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8 PA Cons Stat § 701.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations|Section 701.1 - Authorization and expenses

§ 701.1. Authorization and expenses.   (a) Delegates.--Council may, by motion, designate one or more delegates from the elected or appointed officers of the borough to attend the annual meeting of the State Association of Boroughs, which shall be held in this Commonwealth in accordance with the procedure adopted by the State Association of Boroughs.  (b) Nondelegates.--Council may, by motion, designate one or more elected or appointed officers or employees of the borough to attend the annual meeting of the State Association of Boroughs as nondelegates or to attend a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs.  (c) Expenses.--The following shall apply: (1) In addition to any compensation allowed under section 701.2 (relating to compensation), council may, for each delegate, elected or appointed officer or employee under subsection (a) or (b), pay the following expenses upon receipt of an itemized account of expenses: (i) The registration fee. (ii) Mileage for use of a personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expenses going to and returning from the annual meeting, conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs. (iii) Any actual expenses that the council may have agreed to pay. (2) Notwithstanding this subsection, at least one member of council shall be allowed the following expenses: (i) The registration fee. (ii) Lodging, meals and mileage for use of a personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expenses going to and returning from the meeting. (iii) Any actual expenses that the council may have agreed to pay.
8 PA Cons Stat § 702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations|Section 702 - County and regional associations of boroughs

§ 702. County and regional associations of boroughs.   (a) Organization.--The boroughs of any county or of two or more adjoining or nearby counties may organize a county or regional association of boroughs, composed of elected and appointed borough officers in the county, organized for the purpose of furthering the interests of the boroughs in the county or regional association of boroughs and their inhabitants.  (b) Appropriation.--A borough may annually appropriate no more than $100 for the support of the county or regional association of boroughs.  (c) Expenses.--The following shall apply: (1) The borough may pay the following expenses of each delegate for attendance at a meeting of the county or regional association of which the borough is a member: (i) The registration fee. (ii) Mileage for use of a personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expenses going to and returning from the meeting. (iii) Any actual expenses that the council may have agreed to pay. (2) Every delegate attending the meeting shall submit to the council an itemized account of expenses incurred.  (d) Compensation.--The council may authorize borough employees to be compensated at their regular employee rate during their attendance at a meeting of the county or regional association. The council solely may authorize the mayor and any council member who is not employed by the borough to receive total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary while attending the meeting if sufficient documentation is presented to the council to justify the reimbursement.  (e) Other members.--A county or regional association of boroughs may admit representatives of political subdivisions other than boroughs within the county as members. Members admitted under this subsection may not participate in any matter of concern solely to boroughs.
8 PA Cons Stat § 703 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations|Section 703 - Other associations and organizations

§ 703. Other associations and organizations.   (a) Authorization.--A borough, by motion of council, may do any of the following: (1) Join associations and organizations other than associations and organizations referred to under this chapter concerned with municipal or governmental affairs. (2) Pay dues to and appropriate funds for the support of and participation in associations and organizations under paragraph (1). (3) Send delegates to meetings or conferences of associations and organizations under paragraph (1).  (a.1) Compensation and expenses.--The following shall apply: (1) In addition to any compensation allowed by law for a delegate, the borough may pay the following expenses for each delegate under subsection (a)(3): (i) The registration fee. (ii) Mileage for use of a personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expenses going to and returning from the meeting or conference. (iii) Any expenses that the council may have agreed to pay. (2) Every delegate under subsection (a)(3) shall submit to the council an itemized account of expenses incurred. (3) The council may authorize borough employees to be compensated at their regular employee rate during their attendance at an annual meeting or conference of an association or organization under paragraph (1). The time spent in attending the meeting or conference may not be more than four days, including the time traveling to and from the meeting or conference.  (b) Professional and educational meetings.--A borough may, by motion of council, do any of the following: (1) Authorize any of its officers and employees to attend any of the following: (i) Meetings of professional organizations and associations. (ii) Educational training sessions for individuals holding the same or similar office or employment. (2) Pay all or a portion of the necessary expenses incident to an individual's attendance at meetings or sessions under paragraph (1).  (c) Itemized account.--Every individual attending a conference, meeting or educational training session under this section shall submit to the council an itemized account of the individual's expenses, including traveling expenses or mileage, that council may have agreed to pay.
8 PA Cons Stat § 704 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations|Section 704 - Associations and organizations for mayors

