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53 PA Cons Stat § 2167 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 21 - Employees|Section 2167 - Police training

§ 2167. Police training.   (a) General rule.--All municipalities of this Commonwealth or groups of municipalities acting in concert and all colleges and universities shall be required to train all members of their police departments pursuant to this subchapter prior to their enforcing criminal laws, enforcing moving traffic violations under Title 75 (relating to vehicles) or being authorized to carry a firearm.  (b) Ineligibility for compensation.--Any person hired as a police officer shall be ineligible to receive any salary, compensation or other consideration for the performance of duties as a police officer unless the person has met all of the requirements as established by the commission and has been duly certified as having met those requirements by the commission.  (c) Penalty.--Any person who orders, authorizes or pays as salary to a person in violation of the provisions of this subchapter commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed a period of 30 days. The commission may stop payment of all funds paid or payable to municipalities under this subchapter for any violation of this subchapter. It shall notify the State Treasurer to discontinue disbursement of any State funds until a municipality is in compliance with this subchapter.  (d) Mandatory waiver request.--If a police officer is unable to attend in-service training due to service in the military or National Guard or as a result of injury sustained in service as a police officer, the officer's employer shall request a waiver under section 2164(6) (relating to powers and duties of commission). A police officer whose employer fails to request a waiver as required under this subsection shall not be decertified unless, upon return to service, the officer fails to participate in such in-service training as the commission deems appropriate in accordance with this chapter and 51 Pa.C.S. Ch. 75 (relating to professional and occupational licenses).  (Dec. 30, 2003, P.L.450, No.65, eff. 60 days; Oct. 9, 2008, P.L.1385, No.105, eff. 60 days)    2008 Amendment. Act 105 added subsec. (d).  2003 Amendment. Act 65 amended subsecs. (b) and (c). See section 4 of Act 65 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2168 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 21 - Employees|Section 2168 - Automatic certification

§ 2168. Automatic certification.   (a) General rule.--All police officers, including deputy sheriffs in counties of the second class, hired prior to June 18, 1974, shall be automatically certified for basic training but shall be required to complete the in-service training as set forth in section 2164(7) (relating to powers and duties of commission).  (b) Campus or university police.--Any campus or university police officer who, as of August 27, 1993, has successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under this subchapter shall, after review by the commission, be certified as having met the basic training requirements of this subchapter. Any campus or university police officer who, as of August 27, 1993, has not successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under this subchapter which qualifies the police officer for certification under this subsection shall be able to perform the duties of a campus or university police officer until certified by the commission, but no later than August 29, 1994.  (c) Deputy sheriffs in counties of the second class.--Deputy sheriffs in counties of the second class who have successfully completed the basic training course under this subchapter prior to February 6, 1995, shall be assigned a certification number under this subchapter.  (d) Railroad and street railway police.--Any railroad or street railway police officer who, as of the effective date of this subsection, has successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under this chapter shall, after review by the commission, be certified as having met the basic requirements of this chapter. Any railroad or street railway police officer who, as of the effective date of this subsection, has not successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under this chapter which qualifies the police officer for certification shall be able to perform the duties of a railroad or street railway police officer until certified by the commission, but no longer than one year from the effective date of this subsection.  (May 5, 1998, P.L.301, No.50, eff. 60 days; Nov. 24, 1999, P.L.539, No.49, eff. 60 days)    1999 Amendment. Act 49 added subsec. (d).  1998 Amendment. Act 50 amended subsecs. (b) and (c).
53 PA Cons Stat § 2169 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 21 - Employees|Section 2169 - In-service training by existing personnel

§ 2169. In-service training by existing personnel.  The requirements of section 2164(7) (relating to powers and duties of commission) shall apply to every police officer.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2171 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 21 - Employees|Section 2171 - Payment of certain county costs

§ 2171. Payment of certain county costs.   (a) Second class counties.--Counties of the second class shall be liable for costs incurred for the certification of deputy sheriffs. The costs shall not exceed the sum per police officer assessed against municipalities.  (b) Counties generally.--Counties shall be liable for the costs incurred for any training required for the certification of county park police officers. (Mar. 14, 2014, P.L.38, No.18, eff. 90 days)    2014 Amendment. See section 1 of Act 18 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2181 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 21 - Employees|Section 2181 - Health insurance ordinances

§ 2181. Health insurance ordinances.  An ordinance adopted by a municipality which requires or the effect of which is to require the provision of health insurance or other employee health care benefits shall not apply to a State-owned or State-related college or university.    Municipal Ordinances. Section 5 of Act 49 of 1999 provided that any municipal ordinance in effect on the effective date of section 2181 that is inconsistent with section 2181 shall be void as it relates to a State-owned or State-related college or university.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2301 - Scope of subchapter

§ 2301. Scope of subchapter. This subchapter applies to all local governments.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2302 - Definitions

