Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS

Section 202.2 - Advisability of incorporation, certification of question for referendum and decree - (a) Process.--After receiving the findings of fact and the advice...

Section 205 - Borough government and requisites of charter - (a) Time.--When the petition and the final decree granting the...

Section 206 - Farmlands - If, in any petition for the incorporation of a borough,...

Section 207 - Corporate name - The corporate name of a borough incorporated under this part...

Section 210 - Certificates - (a) Decree.--When a borough is created, the clerk of courts...

Section 211 - Temporary preservation, organization and election of officers - (a) Government.--The following shall apply: (1) A newly incorporated area...

Section 212 - Boundaries - The boundaries of the borough shall, as soon as practicable...

Section 213 - Adjustment of indebtedness - (a) Property.--The following shall apply: (1) After the election of...

Section 214 - Judicial adjustment - (a) Petition.--If the governing bodies of the township and the...

Section 215 - Judicial adjustment award proceedings - (a) Notice.--The commissioners shall give the township and the borough...

Section 216 - Exceptions - If exceptions are filed to the report under section 214(c)...

Section 217 - Compensation, expenses and costs - The commissioners under section 214(b) (relating to judicial adjustment) shall...

Section 218 - Territory located in multiple counties - If territory included within the limits of a newly incorporated...

Section 219 - Bond issues and taxation - In any proceeding to adjust and apportion indebtedness, the township...

Section 231 - Procedure - (a) Petition.--The court of common pleas shall, upon petition of...

Section 232 - Filing, notice and return - (a) Filing.--Upon presentation of a petition under section 231 (relating...

Section 233 - Borough government - (a) City.--When the record of the proceedings under section 232...

Section 234 - Effect - (a) Property.--When the borough government is formed, the property and...

Section 235 - Costs and expenses - (a) Petitioners.--Except as provided under subsection (b), the costs and...

Section 241 - Consolidation or merger - A borough may be merged or consolidated into a new...

Section 242 - Change of corporate name - (a) General rule.--The following shall apply: (1) If the corporate...

Chapter 3 - Annulment of Charters and Change of Corporate Names (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 3 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 4 - Change of Limits (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 4 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 5 - Boundaries

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 5 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 501 - Stream boundaries (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 501 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 502 - Petition and establishment of disputed boundaries (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 502 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 503 - Commissioners and report (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 503 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 504 - Exceptions and procedure (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 504 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 505 - Compensation, expenses and costs (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 505 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 506 - Boundary monuments (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 506 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Chapter 6 - Wards

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 6 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 601 - Creation and alteration - (a) Council.--In addition to reapportionment initiated in accordance with 53...

Section 602 - Petition of electors - (a) Council.--At least 5% of registered electors of the borough...

Section 603 - Notice of ordinance - (a) Requirement.--Notice of an ordinance enacted in accordance with section...

Section 606 - Terms of officers - (a) Appointment.--Except as provided under subsection (b), if council divides...

Section 606.1 - Construction of chapter - Nothing under this chapter shall be construed as affecting any...

Chapter 7 - Associations and Organizations

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 7 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 701 - State Association of Boroughs - (a) Organization.--The boroughs of the Commonwealth may organize a State...

Section 701.1 - Authorization and expenses - (a) Delegates.--Council may, by motion, designate one or more delegates...

Section 701.2 - Compensation - (a) Employees.--Council may authorize borough employees, including the mayor and...

Section 702 - County and regional associations of boroughs - (a) Organization.--The boroughs of any county or of two or...

Section 703 - Other associations and organizations - (a) Authorization.--A borough, by motion of council, may do any...

Section 704 - Associations and organizations for mayors - (a) Authorization.--A mayor may join a mayors' association, and council...

Section 705 - National or State lodge of police officers - (a) Authorization.--A council may grant a borough employee who is...

Chapter 8 - Elections of Officers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 8 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 801 - Eligibility - (a) Residency.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under...

Section 802 - Time and place - Elections for borough officers shall be at the time and...

Section 803 - Certificates - Certificates of election of all borough officers shall be filed...

Section 804 - Term and bonds - (a) Terms.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under...

Section 805 - Election after creation - (a) Officers.--The officers of a borough provided for under section...

Section 806 - Officers elected - (a) Officers.--The electors of the borough may elect: (1) A...

Section 811 - Election - Biennially, at the municipal election, a sufficient number of members...

Section 812 - Election of members of council - (a) General rule.--If council, by ordinance, divides any borough into...

Section 813 - Fixing number of members of council - If, upon the division of a borough into wards or...

Section 814 - Increase in number of ward council members - Council may, upon petition of at least 5% of the...

Section 815 - Decrease in number of ward council members - (a) General rule.--If, in any borough divided into wards, the...

Section 816 - Election of members of council where wards abolished - (a) Abolishing.--If council, by ordinance, abolishes all wards in a...

Section 817 - Vacancies created after a primary election - If a vacancy is created in the office of a...