§ 704. Associations and organizations for mayors.   (a) Authorization.--A mayor may join a mayors' association, and council shall pay reasonable dues of up to $100 for each mayor belonging to the mayors' association. The mayor may attend the annual meeting of the mayors' association, which shall be held in this Commonwealth in accordance with the procedure adopted by the mayors' association.  (b) Expenses.--A mayor may receive the following expenses for attending the annual meeting under subsection (a): (1) The registration fee. (2) Lodging, meals and mileage for use of a personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expenses going to and returning from the meeting. (3) Any actual expenses that the council may have agreed to pay.  (c) Itemized account.--Every mayor attending the annual meeting under subsection (a) shall submit to the council an itemized account of expenses incurred at the annual meeting of the mayors' association. The time spent in attending the annual meeting may not be more than four days, including time traveling to and from the meeting.
8 PA Cons Stat § 705 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations|Section 705 - National or State lodge of police officers

§ 705. National or State lodge of police officers.   (a) Authorization.--A council may grant a borough employee who is a duly elected representative of a State lodge of police officers or a local lodge which is a part of any national or State lodge of police officers a leave of absence with pay to attend an annual national or State convention or conference of the lodge, for a period not to exceed four days, including necessary time for travel to and from the convention or conference.  (b) Certification.--An employee receiving time off with pay under subsection (a) shall, upon return, submit to the employee's immediate superior a certificate testifying to the employee's attendance at the convention or conference, signed by at least two responsible officers of the convention or conference.  (c) Limitation.--No more than two elected representatives who are employees of the same borough may attend a convention or conference on behalf of a lodge under this section.
8 PA Cons Stat § 801 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 801 - Eligibility

§ 801. Eligibility. (a) Residency.--The following shall apply:  (1) Except as provided under subsection (c), only registered electors of the borough shall be eligible to elective borough offices.  (2) Before being sworn into office, each elected borough officer shall present a signed affidavit to the borough secretary that states that the officer resides in the borough, or within the ward in the case of a ward office, from which elected and has resided in the borough continuously for at least one year immediately prior to the officer's election.  (b) Incompatible offices.--A school director or a trustee of a charter school may not be elected to an elective borough office. No individual may hold more than one elective borough office at the same time.  (c) Exception.--A borough with a population of less than 150 may permit residents that have not resided in the borough continuously for at least one year immediately before the election to be eligible to hold office.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See sections 4(3)(iv) and 5 of Act 37 of 2014 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law and applicability.  References in Text. Act 54 of 2017 added 53 Pa.C.S. § 1142, which provides that "active military duty" shall not disqualify a person from fulfilling residency requirements for municipal elective office and that one who is a resident of a municipality for at least one year immediately prior to the person's absence due to active military duty shall be deemed to be an ongoing resident of the municipality for purposes of any residency requirement of office unless and until the person demonstrates an intent to establish a new domicile outside the municipality.  Cross References. Section 801 is referred to in sections 816, 901 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 802 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 802 - Time and place

§ 802. Time and place.  Elections for borough officers shall be at the time and place designated by law for the holding of municipal elections.
8 PA Cons Stat § 803 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 803 - Certificates

§ 803. Certificates.  Certificates of election of all borough officers shall be filed with the borough secretary and preserved among the records of the borough for a period of six years.
8 PA Cons Stat § 804 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 804 - Term and bonds

