Pennsylvania · statute · 11 Pa.C.S. · 476 active provisions
For the purposes of legislation and the regulation of a city's affairs, current cities of this Commonwealth as well as future cities shall be divided into four classes as follows: (1) Cities of the first class, having a population of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants. (2) Cities of the second class, having a population of…
(a) Ascertainment.--The classification of cities shall be ascertained and fixed according to population by reference to the Federal decennial census under this section. (b) Certification.-- (1) The Governor shall certify the following to the governing body of a city on or before October 1 of the year succeeding the yea…
This part shall be known and may be cited as the Third Class City Code.
The following words and phrases when used in this part shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Bill." A proposed ordinance introduced in council. "City." A city of the third class. "Council." A council of a city. "Highway." A State highway of the Commonweal…
This part shall not be construed to repeal an act relating to: (1) The collection of municipal and tax claims by lien. (2) The method of incurring and increasing city indebtedness. (3) The conduct of an election. (4) A public school, except for the collection of a school tax by the city treasurer. (5) (Reserved). (6) A…
(a) Existing law.-- (1) The provisions of this part that are the same as the provisions of existing laws are intended as a continuation of the existing laws and not as new enactments. (2) The repeal under this part of a statutory provision shall not revive a repealed or superseded statutory provision or affect the corp…
The provisions of this part are severable. If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(a) Applicability.--This part shall apply to: (1) All cities which have been incorporated under or which have accepted the provisions of the act of May 23, 1874 (P.L.230, No.152), entitled "An act dividing cities of this State into three classes; regulating the passage of ordinances; providing for contracts for supplie…
(a) General newspaper.-- (1) If advertisement, notice or publication is required to be published in a newspaper under this part, the publication must be made one time, unless the provision requiring publication specifies other times, in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the city. If a newspaper…
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Incorporation resolution." A resolution to submit at a general or municipal election a referendum question to the registered voters of a municipal corporation.…
A city shall be chartered as follows: (1) A single municipal corporation having a population of at least 10,000 according to the last preceding United States census may be incorporated as a city in accordance with this chapter if a majority of the registered voters in the municipal corporation cast an affirmative vote…
(a) Governing body.--The governing body of a municipal corporation may adopt an incorporation resolution. (b) Petition.--If at least 200 registered voters of a municipal corporation petition the governing body of the municipal corporation for the adoption of an incorporation resolution, the governing body shall adopt t…
The governing body of a municipal corporation that adopts an incorporation resolution shall certify the incorporation resolution to the county board of elections of each proper county. The county board of elections shall, at the general or municipal election in the manner required by the Pennsylvania Election Code, sub…
Notice of the election at which registered voters of a municipal corporation will be voting on a referendum question shall be given by the secretary or other person designated by the municipal corporation. The notice required under this section shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of…
In each county in which a referendum question is submitted to the registered voters of a municipal corporation, the county board of elections shall return the vote cast on the referendum question to the following: (1) The clerk of the court for the county. (2) The governing body of the municipal corporation in which re…
If the returns of an election under section 10204.1 (relating to notice of election) show that a majority of registered voters in a municipal corporation voted "no" on the referendum question, further proceedings may not occur, and another election on the referendum question may not be held in the municipal corporation…
If the returns of an election under section 10204.1 (relating to notice of election) show that a majority of registered voters in a municipal corporation voted "yes" on the referendum question, within 60 days after the election, the governing body of the municipal corporation shall furnish to the Secretary of the Commo…
The property and estates of the municipal corporations which have become a city in accordance with this chapter are severally and respectively vested in the corporation or body politic of the city for the use and benefit of the citizens of the city.
(a) Existing government.--The government of the municipal corporation shall continue in full force and operation until the first Monday of January next succeeding the municipal election under section 10702 (relating to first elections in newly created cities). On the first Monday of January next succeeding the municipa…
If a municipal corporation is incorporated as a city in accordance with this part, the following shall apply: (1) Each suit, prosecution, debt and claim shall be transferred to the newly incorporated city. (2) Each pending suit involving the municipal corporation shall be under the management and control of the newly i…
Council may initiate proceedings to change the corporate title of a city by doing all of the following: (1) Adopting a resolution proposing to make the change in the corporate title of a city. (2) Presenting to the court of common pleas of the county in which the city is located a petition, along with a certified copy…
(a) Date and publication.--Upon presentation to the court of the petition and resolution under section 10301 (relating to resolution and petition), the court shall set a day for a hearing on the question of the change in the corporate title of the city and shall direct that notice of the hearing be published once a wee…
A change in the corporate title of a city that is ordered in accordance with section 10302(c) (relating to hearing and decree) may not take effect until a certified copy of the decree of court is filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and is recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the count…
A change in the corporate title of a city shall not affect any of the following: (1) A liability incurred. (2) A right accrued or vested. (3) An obligation issued or contracted. (4) A suit or prosecution pending or instituted to enforce a right or penalty accrued or to punish an offense committed prior to the change.
(a) Power.--In addition to reapportionment of wards under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9 (relating to municipal reapportionment) and section 11 of Article IX of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, a council may, with or without a petition as provided under section 10401.1 (relating to petition of registered voters) and subject to appr…