Section 818 - Decrease in number of members of council - (a) Petition by electors.--The court of common pleas shall, upon...

Chapter 9 - Vacancies in Office

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 9 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 901 - Filling vacancies in elective borough offices - (a) Vacancies.--If any vacancy occurs in the office of the...

Section 902 - Collection of taxes where vacancy in office of tax collector not filled - If a vacancy in the office of tax collector exists...

Section 903 - Right of council to declare seat of member vacant for failure to qualify - If an individual, elected or appointed as a member of...

Section 904.1 - Removal of elected official and appointee - (a) Rule.--A borough officer who is elected or appointed to...

Section 905 - Temporary auditor - If for any reason two or three vacancies exist in...

Chapter 10 - Powers and Duties of Elected Officials

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 10 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1001 - Organization of council, quorum, participation by telecommunication device, voting, compensation and eligibility - (a) Organization.--The council shall organize on the first Monday of...

Section 1002 - Oath of members of council - Before entering upon the duties of their offices, the members...

Section 1003 - When the mayor may preside over council and vote, attendance of mayor at council meetings and breaking tie votes - (a) Presiding over meetings.--The mayor shall preside over the organization...

Section 1004 - Failure of council to organize - If the council of any borough fails to organize within...

Section 1005 - Powers of council - The council shall have power: (1) To, by motion, ordinance...

Section 1006 - Duties of council - It shall be the duty of council: (1) To organize,...

Section 1009 - Typewritten, printed, photocopied, microfilmed and electronically or digitally stored records valid and recording or transcribing records - (a) Validity.--All borough records required to be recorded or transcribed...

Section 1014 - Hearings before council; witnesses - Councils may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production...

Section 1015 - Witness fees and mileage - No individual residing outside the borough and subpoenaed under section...

Section 1016 - Examination of witnesses; penalty - An individual called as a witness, as provided in this...

Section 1041 - Auditors to meet yearly and audit accounts - (a) First meeting.--The auditors of the borough shall meet on...

Section 1053 - Compensation of auditors - (a) General compensation.--Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection...

Section 1055 - Subpoenas, oath and perjury - (a) Subpoenas.--A majority of the auditors of any borough shall...

Section 1058 - Pay of witnesses - Witnesses, other than officers of the borough, appearing before the...

Section 1059 - Auditors to settle accounts where witnesses do not appear - If any person in possession of documents relative to public...

Section 1059.1 - Completion, filing and publication of auditor's report and financial statement - (a) Report.--The auditors shall complete the annual audit, adjustment and...

Section 1059.2 - Attorney to auditors - The borough auditors may employ an attorney if deemed advisable...

Section 1059.3 - Surcharge by auditors - (a) Surcharges.-- (1) The amount of any balance or shortage...

Section 1059.4 - Appeals from audit - It shall be lawful for the borough, or any taxpayer...

Section 1059.5 - Taxpayers appealing to enter bond - No appeal by a taxpayer or officer may be allowed...

Section 1059.6 - Procedure on appeals - (a) Evidence and burden.--In any proceeding upon an appeal from...

Section 1059.7 - Findings of fact and law, judgment and appeals - After the hearing, the court shall file its findings of...

Section 1059.8 - Attorney fees - (a) Fees awarded.--Upon final determination of an appeal taken under...

Section 1059.9 - Balances due to be entered as judgments - A balance in a report of the auditors against an...

Section 1059.10 - Penalty for failure to comply with law - (a) Neglect.--An auditor neglecting or refusing to comply with this...

Section 1059.11 - General powers and duties of independent auditor - (a) Powers and duties.--If an independent auditor is appointed under...

Section 1061 - Oath and bond of controller - The borough controller shall, before entering upon the duties of...

Section 1062 - Salary of controller - The council shall fix the annual salary of the controller....

Section 1063 - General powers and duties of controller - (a) General duties and powers.--The borough controller shall manage the...

Section 1065 - Countersigned warrants - The controller shall countersign all warrants upon the borough treasurer,...

Section 1066 - Prevention of appropriation overdrafts - The controller shall not permit any appropriation made by the...

Section 1067 - Amount of contracts to be charged against appropriations - (a) General rule.--A contract involving appropriation of money shall designate...

Section 1068 - Controller's recommendations on borough finances - The borough controller shall, as often as the controller may...

Section 1069 - Books to be kept by controller - The borough controller shall keep a regular set of books...

Section 1070 - Appeals from controller's report - Appeals may be taken from the settlement and audit of...

Section 1071 - Acceptance by ordinance - (a) General rule.--This subchapter shall not become operative or effective...

Section 1086 - Powers and duties of tax collector - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the...

Chapter 10A - Mayor

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 10A was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 10A01 - Eligibility of mayor - No mayor may hold any other borough office or appointment...

Section 10A02 - Incompatible offices - No member of Congress or any person holding any office...

Section 10A03 - Oath of mayor - The mayor, before exercising the duties of office, shall take...

