74 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 17 - Metropolitan Transportation Authorities
Subchapter A. General Provisions
- Section 1701 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
Subchapter B. Authorization and Organization of Authorities
- Section 1711 - Creation Of Metropolitan Transportation Authorities
(a) Creation and purpose.--There is hereby authorized the creation of a separate body corporate and politic in each metropolitan area, to be known as...
- Section 1712 - Governing And Policymaking Body
(a) Transportation board.--The governing and policymaking body of an authority shall be a board, to be known as the transportation board of the metropolitan...
- Section 1713 - Appointment Of Board Members
(a) Appointment.--Except as provided in subsection (d) with respect to the continuation in office of members of the board of any authority established under...
- Section 1714 - Resignation And Vacancies
(a) Removal and vacancy.--Members of the board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and have qualified. The appointing power may...
- Section 1715 - Meetings, Quorum, Officers And Records
(a) Meetings.--Regular meetings of the board shall be held in the metropolitan area at least once in each calendar month except July or August,...
- Section 1716 - Secretary, Oath, Bond
The board shall appoint a secretary who shall not be a member of the board to hold office at the pleasure of the board...
- Section 1717 - Controller
The board shall appoint a controller who shall not be a member of the board to hold office at the pleasure of the board...
- Section 1718 - Signatures
(a) Facsimile signatures.--Whenever the business of the authority requires the affixing of the signature of any officer or employee of the authority, the use...
- Section 1719 - General Manager
The board shall appoint a general manager, who shall be the chief operations officer of the authority and who shall have demonstrated that he...
- Section 1720 - Treasurer
The general manager shall appoint a treasurer to hold office at his pleasure. In addition to the duties imposed on the treasurer by this...
- Section 1721 - Counsel To The Board
The board shall appoint a counsel to the board, who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of...
- Section 1722 - Legal Division And General Counsel
(a) Legal division.--The general manager shall establish a legal division which shall be administered by a full-time general counsel, who shall be an attorney...
- Section 1723 - Other Employees
(a) Collective bargaining.--The board acting through the general manager shall have the right to bargain collectively and enter into agreements with labor organizations. The...
- Section 1724 - Personnel Matters
(a) Classification of position.-- (1) The general manager shall classify all the offices, positions and grades of regular employment required with reference to the...
- Section 1725 - Public Hearings
(a) Conduct.--All public hearings required by this chapter shall be conducted so as to insure that: (1) Members of the public are afforded a...
- Section 1726 - Citizen Advisory Committee
(a) Establishment and composition.--There is hereby established a citizen advisory committee. The committee shall consist of: (1) an even number of members of the...
- Section 1727 - Investigations And Subpoenas
(a) Procedure.--The board may investigate all means of transportation and the management thereof, the enforcement of its resolutions, rules and regulations and the action,...
- Section 1728 - Conflicts Of Interest
Every member of the board and every employee of the authority shall be subject to the act of July 19, 1957 (P.L.1017, No.451), known...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
- Section 1741 - General Powers
(a) Powers enumerated.--An authority shall have and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter,...
- Section 1742 - Power To Acquire Property
(a) General rule.-- (1) The authority shall have power to acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift or otherwise all or any part of the...
- Section 1743 - Power To Contract With Public Utilities
The authority shall have power to enter into agreements with any public utility operating a railroad or any other transportation facility, either within or...
- Section 1744 - Power Of Eminent Domain
(a) Utility structures.-- (1) The authority shall have power, subject to relevant provisions of section 1741(a)(26) (relating to general powers), to require persons or...
- Section 1745 - Use Of Ways Occupied By Passenger Utilities
The authority shall not have the right to use any street or public way occupied prior to January 15, 1964, by a public utility...
- Section 1746 - Transfer Of Records By Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
In case the authority acquires the plant, equipment, property and rights in property of any public utility used or useful in the operation of...
- Section 1747 - Acquisition Of Equipment
(a) General rule.--The authority shall have power to purchase or otherwise acquire the ownership or use of or access to equipment, such as cars,...
- Section 1748 - Transfers Of Facilities Or Things Of Value To Any Authority
Any person may and is hereby authorized to sell, lease, lend, grant, convey, transfer or pay over to any authority, with or without consideration,...
- Section 1749 - Compacts To Finance Operations And Particular Projects
(a) General rule.--The counties and municipalities in any metropolitan area shall enter into a compact or compacts among themselves and/or with the authority to...
- Section 1750 - Contracts, Procurement And Sale Of Property
(a) Competitive bids.--Except in the purchase of unique articles or articles which, for any other reason, cannot be obtained in the open market and...
- Section 1751 - Fiscal Provisions
(a) Fiscal year and budget.--The board shall establish a fiscal year for operations and a fiscal year for capital programs. At least 90 days...
- Section 1752 - Financial Statements And Audit
(a) Statement.--As soon after the end of each fiscal year as is feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a report...
- Section 1753 - Aid From Federal Government
In addition to the powers conferred upon any authority by other provisions of this chapter, the authority is empowered to borrow or accept money...
Subchapter D. Funds and Bonds of Authorities
- Section 1761 - Management Of Funds
(a) General rule.--All funds of an authority received from any source shall be delivered to the treasurer of the authority or to such other...
- Section 1762 - Special Funds
An authority, under resolutions adopted from time to time by the board, may establish and create such special funds as may be found desirable...
- Section 1763 - Bonds
(a) General rule.-- (1) The bonds of the authority shall be authorized by resolution of the board thereof and shall be of such series,...
- Section 1764 - Contracts With Obligees Of An Authority
Except as otherwise provided in any resolution of an authority authorizing or awarding bonds, the terms thereof and of this chapter as in effect...
- Section 1765 - Commonwealth Pledges
(a) Limitation of powers.-- (1) The Commonwealth does hereby pledge to and agree with any person, firm or corporation, government agency, whether in this...
- Section 1766 - Provisions Of Bonds And Trust Indentures
In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases, and in order to secure the payment of the bonds...
- Section 1767 - Bonds To Be Legal Investments
Bonds issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and the instrumentalities and agencies of the Commonwealth and its...
- Section 1768 - Rights And Remedies
(a) Additional rights.--An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on the obligee,...
- Section 1769 - Additional Remedies Conferrable By An Authority
An authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture or loan or lease agreement, to confer upon any obligees holding or representing a...
- Section 1770 - Validity Of Pledge
Any pledge of or grant of a lien on or security interest in revenues of an authority or real or personal property of an...
- Section 1771 - Security Interest In Funds And Accounts
Any moneys deposited in any fund created by the authority pledged to be used to pay debt service on bonds of the authority, including...
- Section 1772 - Payment Of Proceeds Of Tax Levied For Authority Purposes
The proceeds of any tax levied for authority purposes or made available for use by the authority and collected by the Department of Revenue,...
- Section 1773 - Limitation On Authority Under Federal Bankruptcy Code
So long as an authority shall have outstanding any bonds issued under this chapter, the authority shall not be authorized to file a petition...
Subchapter E. Miscellaneous Provisions
Last modified: October 8, 2016