(a) Rule.--A borough officer who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office may be removed from office as follows:
(1) By impeachment.
(2) By the Governor for reasonable cause after notice and full hearing on the advice of two-thirds of the Senate.
(3) On conviction of misbehavior in office or of an infamous crime.
(b) Title.--The title to office of a borough officer under subsection (a) may be tried by quo warranto.
Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3)(vii) of Act 37 of 2014 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 9 - Vacancies in Office
Section 901 - Filling vacancies in elective borough offices
Section 902 - Collection of taxes where vacancy in office of tax collector not filled
Section 903 - Right of council to declare seat of member vacant for failure to qualify