Certificates of Clerk of Court; Fee; Penalty.--(a) When a township of the second class results from the consolidation of two or more townships or is created or reestablished, the clerk of the court of common pleas within thirty days shall certify the action to the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Transportation. (h) A snow fence may not be placed before the first day of November or remain in place after the first day of April of the succeeding year unless the written consent of the owner is obtained, agreeing to an extension of time for the removal of the snow fence. Duties of Roadmasters. Section 2202. When the detour is in use, the board of supervisors shall maintain the detour in safe and passable condition, except for State and county highways. 103, No. No. Hospitals. Watershed Associations.The board of supervisors may make appropriations to nonprofit watershed associations for watersheds serving the township. (c) Each auditor shall be reimbursed for travel costs incurred in the performance of the auditing duties at the rate established by the board of supervisors under the act of July 20, 1979 (P.L.156, No.51), referred to as the Uniform Mileage Fee Law, and for other expenses, including postage, notary fees or publication costs, incurred during the audit. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act." - MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, Article I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS ( 65101 65110), Article II - CLASSIFICATION, CREATION, REESTABLISHMENT AND CHANGE OF NAME OF TOWNSHIPS ( 65201 65273), Article III - TOWNSHIP LINES AND BOUNDARIES ( 65301 65308), Article IV - ELECTION OF OFFICERS; VACANCIES IN OFFICE ( 65401 65423), Article V - TOWNSHIP OFFICERS GENERALLY ( 65501 65599.1), Article VI - TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS ( 65601 65614), Article VII - TOWNSHIP TREASURER ( 65701 65799), Article VIII - TOWNSHIP SECRETARY ( 65801 65809), Article IX - AUDITORS; ACCOUNTANTS ( 65901 65917), Article X - TAX COLLECTOR; ASSESSOR ( 66001 66053), Article XI - TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR ( 66101 66197), Article XII - TOWNSHIP ENGINEER ( 66201 66230), Article XII-A - LAND SUBDIVISION [REPEALED] ( 66251 66258), Article XIII - TOWNSHIP MANAGER ( 66301 66310), Article XIV - COUNTY AND STATE ASSOCIATIONS OF TOWNSHIPS ( 66401 66404), Article XV - CORPORATE POWERS ( 66501 66555), Article XVI - ORDINANCES ( 66601 66656), Article XVII - PUBLIC BUILDINGS ( 66701 66707), Article XVII-A - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND RESERVED POWERS ( 66701-A 66705-A), Article XVIII - FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION ( 66801 66813), Article XIX - TOWNSHIP POLICE ( 66901 66981), Article XX - STREET LIGHTS ( 67001 67057), Article XXI - SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION ( 67101 67108), Article XXII - PARKS, RECREATION CENTERS AND FORESTS ( 67201 67207), Article XXIII - ROADS, STREETS, BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS ( 67301 67332), Article XXIV - SIDEWALKS AND FOOTPATHS ( 67401), Article XXV - SEWERS AND DRAINS ( 67501 67559), Article XXVI - WATER SUPPLY AND WATERWORKS ( 67601 67614), Article XXVII - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS AND FACILITIES ( 67701 67705), Article XXVIII - MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ELECTRICITY ( 67801 67806), Article XXIX - FOOTPATHS AND CURBS ( 67901 67910), Article XXX - BOARD OF HEALTH ( 68001 68010), Article XXXI - CONTRACTS ( 68101 68109), Article XXXII - TAXATION AND FINANCE ( 68201 68210), Article XXXIII - COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS ( 68301 68303), Article XXXIV - EMINENT DOMAIN; ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES AND BENEFITS ( 68401 68407), Article XXXV - VIOLATION OF ACT GENERALLY ( 68501), Article XXXVI - ACTIONS BY TOWNSHIPS ( 68601). 338), known as the "Workers' Compensation Act." Duties of Secretary. County Bridges.-When the cost of construction or maintenance of a bridge located within the township is paid in whole or in part by the county, the board of supervisors may make agreements for the maintenance and repair of the bridge. Section 3403. Manufacture and Sale of Electricity. Concerning townships of the second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and changing the law relating thereto. (7) Any investment authorized by 20 Pa.C.S. (d) No person shall present to the recorder of deeds any plan which has not been approved by the board of supervisors. Section 2205. (53 P.S. The township engineer serves at the pleasure of the board of supervisors. 241, No.78), entitled, as amended, "An act authorizing political subdivisions, municipality authorities and transportation authorities to enter into contracts for the purchase of goods and the sale of real and personal property where not bids are received," if no bids are received on real property after proper notices. Section 1805. Protection of Highways from Snowdrifts.-(a) The board of supervisors may enter private property adjacent to any public road or highway and place thereon a snow fence to within a limit of one hundred feet from the right-of-way line of the public road in order to eliminate snow drifting on the traveled portion of the public road. Section 2323. No township or township official is subject to contractual, tort or other liability as a result of making an appropriation under this section. The text of these laws, made available through the Pennsylvania General Assembly's Legislative Data Processing Center, may not be current. Treasurer's Compensation.-The board of supervisors shall determine the compensation of the township treasurer. 