PRINTER'S NO. 1793
No. 1494 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY S. MILLER, NAILOR, FICHTER, MARSICO, FEESE,
ARGALL, BUNT, CASORIO, CORRIGAN, COSTA, HALUSKA, HERSHEY,
JAMES, LEH, MELIO, PESCI, RAMOS, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN,
TANGRETTI AND TIGUE, MAY 11, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 11, 1999
AN ACT
1 Providing a residency requirement for constables and deputy
2 constables.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Constable and deputy constable eligibility.
6 (a) Residency required.--
7 (1) Constables and deputy constables for any ward or
8 municipality shall be duly registered electors of the ward or
9 municipality from which they have been elected or, in the
10 case of vacancy, for which they have been appointed.
11 (2) A candidate for the position of constable or deputy
12 constable for any ward or municipality shall be a duly
13 registered elector of the ward or municipality for which the
14 candidate seeks to be elected or appointed.
15 (3) Constables and deputy constables shall continue to
16 be duly registered electors of such ward or municipality
17 during their term of service and shall reside continuously in
1 such ward or municipality during their term of office.
2 (b) Application.--This section shall apply to all constables
3 and deputy constables one year after the effective date of this
4 act. No person or deputy constable shall be eligible for
5 election or appointment as a constable or deputy constable on or
6 after the effective date of this act unless such person is in
7 compliance with subsection (a).
8 Section 2. Effective date.
9 This act shall take effect immediately.
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