PRINTER'S NO. 1308
No. 1155 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, BARD, ROSS, LESCOVITZ AND COY,
APRIL 7, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 7, 1999
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 filing of budget and for uniform forms; and making
5 editorial changes.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 1310, 1311 and 1314 of the act of
9 February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough
10 Code, amended October 9, 1967 (P.L.399, No.181), are amended to
11 read:
12 Section 1310. Adoption of Budget; Tax Ordinance.--Upon
13 completion of the budget, containing the estimated receipts and
14 expenditures, and its adoption by motion in council, which shall
15 not be later than December thirty-first, it shall be the duty of
16 the council to adopt an ordinance levying the taxes referred to
17 in this act for the fiscal year for approval of the mayor or
18 passage over his veto.
19 [Copy of the budget, together with the tax ordinance, shall
1 be filed with the Department of Community Affairs by the
2 secretary of the borough, within fifteen days after the adoption
3 of the tax ordinance.]
4 Section 1311. Amending Budget; Notice.--During the month of
5 January next following any municipal election the council of any
6 borough may amend the budget and the levy and tax rate to
7 conform with its amended budget. A period of ten days' public
8 inspection at the office of the borough secretary of the
9 proposed amended budget after notice by the borough secretary to
10 that effect is published once in a newspaper as provided in
11 section 109 of this act, shall intervene between the proposed
12 amended budget and the adoption thereof. Any amended budget must
13 be adopted by council on or before the fifteenth day of
14 February.
15 [Within fifteen days after the adoption of an amended budget
16 the borough secretary shall file a copy thereof in the office of
17 the Department of Community Affairs.]
18 Section 1314. Uniform [Budget and] Financial Report;
19 Forms.--The uniform forms for [the annual budget, the annual
20 auditors' report and] the annual financial statement required to
21 be made by the auditors or the controller shall be prepared by a
22 committee consisting of four representatives from the
23 Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, and the Secretary of
24 Community [Affairs,] and Economic Development or his agent.
25 Such representatives of boroughs shall be appointed by the
26 president of the organization. Such representatives shall be
27 chosen from among the finance officers or other officers of the
28 borough who have knowledge of their fiscal procedures. As far as
29 possible, they shall be chosen to represent boroughs in the
30 various population groups. The president of the organization
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1 shall supply to the Department of Community [Affairs] and
2 Economic Development the names and addresses of such
3 representatives immediately upon their appointment.
4 Such representatives shall serve without compensation, but
5 shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth for all necessary
6 expenses incurred in attending meetings of the committee. The
7 committee shall meet at the call of Secretary of Community
8 [Affairs] and Economic Development, or his agent, who shall
9 serve as chairman of the committee.
10 [In preparing such uniform forms, the committee shall give
11 careful consideration to the fiscal needs and procedures of
12 boroughs of the various population groups, producing separate
13 forms if necessary, to the end that such forms shall not be
14 inconsistent with the general administrative practices of
15 boroughs of various types and sizes.]
16 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Community [Affairs]
17 and Economic Development, or his agent, to see to it that the
18 forms required by this article are prepared in cooperation with
19 such committee. In the event that the committee should for any
20 reason fail to furnish such cooperation, the Secretary of
21 Community [Affairs] and Economic Development, or his agent,
22 shall prepare the forms. After their preparation, he shall issue
23 such forms and distribute them annually, as needed to the proper
24 officers of each borough.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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