Pennsylvania · statute · 73 Pa.C.S. · 379 active provisions
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this title which are applicable to specific provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when used in this title shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (Reserved).
If a township of the second class is designated a township of the first class, or if a township of the first class is reestablished as a township of the second class, all liabilities incurred, rights accrued or vested, obligations issued or contracted and all suits and prosecutions pending or to be instituted to enforc…
(a) General rule.--Townships now in existence and those to be created are divided into two classes: (1) townships of the first class; and (2) townships of the second class. (b) Township of the first class.--A township of the first class shall be a township having a population of at least 300 inhabitants to the square m…
(a) Establishment as a township of the first class.--A township of the second class may be established as a township of the first class as follows: (1) A township of the second class may become a township of the first class if the township of the second class has a population density of 300 or more inhabitants to the s…
A township of the first class may, no sooner than five years after becoming a township of the first class, be reestablished as a township of the second class as provided in the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code.
A township may be merged or consolidated into a new or existing municipal corporation in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 Subch. C (relating to consolidation and merger).
(a) Appointment of new officers.--If a new township of the first class is created from a township of the second class as provided in this chapter, the court of common pleas of the appropriate county shall appoint the elective officers for the new township and determine the polling place or places in the new township. T…
If a township of the first class is created, the clerk of the court shall certify to the Department of State, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Community and Economic Development and the county planning commission a copy of the record constituting the charter of the township. The clerk of the court ma…
(a) Referendum.--Upon petition to the court of common pleas of at least 10% of the electors of a township or upon the passage of a resolution by the board of commissioners seeking a change of the name of the township, the court of common pleas shall order a referendum on the question. (b) Filing with clerk of court.--I…
This part shall be known and may be cited as The First Class Township 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: "Board of commissioners." The board of township commissioners of a township of the first class. "Highway." A road or highway of the State highway system. "Individu…
This part does not include any provisions, and shall not be construed to repeal any act, relating to: (1) The assessment and valuation of property and persons for the purposes of taxation and collection of taxes, except as provided in this part. (2) The collection of municipal claims by liens. (3) The method of incurri…
(a) General rule.--The provisions of this part so far as they are the same as those of laws in effect prior to June 24, 1931, are intended as a continuation of laws in effect prior to June 24, 1931, and not as new enactments. The repeal by this part of any act of the General Assembly, or part thereof, shall not revive…
The provisions of this part shall be severable, and if any of the provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this part. It is declared as the legislative intent that this part would have been adopted had such unconstitutional provis…
A reference made in this part to any act by title or otherwise shall also apply to and include any codification wherein the provisions of the act referred to are substantially reenacted.
(a) General rule.--A notice required to be published in one or more newspapers under this part shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined under 45 Pa.C.S. § 101 (relating to definitions), printed in the township or in a newspaper circulating generally in the township if there is no newspaper of gen…
This part shall apply to all townships of the first class.
(a) Power of boards of commissioners.--In addition to reapportionment initiated in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9 (relating to municipal reapportionment) and section 11 of Article IX of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, a board of commissioners may, by ordinance, do any of the following: (1) Divide townships into war…
(a) General rule.--At least 5% of registered electors of the township or, for a proposal affecting only a portion of the township, at least 5% of the registered electors of the ward which would be affected by the proposal, may petition the board of commissioners to initiate proceedings under section 1501 (relating to c…
A copy of the ordinance enacted under section 1501 (relating to creation and alteration of wards), along with a plot showing the boundaries of the wards established, shall be forwarded to the county board of elections.
(a) General rule.--When a township is first divided into wards, the township commissioners then in office shall continue in office until the expiration of the commissioners' respective terms. (b) Election of commissioners.--At the first municipal election occurring at least 90 days after the division into wards, the re…
(a) Wards fewer than five.-- (1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is less than five, the registered electors of the new ward shall elect one township commissioner at the next municipal election following the expiration…
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the powers and duties of the court of common pleas, the county board of elections or restrictions on alteration of election districts as provided in Article V of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
(a) General rules.-- (1) Only a registered elector of a township may be eligible to an elective office in the township. (2) Before being sworn into office, each elected township officer, or, except as provided under section 1711 (relating to vacancies), each appointed township officer in case of a vacancy in an electiv…
Except if a vacancy in office occurs under section 1711 (relating to vacancies), officers shall hold office for the term for which the individual was elected. Officers shall not serve longer than the first Monday of January succeeding the municipal election at which a successor was elected.