1 0 obj The county may store the ordinance electronically, provided that the public is able to access the electronically stored township ordinances during regular business hours at the office or at a remote location. The township secretary shall: Engineers and Architects Not to be Interested in Contracts.-(a) No architect or engineer in the employ of a township and engaged in the preparation of plans, specifications or estimates may bid on any public work at any letting of the work in the township. Section 1508.1. Relocating or Vacating Roads by Agreement. Damages for property taken, injured or destroyed as the result of the work shall be determined under this act. Court decisions, later amendatory statutes, and a variety of other influences on the interpretation of a particular law may need to be considered. Assessment Awards.-In proceedings to assess damages and benefits, if the land or property is both benefited and damaged by the improvements, the excess of damages over benefits or the excess of benefits over damages, or nothing if the benefits and damages are equal, shall be awarded to or assessed against the owner of land or property affected thereby. Cemeteries.-(a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance make rules and regulations regarding the location, operation and maintenance of cemeteries in the township. 1142, No. Section 3007. Old Route 322 is a short section of road that begins at the point it intersects with "New Route Change of Name of Township.-(a) Upon petition to the court of common pleas of at least ten percent of the electors of a township or upon passage of a resolution by the board of supervisors seeking a change of the name of the township, the court shall order a referendum on the question. (7) An annual tax sufficient to pay interest and principal on any indebtedness incurred under 53 Pa.C.S. (53 P.S. Powers May be Vested in Recreation Board.-When there exists a board for the care of public parks, the board of supervisors may by ordinance confer on the recreation board all the powers and duties under this article for a shade tree commission. 1257, No. Section 1548. Section 1544. Expenses for Maintenance.-All expenses incurred in the operation of parks, recreation areas and facilities are payable from the general township fund or from the treasury of the municipal corporations, counties or school districts under the agreement of the corporate authorities. Auditors shall reside in the township from which elected and shall have resided in that township continuously for at least one year immediately preceding their election. (c) The requirements of this section do not apply to conveyances or leases of real property by a township to any of the following: The total assessment for benefits shall not exceed the total damages awarded or agreed upon. (7) The department shall publish notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin prior to January 1 of calendar year of the annual percentage change determined under paragraph (1) and the unadjusted or final adjusted base amounts determined under paragraphs (3) and (4) at which competitive bidding is required under subsection (a) and written or telephonic price quotations are required under subsection (b), respectively, for the calendar year beginning the first day of January after publication of the notice. Section 2313. endstream Section 917. If two or more vacancies in the office of supervisor occur on a three-member board or three or more vacancies on a five-member board, the court of common pleas shall fill the vacancies upon presentation of petition signed by not less than fifteen electors of the township. In boroughs, townships of the first class and the incorporated town (Blooms-burg), civil service is restricted to police and firefighters. Section 606. Townships of the Second Class. Stream Boundaries.-When any township is bounded by the nearest margin of any navigable stream and the opposite municipal corporation is also bounded by the nearest margin of the same stream, the middle of the stream is the boundary between the township and the opposite municipal corporation. Section 1905. Section 1510. Section 2604. 66552), Section 1553. Section 2206. For information about land use laws in Pennsylvania visit the Land Use Law Library. Notice of Contemplated Construction. ((a) amended by Act 84 of 2011; and Dec. 19, 1996, P.L.1412, No. (1) require the lines or boundaries of townships to be ascertained and Acquisition of Land. (i) The township may appropriate up to one-half of the revenue generated from a tax under this clause for the purpose of paying salaries, benefits or other compensation of employees of the ambulance, rescue or other emergency service. 181) This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. (c.1) An ordinance enacted by the board of supervisors pursuant to this act shall prescribe the fines and penalties which may be imposed for its violation and shall, unless otherwise specified in another statute, designate the method of its enforcement in accordance with the following: Supervisors.--(a) Except as provided under section 402(b) for the election of additional supervisors or under section 402(e) for a return to a three-member board, or when vacancies create shorter terms, at each municipal election, the electors of each township shall elect one supervisor to serve for a term of six years from the first Monday of January after the election. They shall make inspections and execute the orders of the board of health. 1 0 obj 30. Scope of Article. (b) A copy of the agreement setting forth the facts regarding the relocation or vacation, accompanied by a map or draft of the road agreed to be relocated or vacated, shall be presented and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or similar office in home rule counties after which the new location is the public road or the old location is vacated. (c) The board of supervisors may construct, reconstruct and improve and contract for the construction, reconstruction and improvement of roads in the township. Minutes and Records.