Section 10A04 - Salary of mayor - (a) General rule.--The salary of the mayor shall be established...

Section 10A05 - Salaried mayor not to receive certain fees - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any salary...

Section 10A06 - General powers of mayor - (a) Oaths and affirmations.--The mayor may administer oaths and affirmations...

Section 10A07 - Duties of mayor - The mayor shall have the following duties: (1) To preserve...

Section 10A08 - President or vice president of council to act as mayor - (a) General rule.--If the mayor is absent or incapacitated or...

Chapter 11 - Powers, Duties and Rights of Appointed Officers and Employees

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 11 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1101 - Compensation, hours and days of work and outside employment - Appointed officers and employees of the borough shall receive compensation...

Section 1102 - Accounts - All officers and employees appointed by a council shall, if...

Section 1103 - Bonds - If an appointed officer or employee of a borough is...

Section 1104 - Appointments and incompatible offices - (a) General rule.--Unless there is incompatibility in fact, an elective...

Section 1105 - Compensation of certain employees - (a) General rule.--A borough may provide, by ordinance, to appointees...

Section 1105.1 - Retirement benefits of employees transferred to authorities - (a) Required membership.--The following employees of municipal authorities shall be...

Section 1106 - Bond and duties - (a) General rule.--The borough treasurer shall, before entering upon the...

Section 1107 - Assistant treasurer - A council may, by resolution, appoint an assistant treasurer who...

Section 1111 - Duties - (a) Attendance at meetings and maintenance of minutes.--The secretary shall...

Section 1112 - Assistant secretary - A council may, by resolution, appoint an assistant secretary. The...

Section 1113 - Records open to inspection - The fiscal records and documents and the minute book and...

Section 1116 - Solicitor to have control of legal matters - The legal matters of the borough shall be under the...

Section 1117 - Duties of solicitor and outside counsel - (a) General rule.--The borough solicitor shall: (1) Prepare or approve,...

Section 1118 - Assistant solicitor - A council may, by resolution, appoint an assistant solicitor to...

Section 1121 - Council's powers concerning police - (a) Establishment of police department.--Council may, by ordinance, establish a...

Section 1122 - Police serving under cooperative agreement or contract - (a) General rule.--If a borough enters into a cooperative agreement...

Section 1123 - Police badge - Borough police officers shall wear a shield or badge with...

Section 1123.1 - Mayor's powers concerning police - (a) General rule.--The mayor shall have full charge and control...

Section 1124 - Suspension by mayor - (a) General rule.--In addition to the powers of council to...

Section 1125 - Compensation - Borough police and special police appointed by the mayor shall...

Section 1127 - School crossing guards - (a) Appointment.-- (1) Upon request by the board of school...

Section 1131 - Police pension fund - (a) Authorization to establish.--If a police force of less than...

Section 1132 - Private police pension funds and optional transfers - (a) General rule.--If there is a private organization or association...

Section 1141 - Borough manager created by ordinance and election - (a) General rule.--The council of a borough may, at its...

Section 1142 - Powers and duties - (a) General rule.--The powers and duties of the borough manager...

Section 1143 - Other offices not incompatible - The offices of borough manager, street commissioner, secretary, treasurer and...

Section 1170 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 1171 - Appointments of police and fire apparatus operators - (a) Nonapplicability of subchapter.--This subchapter shall not apply to: (1)...

Section 1172 - Civil service commission - (a) Establishment.--A civil service commission is established in each borough...

Section 1173 - Offices incompatible with civil service commissioner - No commissioner shall at the same time hold an elective...

Section 1174 - Organization of commission - (a) General rule.--The commission first appointed shall organize within ten...

Section 1175 - Clerks, supplies and solicitor - The borough shall: (1) Furnish to the commission, on its...

Section 1176 - Rules and regulations - (a) General rule.--The commission may prescribe, amend and enforce rules...

Section 1177 - Minutes and records - The commission shall maintain minutes of its proceedings and records...

Section 1178 - Investigations - The commission may conduct investigations concerning all matters touching the...

Section 1179 - Subpoenas - (a) General rule.--The commission may issue subpoenas over the signature...

Section 1180 - Annual report - The commission shall make an annual report to the council...

Section 1181 - General provisions relating to examinations - (a) Rules and regulations.-- (1) The commission shall make rules...

Section 1182 - Application for examination - A person who desires to apply for examination must file...

Section 1183 - Rejection of applicant and hearing - (a) General rule.--The commission may refuse to examine or, if...

Section 1184 - Eligibility list and manner of filling appointments - (a) Ranking of candidates.-- (1) At the completion of the...

Section 1185 - Age and residency of applicants - No person shall be eligible to apply for examination unless...

Section 1186 - Probationary period - (a) General rule.--An original appointment to a position in the...

Section 1187 - Provisional appointments - (a) General rule.--If there are urgent reasons for the filling...

Section 1188 - Promotions - (a) General rule.--A promotion shall be based on merit to...

