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11 PA Cons Stat § 10102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10102 - Definitions

§ 10102. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this part shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Bill." A proposed ordinance introduced in council.  "City." A city of the third class.  "Council." A council of a city.  "Highway." A State highway of the Commonwealth.  "Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law." The provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. III Subpt. E (relating to home rule and optional plan government) and, where applicable, the former act of April 13, 1972 (P.L.184, No.62), known as the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law.  "Municipal authority" or "municipality authority." A body politic and corporate created under any of the following:  (1) 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56 (relating to municipal authorities). (2) The former act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.  (3) The former act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.463, No.191), known as the Municipality Authorities Act of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.  "Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law." The act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153), referred to as the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.  "Municipal corporation." A city, borough, incorporated town or township.  "Municipalities Planning Code." The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.  "Municipality." A county, city, borough, incorporated town or township.  "Newspaper of general circulation." As defined in 45 Pa.C.S. § 101 (relating to definitions).  "Pennsylvania Construction Code Act." The act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act.  "Pennsylvania Election Code." The act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.  "Street." Any of the following:  (1) A street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, road, lane, court, alley or public square within a city.  (2) A highway within a city to the extent that the city is legally responsible for it pursuant to agreement or by other means.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10103 - Excluded provisions

§ 10103. Excluded provisions. This part shall not be construed to repeal an act relating to: (1) The collection of municipal and tax claims by lien. (2) The method of incurring and increasing city indebtedness. (3) The conduct of an election. (4) A public school, except for the collection of a school tax by the city treasurer. (5) (Reserved). (6) A constable. (7) The provision of municipal consent to a public utility. (8) A weight and measure. (9) A validation of an election, bond, ordinance and act of a corporate officer. (10) A joint city and county building. (11) A library. (12) A highway. (13) A joint or several authority or duty which applies to a city and to other classes of political subdivisions by virtue of general acts of Assembly.    Cross References. Section 10103 is referred to in section 14701 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10104 - Construction of part

§ 10104. Construction of part. (a) Existing law.-- (1) The provisions of this part that are the same as the provisions of existing laws are intended as a continuation of the existing laws and not as new enactments.  (2) The repeal under this part of a statutory provision shall not revive a repealed or superseded statutory provision or affect the corporate existence of an incorporated city.  (3) The provisions of this part shall not affect any of the following: (i) An act that was taken, a liability that was incurred or a right that accrued or vested. (ii) A suit or prosecution that is pending or to be instituted to enforce a right or penalty or punish an offense under the authority of the repealed law.  (4) Each ordinance, resolution, regulation and rule made under a statute repealed under this part shall continue with the same force and effect as if the statute had not been repealed.  (5) An individual holding an office or position under or by virtue of a statute repealed under this part shall continue to hold the office or position until the expiration of the term of office, subject to the conditions and tenure attached to the office or position prior to July 1, 1931.  (b) Powers.--A city shall possess, and council and other city officials may execute, the corporate powers and duties as provided in this part and in other laws to the extent that the powers and duties are not repealed by this part.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10105 - Constitutional construction

§ 10105. Constitutional construction. The provisions of this part are severable. If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10106 - (Reserved)

§ 10106. (Reserved).
11 PA Cons Stat § 10108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10108 - (Reserved)

§ 10108. (Reserved).
11 PA Cons Stat § 10109 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 101 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 10109 - Publication of notices

§ 10109. Publication of notices. (a) General newspaper.-- (1) If advertisement, notice or publication is required to be published in a newspaper under this part, the publication must be made one time, unless the provision requiring publication specifies other times, in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the city. If a newspaper of general circulation published in the city does not exist, publication must be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.  (2) If notice is required to be published in more than one newspaper, it must be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the city. If a newspaper of general circulation published in the city does not exist, publication must be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.  (b) Legal newspaper.-- (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2) and in addition to the requirements of subsection (a), if a notice relates to a proceeding or matter in a court, the holding of an election for the increase of indebtedness or the issue and sale of bonds to be financed by taxation, the notice must be published in the legal newspaper designated by the rules of court of the proper county for the publication of legal notices and advertisements, unless publication is not required by special order of court.  (2) An ordinance, auditor's statement, summary of an auditor's statement, advertisement inviting a proposal for public contract and for bid for material and supplies or a list of delinquent taxpayers shall be published only in newspapers of general circulation.    Cross References. Section 10109 is referred to in sections 11809, 11810, 11812, 11901.1, 12402.1, 12916, 12919 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10200 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10200 - Definitions

§ 10200. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Incorporation resolution." A resolution to submit at a general or municipal election a referendum question to the registered voters of a municipal corporation.  "Municipal corporation." A borough, a township of the first class, a township of the second class or an incorporated town.  "Referendum question." The question of whether a municipal corporation shall become incorporated as a city of the third class to be known as the "City of ........................."
11 PA Cons Stat § 10201 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10201 - Creation of cities

