(a) General compensation.--Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b), each auditor shall receive $10 per hour for each hour or portion of an hour necessarily employed in the discharge of the auditor's duties, to be paid by the borough.
(b) Limits.--No auditor in a borough having a population of 10,000 or less shall be entitled to receive more than $1,000 for completing the annual audit, settlement and adjustment. No auditor in a borough having a population in excess of 10,000 shall be entitled to receive more than $2,000 for completing the annual audit, settlement and adjustment.
(c) Reimbursements.--Each auditor shall be reimbursed for travel costs incurred in the performance of the auditing duties at the rate established by the council under the act of July 20, 1979 (P.L.156, No.51), referred to as the Uniform Mileage Fee Law, and for other actual expenses, including postage, notary fees or publication costs, necessarily incurred during the audit.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 10 - Powers and Duties of Elected Officials
Section 1002 - Oath of members of council
Section 1004 - Failure of council to organize
Section 1005 - Powers of council
Section 1006 - Duties of council
Section 1014 - Hearings before council; witnesses
Section 1015 - Witness fees and mileage
Section 1016 - Examination of witnesses; penalty
Section 1041 - Auditors to meet yearly and audit accounts
Section 1053 - Compensation of auditors
Section 1055 - Subpoenas, oath and perjury
Section 1058 - Pay of witnesses
Section 1059 - Auditors to settle accounts where witnesses do not appear
Section 1059.1 - Completion, filing and publication of auditor's report and financial statement
Section 1059.2 - Attorney to auditors
Section 1059.3 - Surcharge by auditors
Section 1059.4 - Appeals from audit
Section 1059.5 - Taxpayers appealing to enter bond
Section 1059.6 - Procedure on appeals
Section 1059.7 - Findings of fact and law, judgment and appeals
Section 1059.8 - Attorney fees
Section 1059.9 - Balances due to be entered as judgments
Section 1059.10 - Penalty for failure to comply with law
Section 1059.11 - General powers and duties of independent auditor
Section 1061 - Oath and bond of controller
Section 1062 - Salary of controller
Section 1063 - General powers and duties of controller
Section 1065 - Countersigned warrants
Section 1066 - Prevention of appropriation overdrafts
Section 1067 - Amount of contracts to be charged against appropriations
Section 1068 - Controller's recommendations on borough finances
Section 1069 - Books to be kept by controller
Section 1070 - Appeals from controller's report