Section 1189 - Physical and psychological medical examination - (a) Conditional offer of employment.-- (1) An applicant selected from...

Section 1190 - Removals - (a) General rule.--No person employed in any police or fire...

Section 1191 - Hearings on dismissals and reductions - (a) Time of answer and hearing.--A person suspended, removed or...

Section 1192 - Employees exempted - All appointments in the police or fire forces of boroughs,...

Section 1193 - Discrimination on account of political or religious affiliations - (a) Information.--No question in any form of application for examination...

Section 1194 - Penalty - A member of council who, by vote, appoints any person...

Chapter 12 - Corporate Powers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 12 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1201 - General powers - A borough may: (1) Have succession perpetually by its corporate...

Section 1201.1 - Real property - (a) Sale.--No real estate owned by the borough may be...

Section 1201.2 - Personal property - (a) Sale.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no borough personal...

Section 1201.3 - Exceptions - (a) Sale of property.--Nothing under this chapter requiring advertising for...

Section 1202 - Specific powers - The powers of the borough shall be vested in the...

Section 1203 - Reserved powers - The council may make and adopt all ordinances, bylaws, rules...

Chapter 13 - Taxation and Finance

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 13 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1301 - Fiscal year - The fiscal year of every borough shall coincide with the...

Section 1302 - Tax levy - (a) Authority.--The council of the borough shall have power, by...

Section 1302.1 - Different and separate tax levies - (a) General rule.--A borough may in any year levy separate...

Section 1303 - Special levy to pay debts - In addition to the levies provided for in section 1302.1...

Section 1304 - Special road fund tax - (a) Authority.--Any borough shall be empowered, within its general power...

Section 1305 - Date tax duplicate to issue - Council shall, within 30 days after adoption of the budget...

Section 1306 - Additions and revisions to duplicates - (a) Inspection and reassessment.--If in any borough there is any...

Section 1307 - Preparation of budget - Beginning at least 30 days prior to the adoption of...

Section 1308 - Notice of proposed budget and penalty - (a) Notice.--Notice that the proposed budget is available for inspection...

Section 1309 - Revision and completion of budget - After the expiration of the ten days, council shall make...

Section 1310 - Adoption of budget - Upon completion of the budget containing the estimated receipts and...

Section 1310.1 - Tax ordinance or resolution - After council has adopted the budget, it is the duty...

Section 1311 - Amending budget and notice - During the month of January next following a municipal election,...

Section 1312 - Modification of budget and supplemental appropriations and transfers - The council in its reasonable discretion may, in any year,...

Section 1313 - Payment from borough funds - The payments made by the council from the borough funds...

Section 1313.1 - Creation of special funds and investments - Council may set aside in a separate fund any money...

Section 1314 - Uniform financial report and forms - (a) Preparation of uniform forms.--The uniform forms for the annual...

Section 1315 - Capital improvements to certain public service facilities - (a) Authority.--For the purpose of financing the cost and expense...

Section 1316 - Investment of funds - (a) Duty of council.--Council shall invest borough funds consistent with...

Chapter 14 - Contracts

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 14 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1401 - Power to make contracts - (a) Authority of borough.--Each borough may make contracts for lawful...

Section 1402 - Regulation of contracts - (a) Requirements.--All contracts or purchases in excess of the base...

Section 1403 - Evasion of advertising requirements - (a) Prohibition.-- (1) No member of council may evade section...

Section 1404 - Personal interest in contracts or purchases - Elected and appointed borough officials and borough employees are restricted...

Section 1404.1 - Purchase contracts for petroleum products and fire company, etc., participation - The council of each borough shall have power to permit,...

Section 1405 - Separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work - If, in the preparation for the erection, construction and alteration...

Section 1406 - Bonds for the protection of labor and materials - Before a contract exceeding $10,000 is awarded to a prime...

Section 1410 - Acceptance by contractor of Workers' Compensation Act - (a) Contract provision.--A contract executed by a borough or an...

Chapter 15 - Eminent Domain, Assessment of Damages and Damages for Injury to Property

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 15 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1501 - Exercise of eminent domain - A borough may enter upon, appropriate, injure or destroy private...

Section 1502 - Restrictions as to certain property - (a) Historically significant property.--In addition to a restriction made by...

Section 1502.1 - Declaration of intention - A borough shall declare its intention to acquire, enter upon,...

Section 1503 - Application of 26 Pa.C.S - Eminent domain proceedings must conform to the provisions of 26...

Section 1561 - Right to damages given in certain cases - The right to damages against a borough is given to...

Chapter 16 - Land Subdivision (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 16 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 17 - Streets

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 17 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1701 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 1704 - Streets connecting with street of other municipality - No action may be taken under this chapter that would...

Section 1705 - Entry on land to maintain marks and monuments - The council, its agents and employees, may enter upon any...

Section 1706 - Exclusive nature of provisions - No street may be dedicated, accepted, acquired, laid out, opened...

