PRINTER'S NO. 3816
No. 2768 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, CIVERA, CLYMER, HERSHEY, KELLER, McGILL,
NICKOL, ROSS, SAINATO, STERN, TRELLO, VAN HORNE AND
WOJNAROSKI, SEPTEMBER 8, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 8, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
2 "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending,
3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
4 thereto," further providing for the compensation of auditors.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1001 of the act of June 24, 1931
8 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
9 reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569) and
10 amended July 31, 1968 (P.L.917, No.276), is amended to read:
11 Section 1001. Meetings; General Duties; Compensation.--The
12 auditors of townships shall meet annually, on the day following
13 the day which is fixed by this act for the organization of the
14 township commissioners, and shall audit, settle, and adjust the
15 accounts of the township commissioners, township treasurer, tax
16 collector, secretary, and other officers and persons receiving
17 and disbursing or authorizing the disbursement of the moneys of
18 the township during the preceding fiscal year. The auditors
1 shall make an audit of the dockets, transcripts, and other
2 official records of the offices of the justice of the peace of
3 the township to determine the amounts of fines and costs paid or
4 due to the township. All justices of the peace shall open and
5 make available to the auditors their dockets, transcripts,
6 records, and all other official books or papers for the purpose
7 of the audit: Provided, That in any case where a justice of the
8 peace charges a fine contrary to ordinances, or to any act which
9 makes such fine payable to the township, the said auditors have
10 the power to surcharge such justices of the peace in any amount
11 or amounts undercharged as set forth in said ordinances or act.
12 Two auditors shall constitute a quorum. Each auditor shall
13 receive [twenty dollars ($20) per diem for each day] ten dollars
14 ($10) per hour for each hour necessarily employed in the duties
15 of his office, to be paid out of funds of the township. [A day
16 shall consist of not less than five hours in the aggregate.] In
17 completing their audit, the auditors shall not be employed more
18 than the following number of [days] hours: In townships having a
19 population of less than three thousand, [twenty days] one
20 hundred hours; in townships having a population of three
21 thousand and more but less than ten thousand, [thirty days] one
22 hundred fifty hours; and in townships having a population of ten
23 thousand and more, [forty days] two hundred hours.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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