PRINTER'S NO. 2700
No. 2050 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY S. MILLER, ARGALL, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, BARD,
BELFANTI, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CASORIO, CLARK,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, DALEY, FEESE, FICHTER, HALUSKA, HARHAI,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KELLER,
LAUGHLIN, LEH, LYNCH, MAHER, MICOZZIE, NAILOR, PALLONE,
SATHER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, VANCE, WOJNAROSKI AND BUNT,
OCTOBER 22, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 22, 2001
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
1 be duly registered electors of such ward or municipality
2 during their term of service and shall reside continuously in
3 such ward or municipality during their term of office.
4 (b) Application.--This section shall apply to all constables
5 and deputy constables one year after the effective date of this
6 act. No person or deputy constable shall be eligible for
7 election or appointment as a constable or deputy constable on or
8 after the effective date of this act unless such person is in
9 compliance with subsection (a).
10 Section 2. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect immediately.
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