Section 1707 - Failure of council to hold hearing - If, after the filing of a petition under this chapter,...

Section 1708 - Street lighting, ornamental lighting and traffic control signals and devices - Council may provide street lights and ornamental lighting and make...

Section 1712 - Borough street plan - (a) Adoption of plan.--A borough that has not maintained an...

Section 1721.1 - Power to lay out, open, etc - (a) Authority of borough.--In accordance with the provisions of this...

Section 1721.2 - Laying out streets and procedure - (a) Streets deemed to be laid out.--A street identified in...

Section 1724 - Effect of laying out street - (a) Street unopened after ten years.--At any time after a...

Section 1731 - Authority to open and vacate streets and procedure - (a) Authority of council.--By ordinance, council has the authority to:...

Section 1732 - Petition for opening or vacating street and action thereon - (a) Petitioning council.--Any person or persons constituting a majority in...

Section 1733 - Action for damages and benefits and award - (a) Authority of borough.--Upon the effective date of an ordinance...

Section 1734 - Acceptance and dedication of streets - (a) Accept an opened street.--A borough may, by ordinance, accept...

Section 1735 - Streets not to be constructed, dedicated or opened to travel without the approval of council - (a) Requirements.--No person may construct, dedicate or open to travel...

Section 1751 - Authority to straighten and relocate streets and procedure - Council may, by ordinance, provide for straightening or relocating any...

Section 1761 - Proceedings with or without petition - Boroughs may improve streets, portions of streets or a particular...

Section 1771 - Improvement of streets outside or partly outside borough limits - (a) General rule.-- (1) Any borough may enter into a...

Section 1782 - Acquisition of property for unobstructed view - (a) General rule.--Any borough may, singly or jointly with another...

Chapter 18 - Sidewalks

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 18 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1800 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 1801 - Power to lay out, establish and compel construction of sidewalks - (a) General rule.-- (1) Any borough may, by ordinance, lay...

Section 1802 - Sidewalks on land abutting State highways and along roads outside borough - Any borough may, by ordinance, lay out sidewalks, gutters and...

Section 1803 - Establishment of grades - Any borough may establish a grade or grades for sidewalks,...

Section 1804 - Boroughs may pay all or part of cost of grading and curbing - The borough may pay all or any part of the...

Section 1805 - Borough may do work and collect cost - (a) General rule.--Upon the failure of any property owner to...

Section 1806 - Emergency repairs to sidewalks - (a) General rule.-- (1) In addition to the remedies now...

Chapter 19 - Bridges, Viaducts and Underground Passageways

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 19 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 1901 - Construction or acquisition and maintenance of bridges and viaducts - (a) Authority.--Any borough may locate and build, or acquire by...

Section 1902 - Right to appropriate property and assessment of damages - In any case where the borough does not agree with...

Section 1903 - Boundary bridges - If a bridge or viaduct crosses the boundary line of...

Section 1904 - Contracts with railroads, other companies and counties - (a) General rule.-- (1) The borough may enter into a...

Section 1905 - Overhead and underground passageways - If the comfort and safety of the residents of a...

Chapter 20 - Sanitary Sewers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 20 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2000 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 2001 - Power to lay out and construct - (a) General rule.-- (1) Upon enactment of an ordinance, boroughs...

Section 2002 - Assessments - Assessments, whether based according to benefits conferred or by the...

Section 2009 - Extensions beyond borough limits and eminent domain - The borough may extend the necessary sewer mains, pipes and...

Section 2010 - Notice of certain ordinances - No ordinance for any construction of sewers or treatment works...

Section 2012 - Unlawful to build within right-of-way of sanitary sewers - It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any...

Section 2013 - Opening sanitary sewers - (a) General rule.--A proceeding to open a sanitary sewer shall...

Section 2021 - Joint sanitary sewer systems - (a) General rule.--Pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A...

Section 2023 - Connections with sanitary sewers of adjacent municipalities - A borough may connect with an existing sanitary sewer, owned...

Section 2024 - Applications to court - If a borough desires to connect with the existing sanitary...

Section 2025 - Appointment of viewers - If the court determines that the connection can be made...

Section 2026 - Report of viewers and appeals to court - The viewers shall report to the court the result of...

Section 2040 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 2041.1 - Power to acquire community sewage collection or disposal systems - (a) General rule.--A borough may, by ordinance, acquire ownership of...

Section 2043 - Community sewage collection or disposal systems - (a) General rule.--After a community sewage collection or disposal system...

Section 2051 - Ordinances to require sanitary sewer connections - A borough may, by ordinance, require any owner of property...

Section 2053 - Tapping fees - The following shall apply to tapping fees: (1) Any borough...

Section 2061 - Ordinance for monthly, quarterly or annual rental - If a borough constructs any sanitary sewer, sewer system or...

Section 2062 - Rental amount - (a) Included amounts.--The monthly, quarterly or annual rental may include:...

Section 2063 - Collection of rental - (a) General rule.--The monthly, quarterly or annual rental or charge...