§ 804. Term and bonds.   (a) Terms.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), an individual elected to a borough office shall serve for the term for which the individual was elected. (2) If a vacancy in office occurs, it shall be filled in the manner provided under this part.  (b) Bonds.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), if an elected official of a borough is required to give a bond for the faithful performance of the elected official's duties, the borough may pay the premium for the bond. (2) A borough shall pay a proportionate share of the cost of a tax collector's bond within the same ratio as the amount of borough taxes bears to the total amount of all taxes indicated by the tax duplicate to be collected by the tax collector during the year preceding the date the premium is due.    Cross References. Section 804 is referred to in section 1103 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 805 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 805 - Election after creation

§ 805. Election after creation.   (a) Officers.--The officers of a borough provided for under section 806 (relating to officers elected) shall be elected at the appropriate municipal election and take office on the first Monday of January succeeding the election if any of the following occur: (1) A borough is incorporated under Subchapter A of Chapter 2 (relating to incorporation). (2) At least two boroughs are consolidated under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 Subch. C (relating to consolidation and merger). (3) A borough is created from a city of the third class under Subchapter C of Chapter 2 (relating to creation from cities of the third class).  (b) Terms.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2) and at the election under subsection (a), if a borough is not divided into wards, the following members shall be elected to coincide with the number of members of council elected in boroughs existing on January 1, 1966, under section 811 (relating to election): (i) Three or four members of council shall be elected for terms of two years each. (ii) Three or four members of council shall be elected for terms of four years each. (2) One member of council shall be elected from each ward for a term of two years and one member of council shall be elected from each ward for a term of four years in any of the following: (i) A consolidation of two or more boroughs into one borough. (ii) The creation of a borough from a city of the third class. (iii) If two members of council are to be elected from each ward. (3) In any borough under subsection (a), three auditors shall be elected as follows: (i) One for a term of two years. (ii) One for a term of four years. (iii) One for a term of six years. (4) Any officers of a borough not listed under this section shall be elected for terms of two or four years to coincide with the terms of officers elected under this part in the existing boroughs.    Cross References. Section 805 is referred to in sections 211, 233 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 806 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 806 - Officers elected

§ 806. Officers elected.   (a) Officers.--The electors of the borough may elect: (1) A mayor, who shall be elected at municipal elections every four years. (2) A tax collector, who shall be elected at municipal elections every four years and must be a properly qualified individual. A magisterial district judge may not hold the office of tax collector and the office of magisterial district judge at the same time. (3) Unless the borough provides for one appointed auditor under section 1005(7) (relating to powers of council), three auditors or one controller. The following shall apply: (i) In boroughs providing for three elected auditors, one auditor shall be elected at each municipal election for a term of six years. (ii) In boroughs providing for one elected controller, the controller shall: (A) be elected at the municipal election; (B) be a competent accountant and a registered elector of the borough for at least four years prior to the individual's election; and (C) serve for a term of four years. (4) As follows: (i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii), in boroughs not divided into wards, seven members of council. (ii) In a borough with a population of less than 3,000 as determined by the latest official census, the total number of members of council may be reduced from seven to five or to three upon petition to the court of common pleas, as provided under section 818 (relating to decrease in number of members of council). (5) As follows: (i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii), in boroughs divided into wards, at least one and not more than two members of council in each ward. (ii) In boroughs in which prior to January 1, 1966, three members of council were elected in each ward, three members of council in each ward unless the number is reduced as provided under this part. Members of council shall: (A) be residents of the ward from which they are elected; and (B) be chosen by the electors of the ward.  (b) Terms.--The term of an elected officer under this section shall begin the first Monday of January succeeding the individual's election.    Cross References. Section 806 is referred to in section 805 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 811 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 811 - Election

§ 811. Election. Biennially, at the municipal election, a sufficient number of members of council shall be elected to fill the places of members whose terms shall, under this part, expire on the first Monday of January following the election. Members elected under this section shall serve for a term of four years from the first Monday of January succeeding the municipal election.    Cross References. Section 811 is referred to in section 805 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 812 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 812 - Election of members of council

