PRINTER'S NO. 2129
No. 1705 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY VAN HORNE, GIGLIOTTI, TRELLO, BELARDI, JAMES AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 25, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JUNE 25, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
2 "An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
3 revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
4 further providing for appointment, compensation and removal
5 of the city clerk.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1301 of the act of June 23, 1931
9 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code, reenacted
10 and amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164), is amended to read:
11 Section 1301. Appointment; Compensation; Removal.--The
12 council of each city shall appoint a city clerk on the first
13 Monday of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, and on
14 the first Monday of May every fourth year thereafter, and fix
15 his compensation by ordinance. He shall serve for a term of four
16 years and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified.
17 The city clerk may not be removed or demoted without a hearing
18 at which a sufficient cause basis must be established for such
19 removal or demotion.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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