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2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 118 - Accounts and Finances › Section 11810 - Amending budget and notice

§ 11810. Amending budget and notice.
(a) General rule.--
During the month of January following the expiration of a past fiscal year, in furthering its fiduciary responsibility, council may amend the budget and the levy and tax rate to conform to its amended budget ordinance. A period of 10 days' public inspection at the city clerk's office of the proposed amended budget ordinance, after notice by the city clerk to that effect is published in a newspaper of general circulation as provided in section 10109 (relating to publication of notices), shall intervene between council's introduction of the proposed amended budget ordinance and its enactment. Any amended budget ordinance must be enacted by council on or before February 15.
(b) Prohibition.--
After introduction, no proposed amended budget ordinance shall be revised upward in excess of 10% in the aggregate or as to an individual item in excess of 25% of the amount of the individual item in the proposed amended budget ordinance.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 118 - Accounts and Finances › Section 11811 - Appropriations, tax rate and limitations

§ 11811. Appropriations, tax rate and limitations.
(a) General rule.--
When all estimates for the receipts, liabilities and expenditures for the ensuing year are made, council shall proceed to make the annual appropriations and shall fix the tax rate at the figure that will, in combination with all other estimated receipts of the city, fully meet and cover the aggregate amount of the estimates of liabilities and expenditures for the ensuing year.
(b) Exceptions.--
(1) No appropriation shall be made for any purpose until the following are provided for:
(i) Interest accruing on the funded debt of the city and the principal of that part of the debt as may be coming due in that fiscal year.
(ii) The salaries of officers.
(iii) The ordinary and necessary expenses of the city.
(2) No appropriation shall be made for any purpose in excess of the estimated receipts and revenues for the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 118 - Accounts and Finances › Section 11811.2 - Borrowing in anticipation of current revenue

§ 11811.2. Borrowing in anticipation of current revenue.
In accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B (relating to indebtedness and borrowing), cities may:
(1) borrow money in anticipation of current revenues to an amount of not more than the anticipated current revenues, which shall be pledged for the payment of the loan or loans; and
(2) issue notes or other forms of obligation in evidence of the debt.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 118 - Accounts and Finances › Section 11813 - Committee to prepare uniform forms

§ 11813. Committee to prepare uniform forms.
(a) General rule.--
The uniform financial report forms under this chapter shall be prepared by a committee consisting of four representatives of the Pennsylvania Municipal League and the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's agent or designee who shall be an individual trained in the field of municipal finance.
(b) Appointment.--
The representatives shall be appointed by the president of the Pennsylvania Municipal League within 60 days of notification by the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's agent or designee that the committee will convene. The representatives shall be chosen from among chief fiscal officers of cities or other officers of cities who have knowledge of fiscal procedures and shall be chosen to represent cities in the various population groups. The president of the Pennsylvania Municipal League and other designated participants shall supply to the Secretary of Community and Economic Development the names and addresses of the representatives immediately upon their appointment.
(c) Compensation and meetings.--
The representatives shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth for all necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the committee. The committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's agent or designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee.
(d) Duty of secretary.--
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's agent or designee, to ensure the forms required by this chapter are prepared in cooperation with the committee. In the event that the committee should for any reason fail to furnish the cooperation, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's agent or designee, shall complete the preparation of the forms. After their preparation, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development, or the secretary's agent or designee, shall issue the forms and distribute them annually, as needed, to the designated officers of each city.
(e) Change or alteration.--
No change or alteration in the forms prescribed shall be made by the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's agent or designee, except by a majority approval of the committee, unless upon reasonable notice two or more representatives of the committee fail to attend the committee meetings. In voting upon any change or alteration, each representative and the chairperson of the committee shall have one vote.
Special Provisions in Appendix.
See section 3(3)(iv) of Act 67 of 2015 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
Cross References. Section 11813 is referred to in section 11812 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 118 - Accounts and Finances › Section 11814 - Annual reports to council on insurance and bonds

§ 11814. Annual reports to council on insurance and bonds.
The chief fiscal officer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and submit to council, as council shall direct, a complete and itemized report of all policies of insurance contracted by the city for the information and consideration of council. The chief fiscal officer shall prepare a report, as council shall direct, of all bonds given for the protection of the city in whole or in part.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901 - Power to make and regulate contracts