§ 10201. Creation of cities. A city shall be chartered as follows: (1) A single municipal corporation having a population of at least 10,000 according to the last preceding United States census may be incorporated as a city in accordance with this chapter if a majority of the registered voters in the municipal corporation cast an affirmative vote in favor of the referendum question.  (2) Two or more contiguous municipal corporations having a combined population of at least 10,000 according to the last preceding United States census may, under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 Subch. C (relating to consolidation and merger), incorporate as a city and determine whether the newly incorporated city shall be governed by this part and other general laws applicable to and governing cities.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10203.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10203.1 - Incorporating resolution

§ 10203.1. Incorporating resolution. (a) Governing body.--The governing body of a municipal corporation may adopt an incorporation resolution.  (b) Petition.--If at least 200 registered voters of a municipal corporation petition the governing body of the municipal corporation for the adoption of an incorporation resolution, the governing body shall adopt the incorporation resolution.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10204 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10204 - Resolution certification and form

§ 10204. Resolution certification and form. The governing body of a municipal corporation that adopts an incorporation resolution shall certify the incorporation resolution to the county board of elections of each proper county. The county board of elections shall, at the general or municipal election in the manner required by the Pennsylvania Election Code, submit a referendum question to the registered voters of the municipal corporation that has certified an incorporation resolution.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10204.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10204.1 - Notice of election

§ 10204.1. Notice of election. Notice of the election at which registered voters of a municipal corporation will be voting on a referendum question shall be given by the secretary or other person designated by the municipal corporation. The notice required under this section shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation in which the referendum question will be submitted to the registered voters.    Cross References. Section 10204.1 is referred to in sections 10206, 10207 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10205 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10205 - Returns of election

§ 10205. Returns of election. In each county in which a referendum question is submitted to the registered voters of a municipal corporation, the county board of elections shall return the vote cast on the referendum question to the following:  (1) The clerk of the court for the county. (2) The governing body of the municipal corporation in which registered voters voted on a referendum question.  (3) If a majority of the votes cast by the registered voters of the municipal corporation are in favor of incorporating as a city, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Department of Community and Economic Development.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10206 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10206 - Vote against incorporating as city

§ 10206. Vote against incorporating as city. If the returns of an election under section 10204.1 (relating to notice of election) show that a majority of registered voters in a municipal corporation voted "no" on the referendum question, further proceedings may not occur, and another election on the referendum question may not be held in the municipal corporation until the third ensuing general or municipal election.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10207 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10207 - Letters patent and boundaries

§ 10207. Letters patent and boundaries. If the returns of an election under section 10204.1 (relating to notice of election) show that a majority of registered voters in a municipal corporation voted "yes" on the referendum question, within 60 days after the election, the governing body of the municipal corporation shall furnish to the Secretary of the Commonwealth the necessary information with respect to the boundaries of the new city, and the Governor shall issue letters patent, under the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, reciting the facts, defining the boundaries of the city and constituting the city as a body corporate and politic by the name of the "City of........................."
11 PA Cons Stat § 10208 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10208 - Property of entities vested in city

§ 10208. Property of entities vested in city. The property and estates of the municipal corporations which have become a city in accordance with this chapter are severally and respectively vested in the corporation or body politic of the city for the use and benefit of the citizens of the city.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10209 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10209 - Temporary preservation and city organization

§ 10209. Temporary preservation and city organization. (a) Existing government.--The government of the municipal corporation shall continue in full force and operation until the first Monday of January next succeeding the municipal election under section 10702 (relating to first elections in newly created cities). On the first Monday of January next succeeding the municipal election under section 10702, the officers of the city chosen at the municipal election shall begin their terms of service, and the city government shall be organized under this part.  (b) Service.--If, in the organization of the city government of a newly incorporated city, an individual is appointed by council to an office which, under this part, has a definite term and a definite time for the election of an individual to the office, the individual appointed shall serve only for the time intervening between the individual's appointment and the day set under this part for the regular election or appointment of the officer for a full term.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10210 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 102 - Procedures for Incorporation|Section 10210 - Existing liabilities, debts and claims

§ 10210. Existing liabilities, debts and claims. If a municipal corporation is incorporated as a city in accordance with this part, the following shall apply:  (1) Each suit, prosecution, debt and claim shall be transferred to the newly incorporated city.  (2) Each pending suit involving the municipal corporation shall be under the management and control of the newly incorporated city which shall be substituted as a party in the suit.  (3) Each valid claim and demand existing against the municipal corporation shall be enforceable against the city.  (4) Each bond and floating indebtedness and the interest on a bond and floating indebtedness existing at the time a municipal corporation became incorporated as a city in accordance with this part must be paid by the newly incorporated city in a manner that taxes are uniform throughout the territorial limits of the whole city.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 103 - Change of Corporate Title|Section 10301 - Resolution and petition