§ 812. Election of members of council.   (a) General rule.--If council, by ordinance, divides any borough into wards, erects new wards out of two or more wards or parts of wards or divides a ward already erected into two or more wards, the ordinance shall provide for the election of an equal number of members of council, in each of the wards, in a manner as not to interfere with the terms of those previously elected.  (b) Election of members.--The following shall apply: (1) If a borough is first divided into wards, the ordinance providing for the division shall fix the number of members of council in each ward at not more than two. If the entire number of council is to be composed of an even number, one-half of the entire number must be elected at each municipal election. If the entire number of council is to be an odd number, the ordinance shall establish two classes and provide that one-half of the entire number of members of council, less one, shall, as soon as possible, take their office in a year divisible by four, and the remaining number of members of council shall take their office in an even-numbered year not divisible by four. (2) The apportionment under paragraph (1) shall be equal or as nearly equal as possible representation by wards in each class. Biennially, at each municipal election, a sufficient number of members of council shall be elected, for the term of four years from the first Monday of January succeeding the election, to fill the places of those whose terms shall expire on the first Monday of January following the election.
8 PA Cons Stat § 813 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 813 - Fixing number of members of council

§ 813. Fixing number of members of council.  If, upon the division of a borough into wards or the creation of a new ward, the number of members of council cannot be equally divided among the wards of the borough, it shall be lawful for council to increase the number of council members to and not exceeding a number that will enable equal apportionment of the members among the several wards of the borough. If a borough is first divided into wards, the number of members of council provided for a ward may not exceed two.
8 PA Cons Stat § 814 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 814 - Increase in number of ward council members

§ 814. Increase in number of ward council members.  Council may, upon petition of at least 5% of the registered electors of the borough, increase the number of members of council to any number not exceeding two for each ward. The sufficiency of the number of signers to the petition shall be ascertained as of the date when the petition is presented to council.
8 PA Cons Stat § 817 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers|Section 817 - Vacancies created after a primary election

§ 817. Vacancies created after a primary election.  If a vacancy is created in the office of a member of council by any ordinance or decree of court as provided in this subchapter after a primary election, it may be filled by nomination made by the committee as is authorized by the rules of the party to make nominations in the event of vacancies on the party ticket.
8 PA Cons Stat § 902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 9 - Vacancies in Office|Section 902 - Collection of taxes where vacancy in office of tax collector not filled

§ 902. Collection of taxes where vacancy in office of tax collector not filled. If a vacancy in the office of tax collector exists and no registered elector of the borough has, within 30 days, received the appointment to fill the vacancy, the county commissioners, the council and the board of school directors of the school district shall collect the tax for the county, the borough and the school district, respectively, through their respective treasurers, or for school districts, at the option of the district, through their secretaries, and for boroughs, at the option of the council, through their secretaries or borough managers. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a borough from providing for agreements or the joint collection of taxes in accordance with sections 4.2 and 4.4 of the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the Local Tax Collection Law.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3)(vi) of Act 37 of 2014 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
8 PA Cons Stat § 903 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 9 - Vacancies in Office|Section 903 - Right of council to declare seat of member vacant for failure to qualify

§ 903. Right of council to declare seat of member vacant for failure to qualify. If an individual, elected or appointed as a member of council and notified of election or appointment refuses or neglects to qualify as a member of council within ten days following the beginning of the individual's term of office, unless prevented by sickness or necessary absence from the borough, the council, acting without the individual, may declare the individual's office as member of council vacant and may fill the vacancy as provided in section 901 (relating to filling vacancies in elective borough offices). For these actions, a majority of the remaining members of the council shall constitute a quorum.    Cross References. Section 903 is referred to in section 1003 of this title.
8 PA Cons Stat § 904 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS|Chapter 9 - Vacancies in Office|Section 904 - (Reserved)

§ 904. (Reserved).