§ 11901. Power to make and regulate contracts.
(a) General rule.--
Each city may execute contracts for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part and the laws of this Commonwealth. In addition to and consistent with the requirements of this chapter, council shall, by ordinance, provide for and regulate the procedures for the award of all contracts, including the purchase of supplies and materials.
(b) Real and personal property.--
Contracts for the sale of real and personal property shall conform to the provisions of section 12402.1 (relating to city property and affairs).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.1 - Contracts or purchases in excess of base amount of $18,500

§ 11901.1. Contracts or purchases in excess of base amount of $18,500.
(a) General rule.--
Except as provided in section 11901.4(b) (relating to contracts or purchases not requiring advertising or bidding), all contracts or purchases in excess of the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), shall be subject to advertising and competitive bidding as provided in this chapter.
(b) Contract.--
All services and personal property required by any city municipal department, where the amount exceeds the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1, shall be furnished and performed under written contract. The contract shall be awarded and given to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising two times, each publication on a different day, in not more than two newspapers of general circulation, in accordance with the provisions of section 10109 (relating to publication of notices). The bids shall not be opened until at least 10 days have elapsed after the first advertisement is published. A copy of the advertisement for contracts or purchases shall be posted in the city office designated by council.
Cross References. Section 11901.1 is referred to in section 11903.1 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.2 - Contracts or purchases not in excess of base amount of $18,500

§ 11901.2. Contracts or purchases not in excess of base amount of $18,500.
With regard to all contracts or purchases not in excess of the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), the following shall apply:
(1) The purchases or contracts shall be evidenced by note or memorandum in writing, signed by the officer or employee making the purchase or contract.
(2) Council, or the officer designated by council, shall approve all purchases or contracts, except council need not approve those purchases or contracts within the category of small or routine purchases or incidental expenses, as defined by ordinance.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.3 - Determining amount of contract

§ 11901.3. Determining amount of contract.
The amount of the contract shall be the entire amount which the city pays to the successful bidder or the successful bidder's assigns in order to obtain the services or property, or both, and shall not be construed to mean only the amount which is paid to acquire title or to receive any other particular benefit or benefits of the whole bargain.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.5 - Receipt, opening, award or rejection of bids

§ 11901.5. Receipt, opening, award or rejection of bids.
(a) Advertisement.--
If advertisement and bidding are required, the advertisement shall specify the time and place bids will be received and the time and place for the opening of bids.
(b) Bids.--
Bids received pursuant to advertisement shall be opened publicly by council or its designated agent. The amount of each bid and any other relevant information as may be specified by council, together with the name of each bidder, shall be disclosed and recorded, and the record shall be open to public inspection.
(c) Award or rejection.--
At a public meeting of council, not more than 60 days after the receipt of bids, council shall either award the contract or reject all bids.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.7 - Compliance with other laws

§ 11901.7. Compliance with other laws.
Every contract subject to this chapter shall comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, the act of December 20, 1967 (P.L.869, No.385), known as the Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967, the act of January 23, 1974 (P.L.9, No.4), referred to as the Public Contract Bid Withdrawal Law, the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel Products Procurement Act, the act of February 17, 1994 (P.L.73, No.7), known as the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, and 62 Pa.C.S. Chs. 37 Subch. B (relating to motor vehicles), 39 (relating to contracts for public works) and 45 (relating to antibid-rigging).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.8 - Prohibitions

§ 11901.8. Prohibitions.
No individual, consultant, firm or corporation contracting with a city for purposes of rendering personal or professional services to the city shall share with any city officer or employee, and no city officer or employee shall accept, any portion of the compensation or fees paid by the city for the contracted services provided to the city.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11901.9 - Lowest responsible bidder

§ 11901.9. Lowest responsible bidder.
For purposes of this chapter, the lowest responsible bidder need not be the bidder submitting the lowest dollar amount bid. The city may also consider the quality of goods or services supplied, ease of repair, compatibility with other city equipment or services, responsiveness, past performance of the bidder and any other reasonable factors specified in the advertisement for bids.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11902 - Evasion of advertising requirements

