Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 2 - Creation and Alteration
Section 232 - Filing, notice and return

(a) Filing.--Upon presentation of a petition under section 231 (relating to procedure), the court shall determine whether the petition meets the requirements under section 231. If the requirements are met, the court shall:
(1) Enter an appropriate order requiring an election.
(2) Direct that the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the court and that a copy of the petition and order of court shall be filed with the county board of elections.
(b) Notice.--Notice of the time and purpose of the election under subsection (a) shall be given in at least one newspaper of general circulation of the proper county once a week for four consecutive weeks. The publication of the notice shall be made on behalf of the petitioners and shall be in the form approved by the court.
(c) Return.--The following shall apply:
(1) The county board of elections shall frame the proper question to be submitted to the electors at the election ordered by the court.
(2) The county board of elections shall make a return of the vote cast on the question submitted to the clerk of the court of common pleas. The return shall be filed with the petition.
(3) If a majority of those voting on the question submitted were in favor of the change of the city charter to a borough charter, the court shall order that the record of the proceedings be recorded in the office for the recording of deeds of the county, and the record shall constitute the charter of the borough under the name provided in the petition. The recorder of deeds in each county affected 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 borough.
(4) If a majority of those voting on the question submitted were against the change of the city charter to a borough charter, the same question may not be submitted for a period of five years following the election.

Cross References. Section 232 is referred to in section 233 of this title.

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