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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, KESSLER, GRUCELA, ROSS AND GINGRICH, MARCH 18, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 18, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 27, 1953 (P.L.249, No.35), entitled "An |
2 | act providing that the town councils of incorporated towns |
3 | shall have the right to declare vacant the seats of |
4 | councilmen or presidents of town councils for failure to |
5 | qualify and for failure to attend meetings or vote upon |
6 | questions before the council," repealing provisions relating |
7 | to incorporated town councils declaring certain offices |
8 | vacant. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. Section 2 of the act of May 27, 1953 (P.L.249, |
12 | No.35), entitled "An act providing that the town councils of |
13 | incorporated towns shall have the right to declare vacant the |
14 | seats of councilmen or presidents of town councils for failure |
15 | to qualify and for failure to attend meetings or vote upon |
16 | questions before the council," amended February 11, 1976 |
17 | (P.L.12, No.9), is repealed: |
18 | [Section 2. Whenever any member of the town council or the |
19 | president of the town council of any incorporated town shall |
20 | neglect or refuse to attend two successive regular meetings, |
21 | unless detained by sickness or prevented by necessary absence |
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1 | from the town; or if a councilman in attendance at any meeting |
2 | shall neglect or refuse to vote or by his withdrawal from |
3 | council or otherwise refuse to act in his official capacity as a |
4 | member of council; or if the president of the town council in |
5 | attendance at any meeting shall neglect or refuse to cast the |
6 | deciding vote; the town council acting without such person may |
7 | declare his office as member of the town council or president of |
8 | the town council vacant and such vacancy shall be filled by the |
9 | town council, by appointing, by resolution, a registered elector |
10 | of the town, to hold such office, if the term thereof continues |
11 | so long, until the first Monday in January after the first |
12 | municipal election occurring more than sixty days after the |
13 | vacancy occurs, at which election an eligible person shall be |
14 | elected to the office for the remainder of the term. For such |
15 | actions a majority of the remaining members of the town council |
16 | shall constitute a quorum.] |
17 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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