§ 11902. Evasion of advertising requirements.
The following shall apply:
(1) No elected or appointed official or officials of any city shall evade the provisions of this chapter requiring advertising for bids by purchasing or contracting for services and personal property piecemeal for the purpose of obtaining prices under the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), upon transactions which should, in the exercise of reasonable discretion and prudence, be conducted as one transaction amounting to more than the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1.
(2) Paragraph (1) 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 the price, when, in either case, the transactions involved should have been made as one transaction for one price.
(3) Any elected or appointed official who acts in violation of paragraph (1), knowing that the transaction upon which the elected or appointed official acts 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, shall be jointly and severally subject to surcharge for 10% of the full amount of the contract or purchase. Wherever it shall appear that an elected or appointed official may have acted in violation of this section but the purchase or contract on which the elected or appointed official acted was not executed, this section shall be inapplicable.
Cross References. Section 11902 is referred to in section 11903.1 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11906 - Designation of appropriations, certification in excess of appropriation and contracts for governmental services for more than one year

§ 11906. Designation of appropriations, certification in excess of appropriation and contracts for governmental services for more than one year.
With regard to any contract, council may direct the city administrator, chief fiscal officer or other designated official or employee to furnish information concerning the availability of appropriated money to satisfy required payments under the contract. Nothing in this section shall prevent the making of contracts for governmental services for a period exceeding one year, but any contract shall be executed only for the amounts agreed to be paid for the services to be rendered in succeeding fiscal years.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11908.1 - Purchase contracts for petroleum products, fire company and participation

§ 11908.1. Purchase contracts for petroleum products, fire company and participation.
Council of each city shall have power to permit, subject to any terms and conditions as the city may impose, any fire company, rescue company and ambulance company in the city to participate in purchase contracts for petroleum products entered into by the city. Fire company, rescue company and ambulance company participation in purchase contracts for petroleum products shall be subject to the condition that all prices shall be FOB. If permitted by council, a fire company, rescue company or ambulance company may participate in designated petroleum product contracts entered into by the city, subject to the fire company, rescue company or ambulance company:
(1) Having filed with the city clerk a request that it be authorized to participate in contracts for the purchase of petroleum products of the city.
(2) Having agreed that it will be bound by any terms and conditions imposed by the city.
(3) Having agreed that it will be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under each purchase contract.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11909 - Separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work, elevators and escalators

§ 11909. Separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work, elevators and escalators.
The following shall apply:
(1) In the preparation of specifications for the erection, construction and alteration of any public building, when the entire cost of the work shall exceed the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), the architect, engineer or other person preparing the specifications shall prepare only the following separate specifications:
(i) Plumbing.
(ii) Heating.
(iii) Ventilating.
(iv) Electrical work.
(v) Elevators and escalators.
(vi) One complete set of specifications for all the other work to be done in the erection, construction and alteration.
(2) The project manager, construction manager or other person authorized by council to enter into contracts for the erection, construction or alteration of the public buildings shall receive separate bids upon each of the branches of work and council or the appropriate city officer shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder for each of the branches, including the balance of the work, in addition to the plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work and elevators and escalators. Where it is desired to install an air conditioning unit, the heating and ventilating may be regarded as one branch of work having only one set of specifications, and bids may be received and a contract awarded on that set as provided under this chapter.
Cross References. Section 11909 is referred to in section 11903.1 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11910 - Acceptance by contractor of Workers' Compensation Act

§ 11910. Acceptance by contractor of Workers' Compensation Act.
(a) General rule.--
All contracts executed by any city which involve the construction or performance of any work involving the employment of labor shall contain a provision that the contractor shall accept and file with the city, proof of compliance with or exemption from the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, insofar as the work covered by the contract is concerned.
(b) Certificate of exemption.--
A certificate of exemption from issuance may be issued on the basis of either individual self-insurance or group self-insurance.
(c) Exception.--
A contractor shall file with the city any proof that the Department of Labor and Industry, with respect to certain employees, has accepted the application to be excepted from the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act on religious grounds.
(d) Violation.--
Any contract executed in violation of this section is void.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11911 - Contracts for improvements and assignment of assessments

§ 11911. Contracts for improvements and assignment of assessments.
Where the whole or any part of the cost of an improvement is to be paid by assessments upon the property abutting or benefited, the city may enter into an agreement with the contractor pursuant to which the contractor shall take an assignment of the assessments in payment of the amount due under the terms of the contract, and the city shall not be otherwise liable under the contract.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11912 - Architects and engineers in employ of city, prohibitions from bidding on public works and penalty

