

§ 10605. Pay and expenses of commissioners. Each commissioner shall receive reasonable compensation as established by the court and reasonable expenses incurred for surveying services, which must be paid equally by the city and any interested municipal corporation.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10606 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 106 - City Boundaries|Section 10606 - Boundary monuments

§ 10606. Boundary monuments. If a boundary, ascertained and established under this chapter, cannot be fully described by natural lines, the court must enter an order requiring the boundary to be marked with permanent monuments, placed at intervals of not more than 1,500 feet and at the end of a course. The expense of placing the monuments, as approved by the court, shall be paid equally by the city and any interested municipal corporation.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 107 - Elected Officers and Elections|Section 10702 - First elections in newly created cities

§ 10702. First elections in newly created cities. (a) Election.--At the first municipal election occurring at least 90 days after the date of the letters patent issued by the Governor incorporating the city, the registered voters of the city shall elect city officials as provided under section 10701(a)(1) (relating to elected officers, term, reelection and vacancy).  (b) Highest votes.--The two candidates for council receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall serve for terms of four years from the first Monday of January next succeeding the candidate's election.  (c) Next highest votes.--The two candidates for council receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for terms of two years from the first Monday of January next succeeding the election.    Cross References. Section 10702 is referred to in sections 10209, 10701 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10703 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 107 - Elected Officers and Elections|Section 10703 - Nominations and elections

§ 10703. Nominations and elections. Each matter relating to a nomination of a candidate and election of a city officer shall be governed by the Pennsylvania Election Code.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10704 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 107 - Elected Officers and Elections|Section 10704 - Certificates of election

§ 10704. Certificates of election. After the election of city officers under this chapter, the county board of elections must issue and the officer-elect must procure a certificate of election. The officer-elect must present the certificate of election to council on the date and time provided under law for council's organization. The certificate must be filed with the city archives, and the certificate's presentation must be noted in the minutes.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10801 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 108 - Vacancies in Office|Section 10801 - Council and office of mayor

§ 10801. Council and office of mayor. (a) Appointment.--Within 30 days of a vacancy in the office of mayor or other member of council or if an elected mayor or council member has failed to qualify under section 10701 (relating to elected officers, term, reelection and vacancy) prior to taking office, council must, by a majority of council's remaining members, appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacant office.  (b) President judge.--If a council does not fill a vacancy within 30 days under subsection (a) or if a vacancy exists in the offices of at least a majority of the members of council, including the position of mayor, the president judge of the court of common pleas having jurisdiction within the city, must fill each vacancy upon either the petition of at least 10 qualified electors of the city or the petition of a majority of the remaining members of council.  (c) Term.--A individual appointed under subsection (a) or (b) shall serve for the lesser of the following terms:  (1) The remainder of the unexpired term of the office to which the individual is appointed. (2) Until the first Monday of January after the next municipal election occurring at least 30 days after the vacancy occurred.  (d) Unexpired term.--If necessary to fill the unexpired term of the individual originally elected to an office that has become vacant, an individual shall be elected at the municipal election referred to under subsection (c)(2) to serve from the first Monday of January after the election for the remainder of the unexpired term.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10802 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 108 - Vacancies in Office|Section 10802 - Controller and treasurer

§ 10802. Controller and treasurer. (a) Appointment.--Within 30 days after a vacancy occurs in the office of city controller or in the office of city treasurer or if an elected city controller or city treasurer has failed to qualify under section 10701 (relating to elected officers, term, reelection and vacancy) prior to taking office, council must appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacant office.  (b) President judge.--If a council does not fill a vacancy within 30 days under subsection (a), the president judge of the court of common pleas having jurisdiction within the city must fill the vacancy upon the petition of at least 10 registered voters of the city.  (c) Term.--An individual appointed under subsection (a) or (b) shall serve for the lesser of the following terms:  (1) For the remainder of the unexpired term of the controller or treasurer whose office has become vacant.  (2) Until the first Monday of January after the next municipal election occurring at least 200 days after the vacancy occurs.  (d) Unexpired term.--If necessary to fill the unexpired term of the controller or treasurer whose office has become vacant, an individual shall be elected at the municipal election referred to under subsection (c)(2) to serve from the first Monday of January after the election for the remainder of the unexpired term.  (e) Bond.--If an individual is elected or appointed to fill an office for which a bond is required and if within 14 days of the date the individual is scheduled to take the oath of office at the organizational meeting of council the individual fails to post a bond, the office shall be deemed to be vacant and the resulting vacancy shall be filled as provided under this chapter.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 109 - City Officers and Employees|Section 10901 - Appointment, removal and prohibition

