PRINTER'S NO. 3233
No. 2374 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY ANGSTADT, DeLUCA, BOYES, PETRONE, FARGO, NAILOR,
DISTLER, NOYE, GIGLIOTTI, MELIO, BELARDI, CESSAR, LEH, TELEK,
SAURMAN, BUNT, GODSHALL, BILLOW, TRELLO, ALLEN AND SEMMEL,
MARCH 26, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 26, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," providing
4 for residence requirements for councilmen.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 806 of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965
8 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, amended March 30,
9 1988 (P.L.309, No.40), is amended to read:
10 Section 806. Officers to be Elected.--It shall be lawful for
11 the electors of the borough to elect:
12 (1) In boroughs not divided into wards, seven councilmen,
13 one mayor, one assessor, except in those boroughs where, under
14 the applicable county assessment law, the office of elected
15 assessor in boroughs shall have been abolished; a tax collector
16 and three auditors or one controller except in such boroughs
17 where there shall be an appointed auditor in lieu of elected
18 auditors or controller. In any borough with population, as
1 determined by the latest official census, of less than three
2 thousand, the total number of councilmen may be reduced from
3 seven to five or to three upon petition to the court of common
4 pleas, as provided in section 818 of this act.
5 (2) In boroughs divided into wards, at least one, and not
6 more than two councilmen in each ward, except in boroughs where
7 prior to the passage of this act three councilmen were elected
8 in each ward. In such boroughs, the number of councilmen is
9 fixed at three in each ward until such number is reduced in the
10 manner provided by this act. Councilmen shall be residents of
11 the ward from which they are elected, as provided in section
12 811.1, and chosen by the electors of the ward; also a mayor, a
13 tax collector and three auditors or a controller, except in such
14 boroughs where there shall be an appointed auditor in lieu of
15 elected auditors or controller, and an assessor, except in those
16 boroughs where, under the applicable county assessment law, the
17 office of elected assessor shall have been abolished who shall
18 be chosen by the electors of the boroughs at large.
19 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
20 Section 811.1. Residence Requirements for Councilmen.--In
21 cases where councilmen are elected by ward, councilmen shall
22 reside in the ward from which elected and shall have resided in
23 that ward continuously for at least one year before their
24 election. In cases where councilmen are elected at large,
25 councilmen shall reside in the borough from which elected and
26 shall have resided in the borough continuously for at least one
27 year before their election.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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