11 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 110 - Council

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  General Provisions

• Section 11001 - Qualifications Of Council Members
  (a) Requirements.--A council member shall: (1) Be at least 18 years of age. (2) Be elected by the electors at large, subject to the...
• Section 11002 - Vesting Of Legislative Power
  The legislative power of every city shall be vested in a council composed of the mayor and council members.
• Section 11003 - Organization Of Council
  (a) Organization.--On the first Monday of the January following the regular municipal election, the members of council shall assemble at the usual place of...
• Section 11004 - Oath Of Council Members, Quorum And Rules
  (a) Oath.--The members of council shall take the oath of office provided for in section 10905 (relating to oath of office, violation of oath...
• Section 11005 - Meetings Of Council, Notice And Participation By Telecommunication Device
  (a) Meetings.-- (1) Council shall hold stated meetings at least once each month, and at other times as may be fixed by ordinance, and...
• Section 11015 - Attendance Of Witnesses And Production Of Books Before Council Or Committee Of Council
  (a) Subpoenas.--Council may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and other evidence at a meeting of the body or...
• Section 11016 - Salaries
  (a) Salary.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a council member shall receive an annual salary for the member's service during the member's term. The...
• Section 11016.1 - Appointment Of City Clerk
  (a) Appointment.--Council shall appoint a city clerk, whose compensation shall be fixed by ordinance, who meets all the following criteria: (1) Is an at-will...

Subchapter A.1.  Ordinances

• Section 11018.1 - Ordinances And Resolutions
  (a) Ordinances.--With regard to ordinances, the following shall apply: (1) Council shall enact ordinances as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of...
• Section 11018.2 - Voting, No Veto And Vote Necessary To Enact Ordinances Or Adopt Resolutions
  (a) Voting generally.--Members of council present or participating via a telecommunication device shall vote on each question before council, except: (1) As may be...
• Section 11018.3 - Journal Of Proceedings, Recording And Withholding Of Vote
  (a) Journal.--Council shall keep a journal of the proceedings. The journal shall be in the possession of the city clerk and shall, at all...
• Section 11018.4 - Signing And Attesting Ordinances
  A legislative act of council shall be by ordinance. An ordinance enacted by council shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the...
• Section 11018.5 - Proposed Ordinances And Titles
  (a) Format.--A proposed ordinance shall be presented to council in written form as a bill and shall be numbered sequentially for the calendar year....
• Section 11018.6 - Reading Of Proposed Ordinances And Final Enactment
  (a) Reading.--The title of every proposed ordinance shall be read at least twice, once when introduced and again before final enactment by council. Amendments...
• Section 11018.7 - Payments Not Authorized By Law
  An ordinance may not be enacted and a resolution may not be adopted providing for the payment of money by the city without previous...
• Section 11018.8 - Time Of Taking Effect Of Ordinances
  Unless otherwise provided by law, an ordinance, except those pertaining to the subjects set forth in section 11050(b) (relating to time ordinances go into...
• Section 11018.9 - Publication Of Proposed Ordinances
  (a) Publication required.--A proposed ordinance, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation not more than...
• Section 11018.10 - Filing Of Proposed Ordinances
  (a) Place of filing.--If the full text is not published, an attested copy of the proposed ordinance shall be filed when the summary of...
• Section 11018.11 - Records Of Ordinances Maintained By City Clerk
  (a) Records.--Within one month after enactment, each ordinance shall be certified and recorded by the city clerk in a book provided by the city...
• Section 11018.12 - Proof And Evidence
  (a) Proof.--An ordinance, resolution, motion or other proceeding of council may be proved by the certificate of the city clerk under the corporate seal....
• Section 11018.13 - Standard Or Nationally Recognized Codes
  (a) Authority to enact.--In the same manner as other ordinances, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,...
• Section 11018.14 - Maps, Plans Or Drawings
  (a) Adoption.--Except as otherwise provided under the Municipalities Planning Code, if maps, plans or drawings are to be adopted as part of an ordinance,...
• Section 11018.15 - Codification Of Ordinances
  (a) Preparation authorized.--Council may prepare a consolidation or codification of the general body of city ordinances or the ordinances on a particular subject. Council...
• Section 11018.16 - Enforcement Of Ordinances, Recovery And Payment Of Fines And Penalties
  (a) Enforcement.--An action, prosecution, complaint or proceeding for the violation of an ordinance of the city and for the fine, penalty and forfeiture imposed...
• Section 11018.17 - Penalty
  A person who violates an ordinance enacted under the authority of this chapter for which no penalty is specified commits a summary offense and,...

Subchapter B.  Initiating Ordinances by Electors

• Section 11030 - Initiation Of Proposed Ordinances By Petition And Exceptions
  (a) Submission.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a proposed ordinance may be submitted to council by a petition signed by the electors of a...
• Section 11031 - Petition And Notice
  If the city clerk receives a written request for the preparation of a petition for the submission of a proposed ordinance to council by...
• Section 11032 - Signing And Oath
  (a) Petition.--A petition for the submission of a proposed ordinance shall be signed in the city clerk's office. The petition shall be retained in...
• Section 11033 - Number Of Signatures, Examination And Certificate By City Clerk
  (a) Signatures.--Within 10 days after the period of time for signing the petition has elapsed, the city clerk shall: (1) Examine the petition. (2)...
• Section 11034 - Submission To Council
  If the petition is certified to contain signatures as required in section 11033(a)(2) (relating to number of signatures, examination and certificate by city clerk),...
• Section 11035 - Actions By Council And Notices
  If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance is signed by electors of the city as required in section 11033(a)(2) (relating to number of signatures,...
• Section 11036 - Form Of Ballot On Submission To Vote
  The question to be submitted to the electors on the proposed ordinance shall be framed to state the nature of the proposed ordinance, followed...
• Section 11037 - Effect Of Majority Vote
  If the majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance vote in favor of the ordinance, the ordinance shall become a valid...
• Section 11038 - No Repeal Within Two Years
  An ordinance proposed by petition, whether enacted by council or adopted by a vote of the electors, shall not be repealed or amended within...
• Section 11039 - Number Of Proposed Ordinances To Be Submitted And Elections Limited
  Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. Proposed ordinances on...
• Section 11040 - Submission For Repeal By Council
  Council may submit a proposition for the repeal or amendment of an ordinance to be voted upon at a succeeding municipal, general or primary...
• Section 11041 - Publication Of Proposed Ordinance, Repeal Or Amendment
  Whenever a proposed ordinance is to be submitted to the electors of the city at an election or an ordinance is submitted by council...

Subchapter C.  Reconsidering Ordinances by Electors

• Section 11050 - Time Ordinances Go Into Effect
  (a) Timing.--Except as provided in subsection (b), an ordinance enacted by council may not go into effect before 10 days from the time of...
• Section 11051 - Petition And Reconsideration Of Ordinance
  With the exception of an ordinance dealing with the subjects set forth in section 11050(b) (relating to time ordinances go into effect), an ordinance...
• Section 11052 - Preparation Of Petition By City Clerk And Notice
  (a) Petition.--A petition under section 11051 (relating to petition and reconsideration of ordinance) shall be prepared by the city clerk immediately upon receipt by...
• Section 11053 - Additional Petitions
  (a) Petitions.--In order to facilitate the signing of the petition, the city clerk shall make at least two additional similar petitions for signing by...
• Section 11054 - Signatures, Oath And Time Of Signing
  (a) Signers.--Each signer of a petition under section 11051 (relating to petition and reconsideration of ordinance) shall also do all the following: (1) Include...
• Section 11055 - Presentation Of Petition To Council
  At the expiration of 10 days, the petition shall be filed with council and presented by the city clerk at council's next meeting.
• Section 11056 - Ascertainment Of Number Of Signers And Report
  After presentation of the petition to council, the city clerk shall ascertain whether or not the referendum petition is signed by a number of...
• Section 11059 - Effect Of Petition And Submission To Electors
  (a) Petition lacking signatures.--If it appears that the petition under this subchapter has not been signed by the required number of electors, no action...
• Section 11060 - Certification To County Board Of Elections, Ballots Or Ballot Labels And Expense Of Elections
  (a) Certification.--The city clerk, after consultation with the city solicitor, shall certify to the county board of elections a copy of the ordinance and...
• Section 11061 - Form Of Ballot Or Ballot Label
  The ballot used when voting on the ordinance shall contain a question stating the nature of the referred ordinance followed by the words "yes"...
• Section 11062 - Computing And Filing Returns
  (a) Computing.--An officer holding an election shall keep a tally sheet and make a return of votes on the referendum question in the same...
• Section 11063 - Effect Of Vote
  If a majority of the electors vote in favor of the ordinance, the ordinance shall take effect when the results of the election are...
• Section 11064 - Publication Of Ordinance Before Election
  Before any referendum is held on any ordinance in accordance with this subchapter, the city shall provide notice of the ordinance by publishing a...

Last modified: October 8, 2016