§ 10901. Appointment, removal and prohibition. (a) Powers and duties.--Council:  (1) May appoint and dismiss any city officer and employee, except for an elected officer. (2) Shall provide for the removal of an officer of the city whose office is established by ordinance, except as provided under this chapter.  (b) Elective city office.--The following shall apply to an individual holding an elective city office:  (1) The individual must be removed from office in accordance with the Constitution of Pennsylvania as follows:  (i) by impeachment; (ii) by the Governor for reasonable cause after due notice and full hearing on the advice of two-thirds of the Senate; or  (iii) upon conviction of misbehavior in office or of any infamous crime. (2) This chapter and other provisions of law requiring a forfeiture of office upon the conviction of a crime shall apply only if the court determines that the conviction is for misbehavior in office or for an infamous crime.  (3) Nothing under this section shall prevent title to an elected city office from being tried by proceedings of quo warranto as provided under law.  (c) Appointed office or position.--The following shall apply to an individual who is appointed to a city office or position, except for elective offices:  (1) The individual may be removed by the appointing power, except as limited under law or the Constitution of Pennsylvania.  (2) The individual must be removed on conviction of misbehavior in office or of an infamous crime.  (d) Prohibition.--Except as otherwise provided under law, an individual may not concurrently hold elective city office and be an employee of the same city.    Cross References. Section 10901 is referred to in sections 10902, 10905, 10908, 11209, 11912 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 109 - City Officers and Employees|Section 10902 - Number, duties and compensation

§ 10902. Number, duties and compensation. (a) Prescription.--Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, council may prescribe, by ordinance, the number, duties and compensation of the officers and employees of the city.  (b) Limitations.--The following shall apply to compensation paid to an officer or employee of the city:  (1) A payment may not be authorized from the city treasury to an officer or employee of the city unless that officer or employee has been elected or appointed in accordance with law.  (2) Unless previously authorized under law, an ordinance may not give extra compensation to an officer or employee of the city.  (c) Offense.--An officer drawing or countersigning a document authorizing payment or passing or paying a voucher contrary to this section commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be:  (1) subject to forfeiting office in accordance with section 10901(b)(2) (relating to appointment, removal and prohibition); and  (2) sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10903 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 109 - City Officers and Employees|Section 10903 - Salary, compensation and emoluments of officers

§ 10903. Salary, compensation and emoluments of officers. (a) Prohibition.--A city may not increase or diminish the salary, compensation or emoluments of an elected officer after the officer's election. A change in salary, compensation or emoluments of an elected office shall take effect at the beginning of the next term of the member of council or other elected official.  (b) Retirement benefits.--Nothing under subsection (a) shall be construed to limit retirement benefits applicable to each employee and officer.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10904 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 109 - City Officers and Employees|Section 10904 - Offices to be held until qualification of successors

§ 10904. Offices to be held until qualification of successors. (a) Successor.--An officer of a city, who has been elected or appointed and has qualified under this chapter, shall hold office until the officer's successor meets all of the following:  (1) Is elected or appointed and takes the oath of office. (2) Provides the necessary bond. (3) Takes other necessary actions required by law to qualify to assume office. (b) Failure to appear.--If an elected official fails to appear at the organizational meeting of council to demonstrate the official's qualifications for office and to take the oath of office either:  (1) the official must fully qualify for office and take the oath of office within 14 days of the date of the organizational meeting of council; or  (2) the office of that elected official shall be deemed to be vacant and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by this chapter.  (c) Multiple terms expiring.--Members whose terms have expired and who are to be replaced shall draw lots to determine which of the members shall continue to serve on council until the member's successor duly qualifies or takes the oath of office when all of the following apply:  (1) The terms of office of more than one council at-large member expire. (2) More than one seated council member is to be replaced as the result of an election. (3) Only one of the newly elected council members fails to qualify to assume office. (d) Continuing to hold office.--An individual continuing to hold office under this section after the first Monday of January, which would have marked the end of the individual's term, may not participate in:  (1) The deliberations concerning the individual's successor. (2) A vote appointing the individual's successor.   Cross References. Section 10904 is referred to in sections 10701, 11202 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10905 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 109 - City Officers and Employees|Section 10905 - Oath of office, violation of oath and penalty

§ 10905. Oath of office, violation of oath and penalty. (a) Oath required.--Each officer of the city, whether elected or appointed, shall, before entering upon the officer's respective duties, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S. § 1141 (relating to form of oaths of office).  (b) Oath as qualification.--An individual who refuses to take the oath shall be deemed not to have met the qualifications to hold office.  (c) Violation.--An individual who violates the individual's oath:  (1) commits a misdemeanor; and (2) upon conviction shall be: (i) sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and  (ii) subject to forfeiting office in accordance with section 10901 (relating to appointment, removal and prohibition).    Cross References. Section 10905 is referred to in sections 10701, 11004, 11202, 12303 of this title.