§ 11912. Architects and engineers in employ of city, prohibitions from bidding on public works and penalty.
(a) Bidding.--
It shall be unlawful for any architect or engineer in the employ of any city to bid on any public work of the city.
(b) Award.--
It shall be unlawful for the officers of any city, charged with the duty of letting any public work, to award a contract to any architect or engineer in the employ of the city.
(c) Violation.--
Any person violating these provisions commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to forfeiting office, in accordance with section 10901 (relating to appointment, removal and prohibition), and sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500, or to imprisonment for not less than six months, or both. Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void.
(d) Construction.--
The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any prohibition in 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 119 - Contracts › Section 11916 - Contracts with passenger or transportation companies

§ 11916. Contracts with passenger or transportation companies.
Except as may be prohibited by 66 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to public utility code) or Federal or other State regulation of transportation or commerce, a city may, as it deems necessary for the public benefit and convenience, contract with a person owning a public transportation service, railroad company, street railway, motor power company or passenger or transportation company.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 120 - Police Force › Section 12001 - Appointment, number, rank, compensation and qualifications of police officers

§ 12001. Appointment, number, rank, compensation and qualifications of police officers.
(a) General rule.--
Council shall fix, by ordinance, the number, grades and compensation of the members of the city police force, who shall, except as provided in section 12002 (relating to designation of chief), be appointed in accordance with the civil service provisions of this chapter.
(b) Demotion.--
No member of the city police force having been promoted in conformity with the civil service provisions of this chapter shall be demoted in rank or discharged from the police force except upon proper cause shown as set forth under the civil service provisions of this chapter.
(c) Prohibition.--
No police officer, after the police officer's appointment and qualification, shall hold, at the same time, the office of constable.
(d) Rules and regulations.--
Council shall promulgate rules and regulations for the organization and governing of the police force.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 120 - Police Force › Section 12002 - Designation of chief

§ 12002. Designation of chief.
The chief of police shall be designated by the mayor from within the ranks and may be demoted without cause in the same manner, but not to any rank lower than the rank which was held at the time of designation as chief of police. In the event that no qualified officer from within the ranks has applied for the designation, the chief of police shall be designated by the mayor from outside the ranks. The officers, other than the chief of police, shall be designated in accordance with Chapter 144 (relating to civil service).
Cross References. Section 12002 is referred to in sections 12001, 14406.1 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 120 - Police Force › Section 12003 - Extra police officers and compensation

§ 12003. Extra police officers and compensation.
The mayor may appoint extra police officers, whenever it is necessary in the judgment of the mayor for the public safety or to preserve order, to serve for a period designated by council, not to exceed 30 days and whose compensation shall be fixed by council.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 120 - Police Force › Section 12005 - Powers of police officers to arrest

§ 12005. Powers of police officers to arrest.
Police officers shall be ex-officio constables of the city and shall enforce the laws of this Commonwealth or otherwise perform the functions of their office in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 8952 (relating to primary municipal police jurisdiction) and 8953 (relating to Statewide municipal police jurisdiction) and upon property owned or controlled by the city or by a municipal authority created by the city. A police officer may, without warrant and upon view, arrest and commit for hearing any and all individuals:
(1) Guilty of:
(i) breach of the peace;
(ii) vagrancy;
(iii) riotous or disorderly conduct; or
(iv) drunkenness.
(2) Engaged in the commission of any unlawful act tending to imperil the personal security or endanger the property of the citizens.
(3) Violating any of the ordinances of the city for the violation of which a fine or penalty is imposed.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 120 - Police Force › Section 12006 - Service of process, fees and payment into treasury

§ 12006. Service of process, fees and payment into treasury.
Police officers shall have authority to serve and to execute criminal process or processes issued for the violation of city ordinances and shall charge the same fees and costs as pertain by law to the constables of the city for similar services, but the fees and costs shall be paid into the city treasury monthly.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 120 - Police Force › Section 12008 - Extra compensation prohibited, exception and penalty

§ 12008. Extra compensation prohibited, exception and penalty.
No police officer shall ask, demand or receive any compensation or reward for the police officer's services other than compensation provided by ordinance, except rewards offered for the arrest of persons accused of crimes committed outside of the city in which the police officer is employed. A police officer violating any of the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine or imprisonment, or both, to be followed by dismissal from office.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12101 - Organization of fire bureau, maintenance and apparatus

§ 12101. Organization of fire bureau, maintenance and apparatus.
With regard to a city fire bureau, council shall have the authority to:
(1) establish and organize a fire bureau by ordinance;
(2) make appropriations for the maintenance of the fire bureau;
(3) promulgate regulations for the governing of the officers and companies belonging to the fire bureau; and
(4) purchase equipment and apparatus for the extinguishment, prevention and investigation of fires and for the public safety.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12101.1 - Appointment and demotion of fire chief