§ 2302. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Local government." A county, city of the second class, second class A and third class, borough, incorporated town, township, school district or any other similar general purpose unit of government created by the General Assembly after July 12, 1972.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2303 - Intergovernmental cooperation authorized

§ 2303. Intergovernmental cooperation authorized.   (a) General rule.--Two or more local governments in this Commonwealth may jointly cooperate, or any local government may jointly cooperate with any similar entities located in any other state, in the exercise or in the performance of their respective governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.  (b) Joint agreements.--For the purpose of carrying the provisions of this subchapter into effect, the local governments or other entities so cooperating shall enter into any joint agreements as may be deemed appropriate for those purposes.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2304 - Intergovernmental cooperation

§ 2304. Intergovernmental cooperation.  A municipality by act of its governing body may, or upon being required by initiative and referendum in the area affected shall, cooperate or agree in the exercise of any function, power or responsibility with or delegate or transfer any function, power or responsibility to one or more other local governments, the Federal Government or any other state or its government.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2305 - Adoption of ordinance or resolution

§ 2305. Adoption of ordinance or resolution. (a) Ordinance or resolution.--A local government may enter into intergovernmental cooperation with or delegate any functions, powers or responsibilities to another governmental unit, local government or authority as defined in section 5602 (relating to definitions) upon the passage of an ordinance or resolution by its governing body. If mandated by initiative and referendum in the area affected, the local government shall adopt such an ordinance or resolution.  (b) Compliance by authorities.--An authority as defined in section 5602 may not share or be delegated any function, power or responsibility through an agreement under this subchapter unless the function, power or responsibility is authorized by both the law under which the authority was created and the powers or purposes of the authority contained within its articles of incorporation.  (c) Council of governing bodies.--An intergovernmental agreement creating a council or consortium of governing bodies or similar entity separate from the organizing governing bodies may not be entered into unless by ordinance. A municipality may join an existing intergovernmental cooperation agreement of other municipalities whereby such an entity was created by resolution or by ordinance.  (Nov. 7, 2019, P.L.613, No.80, eff. 60 days)
53 PA Cons Stat § 2306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2306 - Initiative and referendum

§ 2306. Initiative and referendum.   (a) Initiative.--An initiative under this subchapter shall be commenced by filing with the appropriate election officials at least 90 days prior to the next primary or general election a petition containing a proposal for referendum signed by electors comprising 5% of the number of electors voting for the office of Governor in the last gubernatorial election in each local government or area affected. The applicable election officials shall place the proposal on the ballot in a manner fairly representing the content of the petition for decision by referendum at the election. Initiative on a similar question shall not be submitted more often than once in five years.  (b) Referendum.--The question shall be placed on the ballot as a referendum and shall become effective by a majority vote of the electors voting thereon.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2307 - Content of ordinance or resolution

§ 2307. Content of ordinance or resolution. The ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of a local government entering into intergovernmental cooperation or delegating or transferring any functions, powers or responsibilities to another local government, an authority as defined in section 5602 (relating to definitions) or to a council of governments, consortium or any other similar entity shall specify:  (1) The conditions of agreement in the case of cooperation with or delegation to other local governments, the Commonwealth, other states or the Federal Government.  (2) The duration of the term of the agreement. (3) The purpose and objectives of the agreement, including the powers and scope of authority delegated in the agreement.  (4) The manner and extent of financing the agreement. (5) The organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement. (6) The manner in which real or personal property shall be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of.  (7) That the entity created under this section shall be empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including Social Security, for its employees.  (Nov. 7, 2019, P.L.613, No.80, eff. 60 days)
53 PA Cons Stat § 2309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2309 - Direct purchases

§ 2309. Direct purchases.  In addition to joint purchases authorized by section 2308 (relating to bids for certain joint purchases), local governments may make direct purchases from vendors or suppliers of goods, materials or equipment without compliance with existing and otherwise applicable statutory requirements governing competitive bidding and execution of contracts as follows: (1) Any county may by appropriate resolution, and subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, permit any local government within the county to participate in or purchase off contracts for goods, materials or equipment entered into by the county. (2) Any local government desiring to participate in purchase contracts shall file with the county purchasing agency and with the county solicitor a certified copy of an ordinance or resolution of its governing body requesting that it be authorized to participate in purchase contracts of the county and agreeing that it will be bound by the terms and conditions as the county prescribes and that it will be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under each purchase contract. (3) The county may permit participation by local governments only where the solicitation for bids and specifications for the county contracts, and the contracts themselves, expressly provide for and inform prospective and successful bidders that the contract to be let is intended to be subject to this subchapter and to regulations adopted by the county. (4) Among the terms and conditions as the county may specify, it shall prescribe that all prices shall be F.O.B. destination.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2310 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2310 - Joint purchases with private educational establishments

§ 2310. Joint purchases with private educational establishments. Any local government may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize joint purchases of materials, supplies and equipment with any private school, parochial school, private college or university or nonprofit human services agency within the local government. The ordinance or resolution shall require that the school, college or agency shall be bound by the terms and conditions of purchasing agreements which the local government prescribes and that the school, college or agency shall be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under each purchase contract. Schools, colleges and agencies shall be exempt from any existing statutory requirements governing competitive bidding and execution of contracts with respect to purchases under this section.  (Nov. 7, 2019, P.L.613, No.80, eff. 60 days)
53 PA Cons Stat § 2312 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2312 - Division of transactions provided

§ 2312. Division of transactions provided.  No local government shall evade the provisions of section 2308 (relating to bids for certain joint purchases) as to advertising for bids or purchasing materials or contracting for services piecemeal for the purpose of obtaining prices under a base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 2308(b), upon transactions which should in the exercise of reasonable discretion and prudence be conducted as one transaction amounting to more than a base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 2308(b). This provision is intended to make unlawful the practice of evading advertising requirements by making a series of purchases or contracts each for less than the advertising requirement price or by making several simultaneous purchases or contracts each below such price when in either case the transaction involved should have been made as one transaction for one price. (Nov. 3, 2011, P.L.367, No.90, eff. imd.)    2011 Amendment. Section 4 of Act 90 provided that Act 90 shall apply to contracts and purchases advertised on or after January 1 of the year following the effective date of section 4.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2313 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2313 - Penalty

§ 2313. Penalty.  Any member of a governing body of a local government who votes to unlawfully evade the provisions of section 2308 (relating to bids for certain joint purchases) and who knows that the transaction upon which he so votes is or ought to be a part of a larger transaction and that it is being divided in order to evade the requirements as to advertising for bids commits a misdemeanor of the third degree for each contract entered into as a direct result of that vote.
53 PA Cons Stat § 2314 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2314 - Required review of specified agreements

§ 2314. Required review of specified agreements. (a) General rule.--An agreement between a local government and the Federal Government, the Commonwealth, any other state or government of another state under the provisions of this subchapter shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to enactment of an ordinance or resolution, be submitted to the Local Government Commission for review and recommendation. An agreement exclusively between a local government and an authority as defined in section 5602 (relating to definitions) shall not be subject to the requirements under this section.  (b) Commission review.-- (1) The commission shall, within 90 days of receipt of the agreement, provide to the local government or other party submitting the agreement an advisory written response of its review of, and any recommended changes to, the agreement with regard to form and compatibility with the laws of this Commonwealth.  (2) If an agreement has been submitted to the commission for review as required by this subsection, the failure of the commission to provide an advisory written response within 90 days of receipt of the agreement shall not bar or impede the effectiveness or implementation of the agreement.  (c) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to the following contracts, agreements or transactions:  (1) Contracts or agreements between a local government and the Commonwealth that are of a routine nature or are performed on a periodic basis, such as those for public improvements or maintenance.  (2) State grants and loans that are administered by the Commonwealth pursuant to statute or regulation.  (3) Contracts or agreements for cooperative purchasing. (4) Contracts, agreements or memoranda of understanding between the Commonwealth and a local government that are expressly authorized by statute or regulation and by which the Commonwealth delegates all or a portion of its enforcement duties or responsibilities to a local government.  (5) Contracts or agreements between the Commonwealth and a local government that are expressly authorized by statute or regulation and through which the local government provides a service on behalf of the Commonwealth.  (6) Contracts or agreements relating to the purchase, right to capacity, sale, exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling, transmission or development of electric power and associated energy and related services.  (July 5, 2012, P.L.910, No.92, eff. 60 days; Nov. 7, 2019, P.L.613, No.80, eff. 60 days)    2019 Amendment. Act 80 amended subsec. (a).
53 PA Cons Stat § 2315 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2315 - Effect of joint cooperation agreements

§ 2315. Effect of joint cooperation agreements. Any joint cooperation agreement shall be deemed in force as to any local government when the agreement has been adopted by ordinance or resolution by all cooperating local governments. After adoption by all cooperating local governments, the agreement shall be binding upon the local government, and its covenants may be enforced by appropriate remedy by any one or more of the local governments against any other local government which is a party to the agreement.  (Nov. 7, 2019, P.L.613, No.80, eff. 60 days)
53 PA Cons Stat § 2316 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY|Chapter 23 - General Provisions|Section 2316 - Recognition by Commonwealth departments and agencies

§ 2316. Recognition by Commonwealth departments and agencies.  All Commonwealth departments and agencies in the performance of their administrative duties shall deem a council of governments, consortiums or other similar entities established by two or more municipalities under this subchapter as a legal entity.  (May 30, 2001, P.L.102, No.13, eff. 60 days)    2001 Amendment. Act 13 added section 2316.