Bill Text: PA HB222 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In municipal authorities, further providing for governing body.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-13 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HB222 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB222-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2884
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 222 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE AND SWANGER, DECEMBER 13, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 13, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further
providing for governing body.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5610(d) and (e) of Title 53 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 5610. Governing body.
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(d) Successor.--Members shall hold office until their
successors have been appointed and may succeed themselves and,
except members of the boards of authorities organized or created
by a school district, shall receive such [salaries] monthly
stipends and reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties as may be
determined by the governing body of the municipality, but no
[salaries] stipend shall be increased or diminished by a
governing body during the term for which the member shall have
been appointed. Members of the board of any authority organized
or created by a school district shall receive no compensation
for their services. A member may be removed for cause by the
court of common pleas of the county in which the authority is
located after having been provided with a copy of the charges
against him for at least ten days and after having been provided
a full hearing by the court. If a vacancy shall occur by reason
of the death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a
member, the municipal authorities shall appoint a successor to
fill his unexpired term. In joint authorities such vacancies
shall be filled by the municipal authorities of the municipality
in the representation of which the vacancy occurs. If any
municipality withdraws from a joint authority, the term of any
member appointed from the municipality shall immediately
terminate.
(e) Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum of the board for the purpose of organizing and conducting
the business of the authority and for all other purposes, and
all action may be taken by vote of a majority of the members
present unless the bylaws shall require a larger number. The
board shall have full authority to manage the properties and
business of the authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal
bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the
business of the authority may be conducted and the powers
granted to it may be exercised and embodied. The board shall fix
and determine the number of officers, agents and employees of
the authority and their respective powers, duties and
compensation and may appoint to such office or offices any
member of the board with such powers, duties and compensation as
the board may deem proper. No member of the board who is
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appointed by the board to any office shall be entitled to
receive any compensation or other remuneration for the
performance of the duties of that office, except for the stipend
and reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses authorized under
subsection (d). The treasurer of the board of any authority
organized or created by a school district shall give bond in
such sums as may be fixed by the bylaws, which bond shall be
subject to the approval of the board and the premiums for which
shall be paid by the authority.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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