Chapter 21 - Collection by Installment of Street and Sewer Assessments (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 21 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 21A - Assessments and Charges for Public Improvements

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 21A was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 21A00 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 21A01 - Authority to assess - (a) General rule.--Council shall have the power to pay the...

Section 21A02 - Notice of assessments - The borough secretary shall cause 30 days' personal notice of...

Section 21A03 - Assessment based on front foot basis - (a) General rule.--If council elects to collect the cost, including...

Section 21A04 - Assessment of benefits conferred - (a) General rule.--In lieu of the front foot basis, council...

Section 21A05 - Assessment awards - In proceedings to assess benefits, if the land or property...

Section 21A06 - Petition for viewers - (a) Petition.--Taxpayers of the borough whose property is being assessed...

Section 21A07 - Payment of assessments in installments - (a) Installments.--If an ordinance is passed providing for a public...

Section 21A08 - Collection of assessments - (a) Collection methods.--If an assessment remains unpaid at the expiration...

Chapter 22 - Storm Sewers and Watercourses

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 22 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2201 - Authority of boroughs - (a) General rule.--Any borough may, by ordinance, after obtaining any...

Section 2202 - Right of entry upon lands - A borough may enter upon any land lying near a...

Section 2203 - Manner of financing work - A borough may pay for the costs and expenses of...

Section 2204 - Proceedings to assess damages - Any person aggrieved by any ordinance enacted or action taken...

Section 2205 - Unlawful to build within right-of-way of storm sewers - It shall be unlawful for a person to erect a...

Section 2206 - Power to acquire storm sewer systems - (a) General rule.--A borough may, by ordinance, acquire ownership of...

Chapter 23 - Underground Conduits (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 23 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 24 - Water System

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 24 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2401 - Power to supply water and make regulations - (a) Supply of water.--Boroughs may supply water for the use...

Section 2402 - Contracts not to abridge powers - A borough's power to construct and operate a water system...

Section 2403 - Issue of bonds where water system acquired - Where the price and terms are agreed upon, a borough...

Section 2404 - Refunding bonds - (a) General rule.--If a borough acquires a water system subject...

Section 2406 - Contracts to supply water for municipal purposes - Boroughs may receive bids from water companies and municipal authorities...

Section 2407 - Power to supply water beyond limits of borough - If a borough maintains a water system, it shall be...

Section 2408 - Assessment for water mains - Boroughs shall have power to assess the whole cost or...

Section 2409 - Sale of water system - (a) General rule.--By ordinance, a borough may sell all or...

Section 2411 - Appropriation of lands and waters - A borough desiring to build a water system or to...

Section 2412 - Agreements as to damages - Prior to any appropriation under section 2411 (relating to appropriation...

Section 2421 - Petition to court - If a borough desires to own and operate a water...

Section 2422 - Appointment of appraisers - (a) Valuation.--The court of common pleas shall appoint three civil...

Section 2423 - Powers of appraisers - (a) Powers.--The appraisers shall have the following powers: (1) To...

Section 2424 - Appeal from appraisement - (a) Filing of petition.--Within ten days after notice of the...

Section 2425 - Authority to purchase and consent to sell - (a) Authority to purchase.--After the value is finally determined, the...

Section 2426 - Bond issue and limitations - (a) Bond issue.--For the purpose of purchasing a water system,...

Section 2431 - Lease of water system - The council of a borough may enter into a contract...

Section 2432 - Term of lease and rental - The lease term may be for a term of years...

Section 2433 - Operation of property - A borough shall have the same powers in operating a...

Section 2436 - Joint acquisition and construction - A borough may join with one or more municipal corporations...

Section 2437 - Permits - The construction of a water system shall be commenced only...

Section 2438 - Joint commission - (a) General rule.--The municipal corporations joining in the construction or...

Section 2441 - Acquisition of land - (a) Acquisition for construction of roads.--If a borough finds it...

Section 2442 - Filing maps and plans - If a change is made under section 2441(a) (relating to...

Section 2451 - Commission - (a) Establishment.--If a borough owns and maintains a water system,...

Section 2452 - Terms of commissioners and compensation - (a) General rule.--If a borough establishes a commission of the...

Section 2453 - Organization of commissioners - The commissioners of the water system shall meet within ten...

Section 2454 - Powers of commission - After organization, the commissioners shall take charge and control of...

Section 2455 - Issue of bonds - The borough may, upon the request of the commissioners of...

Section 2456 - Preparation of plans and specifications and contracts - (a) Preparation of plans and specifications.--The commissioners shall prepare plans...

Section 2457 - Reports by commission - The commissioners shall make a monthly report to the council...

Section 2458 - Care of funds - (a) Collectors.--Collectors shall be appointed by the commissioners, in accordance...

Section 2461 - Ordinance - (a) General rule.--Council may, by ordinance, require any owner of...

Section 2462 - Notice and failure to make required connection - An owner shall be given at least 45 days' notice...

