Bill Text: PA SB613 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for qualifications for election of councilmen, mayor, city treasurer and city controller.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [SB613 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB613-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 662
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 613 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, KITCHEN, ROBBINS, FOLMER, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, WAUGH, PILEGGI, COSTA, EARLL, VANCE, RAFFERTY, WONDERLING AND WARD, MARCH 13, 2009
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 13, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
"An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
further providing for qualifications for election of
councilmen, mayor, city treasurer and city controller.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1001 and 1201 of the act of June 23,
1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code,
reenacted and amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164) and
amended July 27, 1973 (P.L.230, No.60), are amended to read:
Section 1001. Qualifications of Councilmen.--The councilmen
shall be at least twenty-one years of age, and shall be elected
by the electors at large. They shall have been residents of the
city wherein they shall be elected throughout one year next
before their election, [and] shall reside therein throughout
their terms of service and shall be registered to vote in the
city they are seeking to represent. No officer of the United
States or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (except notaries
public or officers of the militia), nor any county officer, nor
any officer of any school district embraced in the territory of
said city, nor any officer or employe of said city, or of any
department thereof, nor any member or employe of a municipality
authority of which the city is a member, shall serve as a
councilman during his continuance or employment, except as
hereinafter provided.
Section 1201. Qualifications.--The mayor shall be at least
twenty-one years of age, and shall be elected at large by the
qualified electors of the city. He shall have been a resident of
the city wherein he shall be elected for one year, next before
his election, and shall reside in the city throughout his term
of service and shall be registered to vote in the city he or she
is seeking to represent.
Section 2. Section 1401 of the act, amended July 27, 1973
(P.L.229, No.59), is amended to read:
Section 1401. Qualifications.--The city treasurer shall be a
competent accountant, at least twenty-one years of age, and
shall have been a resident of the city for at least one year
next prior to his election. He shall reside in the city
throughout his term of office and shall be registered to vote in
the city he or she is seeking to represent.
Section 3. Section 1701 of the act, amended July 27, 1973
(P.L.234, No.62), is amended to read:
Section 1701. Qualifications.--The city controller shall be
a competent accountant, at least twenty-one years of age, shall
have been a resident of the city for at least one year next
before his election, and shall reside in the city throughout his
term of office and shall be registered to vote in the city he or
she is seeking to represent.
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Section 4. The amendment of sections 1001, 1201, 1401 and
1701 of the act shall apply to elections occurring on or after
the effective date of this section.
Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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