§ 12101.1. Appointment and demotion of fire chief.
The mayor, by and with approval and consent of council, shall appoint the fire chief who may be demoted without cause but not to any rank lower than the rank which the fire chief held within the fire bureau at the time of designation as fire chief. In the event that no qualified employee of the fire bureau has applied for the appointment, the fire chief shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with approval and consent of council, from outside the ranks.
Cross References. Section 12101.1 is referred to in sections 12102, 14406.1 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12102 - Paid fire bureau, election of officers and companies

§ 12102. Paid fire bureau, election of officers and companies.
When a paid fire bureau is organized by any city, council, except as provided by section 12101.1 (relating to appointment and demotion of fire chief), may provide for the election or appointment of the officers and companies belonging to the fire bureau by ordinance in accordance with civil service provisions, where applicable. The minimum annual starting salary or compensation to be paid to officers and firefighters by any city shall be established by council.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12103 - Platoon system and hours of service

§ 12103. Platoon system and hours of service.
(a) General rule.--
The director of the department having charge of the fire bureau in a city may divide the officers and members of companies of the uniformed fire force in the employ of the city, and any other firefighters and drivers regularly employed and paid by the city, except the chief engineer and assistant chiefs, and those employed subject to call, into shifts, bodies or platoons to perform service during the hours as the director shall fix. In cases of riot, serious conflagration, times of war, public celebrations or other emergency, the fire chief or officer in charge at any fire shall have the power to assign all the members of the fire force to continuous duty or to continue any member of the fire force on duty, if necessary.
(b) Schedule after May 19, 2014.--
Except as provided in subsection (c), no schedule shall require a member of any shift, body or platoon to perform continuous service for a consecutive period of 24 hours, except in cases of emergency or as otherwise agreed to through collective bargaining or an award pursuant to the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to alter or affect any schedules in existence prior to May 19, 2014.
(c) Schedule before May 19, 2014.--
In a city where the work schedule in existence prior to May 19, 2014, required a work shift of less than 24 hours, no schedule shall require a member of any shift, body or platoon to perform continuous service for a consecutive period of 24 hours, except in cases of emergency or as otherwise voluntarily agreed through collective bargaining. Once so modified, no further work schedule may contain provisions reinstituting a restriction on duty of less than 24 hours of continuous service.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12104 - Fire marshal

§ 12104. Fire marshal.
(a) General rule.--
A city may, by ordinance, provide for the creation of the office of fire marshal who shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the approval and consent of council, biennially.
(b) Powers.--
(1) The fire marshal and any authorized assistant shall inspect all construction or buildings within the city or upon property owned or controlled by the city or a municipal authority of the city within this Commonwealth and shall enforce all laws of this Commonwealth and ordinances of the city relating to the construction or buildings, for the prevention, containment or investigation of fire and fire hazards, both as to the construction or buildings and as to their contents or occupancies.
(2) The fire marshal or the fire marshal's assistants shall report to the director of public safety or to council or other designated official, as council shall by ordinance provide, any faulty or dangerous construction or building or like condition in any building that may constitute a fire hazard or any proposed use or occupation of any construction, building or premises which would create or increase a hazard of fire.
(3) The fire marshal shall investigate and keep a permanent record of the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire and the damage resulting from the fire occurring within the fire marshal's jurisdiction immediately after the occurrence of the fire.
(4) The records of the fire marshal shall be open to public inspection, except as exempted in accordance with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. The fire marshal shall submit to council an annual report consolidating the information contained in the records as directed by council.
(5) If a fire is deemed suspicious, the fire marshal shall have the authority to investigate the fire.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12105 - Obstructing fire marshal

§ 12105. Obstructing fire marshal.
(a) General rule.--
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or prevent or attempt to obstruct or prevent the fire marshal in the discharge of the fire marshal's duties.
(b) Penalties.--
Council may, by ordinance, establish the types or grades of the criminal conduct and may establish fines or imprisonment, or both, for the violations. No fine may exceed $1,000 for any single violation, and no imprisonment shall exceed 90 days.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12106 - Investigation of cause of fire and power of mayor

§ 12106. Investigation of cause of fire and power of mayor.
The mayor of any city may issue a subpoena in the name of the Commonwealth to an individual requiring the attendance of the individual before the mayor or the fire marshal at the time and place as may be named in the subpoena, then and there to testify, under oath or affirmation, which the fire marshal in the absence of the mayor is empowered to administer, as to:
(1) the origin of any fire occurring within the bounds of the city; and
(2) any facts or circumstances that may be deemed important to secure the detection and conviction of any party guilty of the offense of arson or attempted arson.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12107 - Fire chief ex-officio fire marshal

§ 12107. Fire chief ex-officio fire marshal.
The fire chief of a city shall be ex-officio fire marshal if the office is not separately filled pursuant to ordinance in the city, and, in that case, all the powers and duties given to or imposed upon the fire marshal under this chapter shall be enjoyed and exercised by the fire chief.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12108 - Compensation insurance for injured volunteer firefighters or special fire police

§ 12108. Compensation insurance for injured volunteer firefighters or special fire police.
A city may make appropriations to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer firefighters killed or injured while engaged in the performance of their duties or as special fire police.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau › Section 12109 - Salary of nonunion city fire officers

§ 12109. Salary of nonunion city fire officers.
A fire chief or head of a fire department of a city who has been removed from bargaining units under the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, by rulings of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board shall receive not less than the same dollar increase, including fringe benefits but excluding overtime and holiday pay, as received by the highest-ranking fire officer participating in the bargaining unit.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas › Section 12203 - Survey of mines

§ 12203. Survey of mines.
(a) General rule.--
For the purpose of conducting a survey as may be required by council, the city engineer or other registered professional engineer employed by the city may:
(1) enter and survey a mine or colliery within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, at all reasonable times, either by day or night, without impeding or obstructing the workings of the mine or colliery; and
(2) take with them other persons necessary for the purpose of making a survey.
(b) Duty to provide entry, survey and exit.--
The owner, operator or superintendent of the mine or colliery shall furnish the means necessary for the entry, survey and exit.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas › Section 12204 - Operators to furnish maps and contents

§ 12204. Operators to furnish maps and contents.
The owner, operator or superintendent of a coal mine or colliery within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, shall, at the request of council, make or cause to be made and furnished to the city engineer an accurate map or plan of the workings or excavations of each coal mine or colliery within the limits of the city.
Cross References. Section 12204 is referred to in section 12205 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas › Section 12205 - Extensions to be placed on maps

§ 12205. Extensions to be placed on maps.
(a) Duty to update.--
Not less than once every three months, a map that has been provided to a city, at the request of council, pursuant to section 12204 (relating to operators to furnish maps and contents) shall be updated at the direction of the mine owner, operator or superintendent.
(b) Contents.--
The updated map shall show all the extensions made in any mine within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, and not already so placed upon the map, except those made within 30 days immediately preceding the time of placing the extensions upon the map.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas › Section 12206 - Certain surface supports not to be removed

§ 12206. Certain surface supports not to be removed.
It shall be unlawful for an individual, partnership, association or corporation to dig, mine, remove or carry away the coal, rock, earth or other minerals or materials forming the natural support of the surface beneath the streets and places of a city to an extent and in a manner as to remove the necessary support of the surface, without having first placed or constructed an artificial permanent support sufficient to uphold and preserve the stability of the surfaces of the streets and places.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas › Section 12207 - Penalty for surface support violations

§ 12207. Penalty for surface support violations.
An individual, corporation or association violating the provisions of this chapter concerning surface support of streets and places within the city commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both. Each day in which the violation continues shall constitute an additional and separate offense.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12300 - Definitions

§ 12300. 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:
"Public nuisance"
or
"nuisance."
A nuisance detrimental to the public health, unless a different meaning is specified.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12301 - Board of health

§ 12301. Board of health.
A city shall have a board of health. Council may, by ordinance, create a board of health or council shall be the board of health. If council is the board of health, members of council shall receive no additional compensation for serving on the board.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12302 - Members of appointed boards of health