Section 2463 - Water main tapping fees - (a) General rule.--A borough may, by ordinance, provide for charging...

Chapter 24A - Manufacture and Supply of Electricity

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 24A was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 24A01 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 24A02 - General powers - (a) Electric plants and projects.--A borough may, either singly or...

Section 24A03 - Specific powers - (a) Specific powers enumerated.--In addition to exercising its general powers...

Section 24A04 - Municipal power agencies - (a) General rule.--Two or more boroughs may form a municipal...

Section 24A05 - Additional contracting authority - (a) Additional contracting authority.--In addition to the authority provided under...

Chapter 25 - (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 25 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 25A - Airports

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 25A was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 25A01 - Authority to secure lands for airports - A borough is authorized and empowered to acquire by lease,...

Section 25A02 - Authority to establish and lease airports - A borough acquiring land under the provisions of this chapter...

Section 25A03 - Joint airports - In accordance with the powers in this chapter, a borough...

Chapter 26 - Wharves and Docks

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 26 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2601 - Powers - (a) Construction and repair.--Boroughs shall have the power to construct...

Section 2603 - Proceedings - The proceedings before the viewers for the assessment of damages...

Section 2604 - Assessment of damages - (a) General rule.--The damages for the taking or injury of...

Section 2605 - Leases - Any borough may lease any wharf or part and collect...

Section 2606 - Market houses, terminal sheds, tracks and facilities - (a) Market houses and terminal sheds.--Boroughs may erect and maintain...

Section 2607 - Public use preserved - No structure erected and no right granted under the powers...

Section 2608 - Saving clause - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as conferring...

Chapter 27 - Recreation Places, Shade Trees and Forests

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 27 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2700 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 2701 - General powers - (a) General rule.--A borough may provide, improve, maintain and regulate...

Section 2702 - Power to acquire - (a) Authority.--A borough may enter upon, appropriate and acquire by...

Section 2703 - Appropriation of private property - The appropriation of private property for the purpose of making,...

Section 2708 - Recreation board or other authority - (a) Recreation board or other authority.--The authority to supervise and...

Section 2709 - Establishment of recreation board - (a) Establishment.--If the council determines that the power to equip,...

Section 2710 - Organization of board and employees - The members of a recreation board established under this chapter...

Section 2713 - Lease for school athletics - (a) Lease.--A borough maintaining a recreation place may lease a...

Section 2720 - Care, custody and control - (a) Council authority.--Council shall have exclusive care, custody and control...

Section 2720.1 - Maintenance by borough and tax levy - (a) Cost and expenses.--The cost and expenses of caring for...

Section 2720.2 - Payment by owners and assessments - (a) Payment by owners.--The cost of planting, transplanting or removing...

Section 2720.3 - Notice of work - If council proposes to plant, transplant or remove shade trees...

Section 2720.4 - Penalties - (a) Penalties for violation.--To the extent provided by ordinance, council...

Section 2721 - Shade tree commission - (a) Establishment.--Council, by ordinance, may establish a shade tree commission...

Section 2722 - Composition of commission - (a) General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a shade tree...

Section 2724.1 - Duties of commission - (a) Annual report.--A shade tree commission shall annually report in...

Section 2751 - Acquisition of land for forest purposes - A borough may acquire by purchase, gift or lease tracts...

Section 2753 - Ordinance of acquisition - If the council deems it expedient to acquire land for...

Section 2754 - Appropriations - Money necessary for the purchase of the tracts shall be...

Section 2755 - Regulations - Upon the acquisition of a municipal forest or land suitable...

Section 2756 - Appropriations and revenue - Money necessary for the administration, maintenance, protection and development of...

Section 2757 - Use of forests - A municipal forest may be used by the public as...

Section 2758 - Ordinance of sale - (a) Requirement.--If the council deems it expedient to sell or...

Section 2759 - Pruning and thinning - (a) Authority.--To comply with the practices and principles of scientific...

Chapter 28 - Cemeteries

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 28 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2800 - Appropriations for burial ground maintenance - A borough may appropriate annually, out of the general funds...

Section 2800.1 - Burial of deceased persons - A borough may prohibit the burial or interment of deceased...

Section 2801 - Management by cemetery commission - If the title and management of a cemetery is vested...

Section 2802 - Transfer from borough to company - (a) Authority.--Upon petition of at least 10% of living cemetery...

Section 2805 - Transfer from company to borough - (a) Judicial action.-- (1) Upon the petition of an incorporated...

Section 2805.1 - Neglected or abandoned cemeteries - (a) Maintenance.--The council may, upon compliance with subsection (b), direct...

Section 2808 - Removing bodies to alter plots - In altering the plot of a cemetery, bodies may be...

Section 2809 - Removal of bodies to other cemeteries - (a) Authority.-- (1) This subsection applies to a privately owned...

Section 2816 - Purchase of plots for burial of deceased service members - (a) Authority.--A borough may purchase plots of ground in a...