§ 10301. Resolution and petition. Council may initiate proceedings to change the corporate title of a city by doing all of the following:  (1) Adopting a resolution proposing to make the change in the corporate title of a city. (2) Presenting to the court of common pleas of the county in which the city is located a petition, along with a certified copy of the resolution, requesting the change in the corporate title of the city.    Cross References. Section 10301 is referred to in section 10302 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 103 - Change of Corporate Title|Section 10302 - Hearing and decree

§ 10302. Hearing and decree. (a) Date and publication.--Upon presentation to the court of the petition and resolution under section 10301 (relating to resolution and petition), the court shall set a day for a hearing on the question of the change in the corporate title of the city and shall direct that notice of the hearing be published once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.  (b) Testimony.--A court shall permit a resident of the city to give testimony at the hearing in support of or in opposition to the change of the corporate title of the city.  (c) Order.--A court shall order a change of the corporate title of the city in accordance with the petition and resolution of council or dismiss the petition.    Cross References. Section 10302 is referred to in section 10303 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 103 - Change of Corporate Title|Section 10303 - Recording decree

§ 10303. Recording decree. A change in the corporate title of a city that is ordered in accordance with section 10302(c) (relating to hearing and decree) may not take effect until a certified copy of the decree of court is filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and is recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the city is located.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 103 - Change of Corporate Title|Section 10304 - Existing rights and liabilities

§ 10304. Existing rights and liabilities. A change in the corporate title of a city shall not affect any of the following: (1) A liability incurred. (2) A right accrued or vested. (3) An obligation issued or contracted. (4) A suit or prosecution pending or instituted to enforce a right or penalty accrued or to punish an offense committed prior to the change.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10401 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10401 - General power of council

§ 10401. General power of council. (a) Power.--In addition to reapportionment of wards under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9 (relating to municipal reapportionment) and section 11 of Article IX of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, a council may, with or without a petition as provided under section 10401.1 (relating to petition of registered voters) and subject to approval by the registered voters as provided under section 10407 (relating to voting procedures), create a new ward, divide a ward or wards or detach part of a ward and attach it to another ward, in accordance with this chapter.  (b) Registered voter requirement.--A new ward must contain at least 300 registered voters according to the last general or municipal election.  (c) Size.--Each ward in a city shall be numbered and composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable and as officially and finally reported in the most recent Federal decennial or special census.    Cross References. Section 10401 is referred to in sections 10401.1, 10403 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10401.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10401.1 - Petition of registered voters

§ 10401.1. Petition of registered voters. (a) Initiation of proceedings.--Registered voters may petition council to initiate proceedings under section 10401 (relating to general power of council) to create new wards, divide a ward or wards or detach part of a ward and attach it to another ward as follows:  (1) One hundred registered voters may petition council to create or divide a ward if: (i) In the case of a petition proposing to create a ward, the petitioners reside in the portion of the city which the petition proposes to create as a ward.  (ii) In the case of a petition proposing to divide a ward, the petitioners reside in the ward which the petition proposes to divide.  (2) Twenty-five registered voters may petition to detach part of one ward and attach the detached part to another ward if the petitioners reside in the part of the ward that is proposed to be detached.  (b) Council.--Council shall determine, by motion approved by a majority of council and within 90 days of presentment of the petition, whether to initiate proceedings under section 10401. If the motion is in favor of initiating proceedings, council shall appoint a commission in accordance with section 10403 (relating to appointment of commission).  (c) Court of common pleas.--If council has not approved a motion within 90 days after the presentment of a petition under subsection (a), 10 registered voters may petition the court of common pleas and contest the existing apportionment as violating section 10401. The proceedings before the court shall be conducted in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. §§ 906 (relating to contest of reapportionment by governing body) and 907 (relating to costs and expenses of contest).    Cross References. Section 10401.1 is referred to in section 10401 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10402 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10402 - (Reserved)

§ 10402. (Reserved).
11 PA Cons Stat § 10403 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10403 - Appointment of commission

§ 10403. Appointment of commission. (a) Report and recommendation.--If council initiates proceedings under section 10401 (relating to general power of council), council shall appoint as commissioners five impartial registered voters who are residents of the city to make a report and recommendation concerning the necessity, desirability and feasibility of proposed wards.  (b) Residency.--Except as provided under subsection (c), a commissioner under subsection (a) may not be a resident of a ward which will be affected by the petition.  (c) Exception.--If a city has less than four wards, a commissioner appointed under subsection (a) must be selected from the city at large and may be a resident of a ward which will be affected by the petition.    Cross References. Section 10403 is referred to in sections 10401.1, 10403.2 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 10403.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards|Section 10403.1 - Expenses of commissioners

§ 10403.1. Expenses of commissioners. Council must make an appropriation for reasonable expenses incurred by commissioners for service under this chapter. Each commissioner shall submit for approval an itemized account of the commissioner's expenses to the city controller.