§ 12302. Members of appointed boards of health.
(a) General rule.--
Council shall appoint five members to a board of health created by ordinance. Appointed members shall serve without compensation. Except in the case of an appointed member who is a licensed or certified health care professional with a principal office in the city, members of the appointed board of health must be residents of the city.
(b) Qualifications.--
(1) Two members of the board must be licensed or certified health care professionals, unless council cannot identify two professionals who are willing to serve, in which case, one member must be a licensed or certified health care professional.
(2) If no licensed or certified health care professional can be identified to serve on the board, council may appoint an individual who has experience or is knowledgeable of public health issues.
(c) Licensure and certification required.--
Health care professionals pursuant to this section must be licensed or certified by:
(1) the State Board of Medicine;
(2) the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators;
(3) the State Board of Podiatry;
(4) the State Board of Veterinary Medicine;
(5) the State Board of Occupational Therapy Education and Licensure;
(6) the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine;
(7) the State Board of Pharmacy;
(8) the State Board of Physical Therapy;
(9) the State Board of Nursing;
(10) the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors;
(11) the State Board of Chiropractic;
(12) the State Board of Dentistry;
(13) the State Board of Optometry;
(14) the State Board of Psychology; or
(15) the State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language and Audiology.
(d) Terms.--
After the creation of the board, for initial membership, council shall, by ordinance, designate one appointee for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years. For subsequent membership, one member of the board shall be appointed annually to serve for a term of five years from the first Monday of January succeeding the member's appointment.
(e) Removal.--
Council may remove appointed members of the board for official misconduct or neglect of duty.
(f) Vacancies.--
A vacancy on an appointed board shall be filled by council. Council shall appoint a qualified individual to membership on the board for the unexpired term of the individual whose membership had been vacated.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12303 - Oath of office

§ 12303. Oath of office.
(a) General rule.--
Each member of the board of health shall take the oath of office prescribed in section 10905 (relating to oath of office, violation of oath and penalty).
(b) Organization.--
The board of health shall organize annually on the first Monday of January and shall elect a president annually from among its members.
(c) Appointment of secretary.--
Council shall appoint a secretary of the board of health who is not a member of the board of health. The secretary shall receive a salary as approved by council.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12304 - Duties of secretary

§ 12304. Duties of secretary.
The secretary of the board shall:
(1) Keep the minutes of the proceedings of the board and accurate accounts of the expenditures of the board.
(2) Draw all requisitions for the payment of money on account of the board of health from appropriations made by council to the board and shall present the requisitions to the president of the board for the president's approval.
(3) Render statements of the expenditures to the board at each stated meeting or as frequently as the board may require.
(4) Prepare, under the direction of the board, the annual report to council, together with the estimate of appropriations needed for the ensuing year.
(5) Make reports to the Department of Health as required by law, rule or regulation of the department.
(6) Make other reports and perform other duties as required by law or by the board of health.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12305 - Health officer

§ 12305. Health officer.
(a) Selection and oath.--
(1) Council shall, by ordinance, determine the manner and method of selection of a health officer who shall be an individual with experience or training in public health work and who shall be or shall become certified for the office of health officer by the State Department of Health within six months of taking the oath of office.
(2) The health officer shall take the oath required of members of the board.
(3) The health officer shall be the agent of the board of health but shall not serve as a member of the board of health.
(b) Qualifications.--
(1) Council may appoint, as the principal health officer of the city, the manager or chief administrator employed and compensated by a nonprofit corporation which may be appointed as a board of health in accordance with Subchapter C (relating to corporations acting as boards of health).
(2) The manager or chief administrator, to be eligible for appointment, must be a reputable physician with at least five years' experience in the practice of the physician's profession or in public health work.
(3) The principal health officer, appointed pursuant to this subsection, shall have all the powers, authority and duties prescribed by law upon principal health officers.
Cross References. Section 12305 is referred to in section 12333 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 11 - CITIES › Chapter 123 - Public Health › Section 12306 - Duties of health officer

§ 12306. Duties of health officer.
(a) General rule.--
The health officer shall:
(1) Attend all regular and special meetings of the board of health.
(2) Be available for the prompt performance of the health officer's official duties.
(3) Quarantine places of communicable diseases in accordance with law and with the rules and regulations of the Department of Health or of the city board of health.
(4) Execute all laws, rules and regulations for the disinfection of quarantined places.
(5) Serve written notice on teachers and persons in charge of public, parochial, Sunday and other schools requiring the exclusion of children from school who are suffering from or who reside with individuals who are suffering from communicable diseases.
(6) Make sanitary inspections subject to constitutional standards in a similar manner as provided in section 12308 (relating to powers of board of health).
(7) Execute the orders of the board of health and all other laws, rules, regulations and orders pertaining to the health officer's office.
(b) Issuance of citations.--
The health officer shall, to the extent the health officer's duties allow, have the power to issue citations for the violation of applicable laws or ordinances.