Chapter 29 - Licenses and License Fees

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 29 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 2901 - Licensing transient retail business - (a) Authority.--A borough may, by ordinance, regulate and license transient...

Section 2902 - Licensure saved - (a) Commonwealth.--Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to...

Section 2903 - Licensing parking lots and parking garages operated for profit - (a) Authority.-- (1) A borough may, by ordinance, regulate the...

Section 2904 - Persons taking orders by samples - (a) Prohibition.--A borough may not impose, levy or collect a...

Section 2905 - Equality of residents and nonresidents - A borough may not enact an ordinance imposing a license...

Section 2906 - Insurance business - A borough may not impose a license fee upon an...

Chapter 29A - Veterans' Affairs

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 29A was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 29A01 - Eminent domain for National Guard purposes - (a) Authority.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), the council...

Section 29A02 - Land for armory purposes - (a) Authority.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), the council...

Section 29A03 - Appropriation to assist in erection of armories - The council has the following powers: (1) To appropriate money...

Section 29A04 - Support of Pennsylvania National Guard units - (a) Appropriation.--The council may appropriate annually a sum to be...

Section 29A11 - Appropriations to organizations and American Gold Star Mothers, Inc - (a) Appropriation.-- (1) The council may appropriate annually money to...

Section 29A12 - Payment of rent for meetings - The council may appropriate annually a sum to an incorporated...

Section 29A13 - Rooms for veterans' organizations and children - The council may furnish without charge to an organization composed...

Section 29A14 - Care and erection of memorials - (a) Authority.--The council may control and maintain a soldier's memorial...

Chapter 30 - Real Estate Registry (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 30 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 31 - Health and Sanitation

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 31 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 3100 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 3101 - Administration - (a) Establishment.--The council may, by ordinance, appoint a board of...

Section 3102 - Board - (a) Membership.-- (1) A board appointed by a council shall...

Section 3103 - Oaths, officers and security - (a) Oath of office.--A member of the board must take...

Section 3104 - Duties of board secretary - The board secretary has the following duties: (1) To maintain,...

Section 3105 - Powers and duties of health officer - (a) Powers.--A health officer may issue a citation for violation...

Section 3106 - Powers and duties of board - (a) Powers.--A board has the following powers to: (1) Recommend...

Section 3107 - Entry upon premises - (a) Authority.-- (1) This subsection applies to all of the...

Section 3108 - Abatement of nuisances - (a) Initial order.--If the board finds a condition or premises...

Section 3109 - Expenditures - (a) Estimate.--The board or the health officer shall submit to...

Section 3110 - Cooperation - A borough may cooperate in the administration and enforcement of...

Section 3111 - Department - (a) No limitation.--Nothing in this part may be construed to...

Chapter 32 - Zoning (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 32 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 32A - Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 32A was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 32A01 - Primacy of Uniform Construction Code - (a) General rule.--The following shall apply to the construction, alteration,...

Section 32A02 - Changes in Uniform Construction Code - A borough may propose and enact an ordinance to equal...

Section 32A03 - Public nuisance - (a) Abatement.--Except as provided under subsection (b), any building, housing...

Section 32A04 - Property maintenance code - (a) Enactment.--Notwithstanding the primacy of the Uniform Construction Code, a...

Section 32A05 - Reserved powers - (a) Power.--If, as a result of legislative action or final...

Chapter 33 - Ordinances

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 33 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 3301.1 - Ordinances and resolutions - (a) General rule.--Council shall enact ordinances in accordance with this...

Section 3301.2 - Publication - (a) Requirements.--Except as provided under this part or other law,...

Section 3301.3 - Enactment, approval and veto - (a) Approval by mayor.-- (1) Every ordinance enacted by council...

Section 3301.4 - Recording, advertising and proof - (a) Recording.--All borough ordinances shall, within 30 days after approval...

Section 3301.5 - Codification of ordinances - (a) Consolidation, codification and revision.--The borough council, under section 3301.1(a)...

Section 3301.6 - Appeals from ordinances - Complaint as to the legality of any ordinance or resolution...

Section 3301.7 - Replacement of ordinance books - (a) Ordinance.-- (1) If an ordinance book is unserviceable, the...

Section 3321 - Fines and penalties - (a) Prescription.-- (1) A borough ordinance shall prescribe fines and...

Section 3322 - Commitment pending trial - An individual arrested for the violation of a borough ordinance...

Section 3323 - Commitment after trial - A defendant sentenced to imprisonment for a violation of a...

Section 3324 - Payment of costs by borough - If a prisoner is committed to a county correctional facility...

Chapter 34 - Actions By and Against Boroughs (Reserved)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 34 (Reserved) was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432,...

Chapter 35 - Acts of Assembly Repealed and Saving Clause

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 35 was added April 18, 2014, P.L.432, No.37,...

Section 3501 - Repeals - (a) (Reserved). (b) Inconsistent repeal.--All acts or parts of acts...

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Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS

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Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS