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Meetings, quorum, officers and records - 74 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1715

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     § 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, the time and place of the meetings to be
     fixed by the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a
     quorum for the transaction of business. All action of the board
     shall be by resolution, and the affirmative vote of a majority
     of all the members shall be necessary for the adoption of any
     resolution. No action by the board to which an express objection
     has been made, under this section, by a board member or members
     representing a county or counties having one-third or more of
     the population of the metropolitan area, as determined by the
     most recent decennial census, shall be carried unless supported
     at a subsequent regular meeting of the board by the votes of at
     least three-quarters of the membership of the board. In case of
     disagreement between members representing the same county, each
     member shall be deemed to represent one-half of the population
     of that county.
        (b)  Officers.--The board shall elect from among its members
     a chairman and a vice chairman, each of whom shall serve for a
     term of one year and until his successor shall have been elected
     and qualified and who shall perform those duties as the board
     shall, by resolution, determine.
        (c)  Public meetings and records.--
            (1)  The board shall be subject to the act of June 21,
        1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know Law,
        and the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L.388, No.84), known as the
        Sunshine Act.
            (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of the
        Sunshine Act, one or more persons may participate in a
        meeting of the board or of any committee thereof by means of
        conference telephone or similar communications equipment by
        means of which all persons participating in the meeting can
        hear each other, including, in the case of a meeting open to
        the public, all other persons present at the place of meeting
        designated by public notice. Participation by one or more
        members of the board in a meeting pursuant to this subsection
        shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

        Cross References.  Section 1715 is referred to in section
     1741 of this title.

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