Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations
Section 701.2 - Compensation

(a) Employees.--Council may authorize borough employees, including the mayor and members of council if they are employees of the borough, to be compensated at their regular employee rates during their attendance at the annual meeting or a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs.
(b) Nonemployees.--Council may authorize the mayor and any council member who is not employed by the borough to receive total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary, including those from self-employment, while attending the annual meeting or a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs if sufficient documentation is presented to council to justify the reimbursement.
(c) Amount.--The maximum time for which a borough employee or mayor or council member not employed by the borough shall be reimbursed for lost wages or salary while attending the annual meeting or a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs shall be not more than four days, including time spent traveling to and from the event.
(d) Executive members.--The council may authorize a mayor or any council member employed by the borough to be compensated at the mayor's or council member's regular employee rate and a mayor or council member who is not employed by the borough to receive total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary, including those from self-employment, if the mayor or council member attends a meeting for which the mayor or council member is an officer, a member of the board of directors, a member of the executive committee, a member of a standing committee or a trustee of the State Association of Boroughs, subject to the following which shall include time spent traveling to and from the event:
(1) The compensation of a mayor or council member for attending a meeting of a standing committee of the State Association of Boroughs shall be limited to two days per year of regular employee rate compensation or lost wages or salary.
(2) The compensation of a mayor or council member for attending a meeting for which the mayor or council member is a trustee for the State Association of Boroughs shall be limited to four days per year of regular employee rate compensation or lost wages or salary.
(3) The compensation of a mayor or council member for attending a meeting for which the mayor or council member is an officer, member of the board of directors or a member of the executive committee of the State Association of Boroughs shall be limited to 15 days per year of regular employee rate compensation or lost wages or salary.
(4) A mayor or council member identified under paragraph (1), (2) or (3) may not be compensated by the borough under this subsection if the mayor or council member receives compensation from the State Association of Boroughs or a board or committee of the State Association of Boroughs for attending the meeting.

Cross References. Section 701.2 is referred to in section 701.1 of this title.

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