Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY
Chapter 7 - Alteration of Territory or Corporate Entity and

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 7 was added October 13, 1994, P.L.596, No.90,...

Section 711 - Scope of subchapter - This subchapter relates to municipal boundary changes and adjustments to...

Section 712 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 713 - Interpretation - (a) Certain actions unaffected.--Nothing in this title shall preclude, restrict...

Section 714 - Stream boundaries - (a) General rule.--If a municipal corporation is bounded by the...

Section 715 - Boundary change agreement by abutting municipalities - (a) General rule.--Two or more abutting municipal corporations may, by...

Section 716 - Petition and establishment of disputed boundaries by judicial ascertainment - (a) Judicial ascertainment.--A court of common pleas may, upon presentation...

Section 717 - Judicial ascertainment procedure - (a) Appointment.--Upon application by petition under section 716 (relating to...

Section 718 - Effective date of boundary change - (a) Change by ordinance.--The change in boundaries under an ordinance...

Section 719 - Notification of boundary change - (a) General rule.--Within 15 days after a change in boundaries...

Section 720 - Monuments - The impacted municipalities shall provide for the placement of monuments,...

Section 721 - Wards - (a) Increased municipal territory.--If a municipal corporation gaining territory is...

Section 722 - Collection of taxes levied prior to change of boundary and authorized expenditures - (a) Taxes.--All taxes assessed and levied against property in an...

Section 723 - Election districts and officers - All election districts in the impacted territory shall remain as...

Section 724 - Governing body agreements - (a) General rule.--Prior to the effective date of a boundary...

Section 725 - Adjustment of indebtedness - (a) Property.--The following shall apply: (1) Following a boundary change...

Section 726 - Judicial adjustment award proceedings - (a) Notice.--The commissioners appointed under section 725(e) (relating to adjustment...

Section 727 - Compensation, expenses and costs - The commissioners appointed under section 725(e) (relating to adjustment of...

Section 728 - Territory located in multiple counties - If the impacted territory is located in two or more...

Section 729 - Bond issues - In a proceeding to adjust and apportion indebtedness, a municipality...

Section 731 - Short title of subchapter - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 732 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 733 - Procedure for consolidation or merger - (a) General rule.--Two or more municipalities may be consolidated or...

Section 734 - Joint agreement of governing bodies - (a) General rule.--The governing body of each municipality proposed to...

Section 735 - Initiative of electors seeking consolidation or merger without new home rule charter - (a) General rule.--In order for consolidation or merger proceedings to...

Section 735.1 - Initiative of electors seeking consolidation or merger with new home rule charter - (a) General rule.--In order for a commission and consolidation or...

Section 736 - Conduct of referenda - (a) Duty to place on ballot.--Following initiation of proceedings for...

Section 737 - Consolidation or merger agreement - (a) Form.--Upon favorable action by the electorate on consolidation or...

Section 738 - Effectuation of consolidation or merger - Municipalities consolidated or merged shall continue to be governed as...

Section 739 - Effect of transition on employees of consolidated or merged municipality - (a) Transition.--As of the date when a consolidated or merged...

Section 740 - Procedures - (a) Ordinance book.--After consolidation becomes effective, a new ordinance book...

Section 741 - Court review of transitional plan - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), after the...