-(a) The board of supervisors shall provide for the recording of minutes of its proceedings and other books it may find necessary in the performance of its duties. Section 406. 135), known as the "Race Horse Industry Reform Act," provided that a majority of electors of the township approve a referendum pursuant to subsection (b) prohibiting the conducting of such horse race meets within the township. 181)(Bid limit for 2015 is $19,400 per December 13, 2014 issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a supervisor from being a member of a township planning commission created under the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L. Organization, Secretary, Health Officer and Inspectors.- The members of the board of health shall annually organize by electing a chairman from among the members of the board of health, a secretary who may be a member of the board of health and a health officer and inspectors who shall not be members of the board of health. (3) By uniform annual assessment upon each property benefited. (1) An annual tax not exceeding fourteen mills for general township purposes. Equipment.-The board of supervisors may provide each police officer with a uniform, equipment and means of transportation and the maintenance thereof. Hospitals.-The board of supervisors may appropriate not exceeding one dollar ($1) for each township resident each year toward the erection, maintenance or support of any medical center or hospital building facilities. (4) An institution district. Section 603. (b) The following additional acts or parts of acts are hereby repealed as respectively indicated: Act of May 1, 1913 (P.L. The compensation shall be set by resolution and paid out of the general fund of the township. Penalty for Failure to Perform Duty.--Any auditor who fails to comply with this article commits a summary offense. Section 2401. The assessment for each foot front against vacant lots shall be only twenty-five percent of the assessment for each foot front against property with improvements. (2) If the department determines that there is no positive percentage change, then no adjustment to the base amounts shall occur for the relevant time period provided for in this subsection. 4 0 obj Section 407. A qualified actuary, who shall report his determination under the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L. If the court is of the opinion that the connection can be made without impairing the usefulness of the existing sanitary sewer system, it shall appoint three viewers to view the premises, investigate the facts of the case, assess the necessary costs and expenses of making the connection and the proportionate part of the expense of building the original sanitary sewer system upon the township, determine the proportion of the expense for repairs which the municipal corporation or municipality authority and the township shall bear and determine all other questions liable to arise in connection therewith. Section 2316. For the purposes of this section, the term "nonprofit art corporation" means a local arts council, commission or coordinating agency or any other nonprofit corporation engaged in the production or display of works of art, including the visual, written or performing arts and the term "artistic and cultural activities" includes the display or production of theater, music, dance, painting, architecture, sculpture, arts and crafts, photography, film, graphic arts and design and creative writing. Care of Memorials.-The board of supervisors may maintain and repair any soldiers' monument or memorial existing or erected within the township and may receive funds from persons or organizations for those purposes. Section 910. (1) By ordinance regulate and prohibit the manufacture of fireworks or inflammable or dangerous articles. Certificates of deposit purchased from savings and loan associations or savings banks shall be limited to an amount equal to twenty percent of an institution's assets minus liabilities. ARTICLE III. The conservation district shall have thirty days to review and respond with comments to the board of supervisors. Section 1903. (d) A public auction shall include an online or electronic auction sale. (b) No auditor shall at the same time hold any other elective or appointive township office or position or be an employe of the township for which he has been appointed. Certain Compensation Prohibited.-No police officer may charge or accept any fee or other compensation in addition to the salary paid by the township for any service rendered or performed by the police officer, except public rewards. (b) All logs, cordwood, branch wood or other forms of wood derived from the destruction or removal of any trees growing along the highways shall be surrendered to and remain the property of the abutting owners. (2) In the case of an appeal taken by the township, an elector or a taxpayer, if in the opinion of the court the final determination is more favorable to the township than that awarded by the board of auditors, the township officer who is the subject of the surcharge proceeding shall pay reasonable attorney fees, or under paragraph (3) a portion of reasonable attorney fees, incurred by the township, elector or taxpayer in connection with the surcharge proceeding. Tax collectors shall reside in the township from which elected and shall have resided in that township continuously for at least one year immediately preceding their election. (c) Whenever a shade tree commission of three members is established by any township, the initial terms of members shall be for periods of three years, four years and five years respectively.
