HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 767 PRINTER'S NO. 2018
No. 707 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, CONTI, STOUT AND ROBBINS, APRIL 7, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 6, 2000
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 certain reimbursement AND FOR <--
5 ADDITIONAL CREDIT FOR CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 611 and 622 of the act of June 24, 1931
9 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
10 reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569) and
11 amended January 28, 1988 (P.L.17, No.8), are amended to read:
12 Section 611. Membership of Associations; Expenses of
13 Members.--The township commissioners and other officers of the
14 township designated by the township commissioners shall attend
15 such conventions, conferences, institutes or schools whenever
16 possible. Each township officer attending such convention,
17 conference, institute or school shall receive a certificate,
18 signed by the presiding officer and secretary or acting
1 secretary of the association, attesting his presence at the
2 convention, conference, institute, or school. Such certificate
3 shall entitle him to collect from the township treasurer
4 expenses which shall be limited to the registration fee, mileage
5 for use of personal vehicle or reimbursement of actual
6 transportation expense going to and returning from such meeting
7 plus all other actual expenses that the township commissioners
8 may have agreed to pay. Every delegate attending the annual
9 meeting shall submit to the township commissioners an itemized
10 account of expenses incurred thereat. The township commissioners
11 may authorize township employes to be compensated at their
12 regular employe rate during their attendance at the annual
13 meeting. The board of commissioners solely may authorize
14 commissioners who are not employed by the township to receive
15 total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary while
16 attending the annual meeting. However, sufficient documentation
17 of such wages or salary must be provided to the board of
18 commissioners to justify said reimbursement. The expenses of
19 holding any such convention shall be paid pro rata by the
20 townships joining therein.
21 Section 622. Expenses of Delegates Paid by Townships.--Each
22 delegate and other officer attending the annual meeting of the
23 State association shall be allowed expenses which shall be
24 limited to the registration fee, mileage for use of personal
25 vehicle or reimbursement of actual transportation expense going
26 to and returning from such meeting plus all other actual
27 expenses that the township commissioners may have agreed to pay.
28 Every delegate attending the annual meeting shall submit to the
29 township commissioners an itemized account of expenses incurred
30 thereat. The township commissioners may authorize township
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1 employes to be compensated at their regular employe rate during
2 their attendance at the annual meeting. The board of
3 commissioners solely may authorize commissioners who are not
4 employed by the township to receive total or partial
5 reimbursement for lost wages or salary while attending the
6 annual meeting. However, sufficient documentation of such wages
7 or salary must be provided to the board of commissioners to
8 justify said reimbursement. No delegate shall receive expenses
9 for more than four days including the time employed in traveling
10 thereto and therefrom, together with mileage going to and
11 returning from the meeting. These expenses shall be paid by the
12 respective townships.
13 SECTION 2. SECTION 635 OF THE ACT, AMENDED DECEMBER 4, 1980 <--
14 (P.L.1101, NO.188), IS AMENDED TO READ:
15 SECTION 635. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS.--
16 THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE APPROVED
17 AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 630 HEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION
18 OF APPLICANTS FOR POSITIONS IN THE POLICE FORCE AND AS PAID
19 OPERATORS OF FIRE APPARATUS AND FOR PROMOTIONS, WHICH RULES AND
20 REGULATIONS SHALL PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL
21 APPLICANTS TO BE EXAMINED AND THE PASSING GRADES. ALL
22 EXAMINATIONS FOR POSITIONS OR PROMOTIONS SHALL BE PRACTICAL IN
23 CHARACTER AND SHALL RELATE TO SUCH MATTERS AND INCLUDE SUCH
24 INQUIRIES AS WILL FAIRLY TEST THE MERIT AND FITNESS OF THE
25 PERSONS EXAMINED TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE EMPLOYMENT
26 SOUGHT BY THEM. ALL EXAMINATIONS SHALL BE OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS
27 WHO HAVE THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE RULES AND
28 REGULATIONS. EACH APPLICANT FOR EXAMINATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
29 THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION AND SHALL BE REQUIRED
30 TO SUBMIT TO A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER BEING
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1 ADMITTED TO THE REGULAR EXAMINATION HELD BY THE COMMISSION.
2 PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF EVERY EXAMINATION,
3 TOGETHER WITH THE INFORMATION AS TO THE KIND OF POSITION OR
4 PLACE TO BE FILLED, SHALL BE GIVEN BY PUBLICATION ONCE IN A
5 NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE TOWNSHIP OR IN A
6 NEWSPAPER CIRCULATING GENERALLY IN THE TOWNSHIP AT LEAST TWO
7 WEEKS PRIOR TO EACH EXAMINATION, AND A COPY OF THE NOTICE SHALL
8 BE PROMINENTLY POSTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION OR OTHER
9 PUBLIC PLACE.
10 THE COMMISSION SHALL POST IN ITS OFFICE THE ELIGIBLE LIST
11 CONTAINING THE NAMES AND GRADES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THE
12 EXAMINATION. PERSONS MALE OR FEMALE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY
13 OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING ANY WAR IN WHICH
14 THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN, IS NOW, OR SHALL HEREAFTER BE
15 ENGAGED AND WHO HAVE HONORABLE DISCHARGES FROM SUCH SERVICE, WHO
16 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE EXAMINATION, SHALL BE GIVEN THE
17 ADDITIONAL CREDITS AND PREFERENCE IN APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION
18 PROVIDED FOR BY LAW.
19 IN A TOWNSHIP SERVED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT CONSISTING OF BOTH
20 PAID AND VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, THE GOVERNING BODY MAY PROVIDE
21 ADDITIONAL CREDIT FOR APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION AS A PAID
22 FIREMAN TO ANY APPLICANT VOLUNTEER FIREMAN WHO HAS SERVED IN
23 THAT TOWNSHIP.
24 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
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