8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 10 - Powers And Duties Of Elected Officials
Subchapter A. Council
- 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 January of each even-numbered year by electing one member as president and one member...
- Section 1002 - Oath Of Members Of Council
Before entering upon the duties of their offices, the members of council shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office under 53...
- 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 of the council until it is organized as provided in section 1001 (relating to...
- Section 1004 - Failure Of Council To Organize
If the council of any borough fails to organize within ten days from the time prescribed in this chapter, the court of common pleas,...
- Section 1005 - Powers Of Council
The council shall have power: (1) To, by motion, ordinance or resolution, create the offices of and appoint a treasurer, a secretary, a solicitor,...
- Section 1006 - Duties Of Council
It shall be the duty of council: (1) To organize, under section 1001 (relating to organization of council, quorum, participation by telecommunication device, voting,...
- Section 1007 - (Reserved)
- Section 1008 - (Reserved)
- 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 shall be deemed valid if typewritten, printed, photocopied, microfilmed or electronically or digitally stored...
- Section 1010 - (Reserved)
- Section 1011 - (Reserved)
- Section 1012 - (Reserved)
- Section 1013 - (Reserved)
- Section 1014 - Hearings Before Council; Witnesses
Councils may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers or other evidence at any meeting of the council or any...
- Section 1015 - Witness Fees And Mileage
No individual residing outside the borough and subpoenaed under section 1014 (relating to hearings before council; witnesses) shall be required to respond to the...
- Section 1016 - Examination Of Witnesses; Penalty
An individual called as a witness, as provided in this chapter, may be examined under oath, administered by the president of council or chair...
Subchapter B. Mayor (Reserved)
Subchapter C. Auditors
- Section 1041 - Auditors To Meet Yearly And Audit Accounts
(a) First meeting.--The auditors of the borough shall meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year and shall organize by the election...
- Section 1042 - (Reserved)
- Section 1043 - (Reserved)
- Section 1044 - (Reserved)
- Section 1045 - (Reserved)
- Section 1046 - (Reserved)
- Section 1047 - (Reserved)
- Section 1048 - (Reserved)
- Section 1049 - (Reserved)
- Section 1050 - (Reserved)
- Section 1051 - (Reserved)
- Section 1052 - (Reserved)
- Section 1053 - Compensation Of Auditors
(a) General compensation.--Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b), each auditor shall receive $10 per hour for each hour or portion of...
- Section 1054 - (Reserved)
- Section 1055 - Subpoenas, Oath And Perjury
(a) Subpoenas.--A majority of the auditors of any borough shall have the power to issue subpoenas to obtain the attendance of the persons whose...
- Section 1056 - (Reserved)
- Section 1057 - (Reserved)
- Section 1058 - Pay Of Witnesses
Witnesses, other than officers of the borough, appearing before the auditors and individuals or officers serving subpoenas shall be paid, out of the borough...
- Section 1059 - Auditors To Settle Accounts Where Witnesses Do Not Appear
If any person in possession of documents relative to public accounts before auditors refuses to produce the same or if any officer whose accounts...
- Section 1059.1 - Completion, Filing And Publication Of Auditor's Report And Financial Statement
(a) Reports.--The auditors shall complete the annual audit, adjustment and settlement as soon as possible after the end of the fiscal year. The auditors...
- Section 1059.2 - Attorney To Auditors
The borough auditors may employ an attorney if deemed advisable by a majority of the auditors. The auditors, with the agreement of council, shall...
- Section 1059.3 - Surcharge By Auditors
(a) Surcharges.-- (1) The amount of any balance or shortage or of any expenditure of a kind or made in a manner prohibited or...
- Section 1059.4 - Appeals From Audit
It shall be lawful for the borough, or any taxpayer of the borough on its behalf, or any person whose account is settled or...
- Section 1059.5 - Taxpayers Appealing To Enter Bond
No appeal by a taxpayer or officer may be allowed unless, within the time of taking the appeal, the appellant secures a bond in...
- Section 1059.6 - Procedure On Appeals
(a) Evidence and burden.--In any proceeding upon an appeal from a report of the auditors, the accounts of the office or officers or the...
- Section 1059.7 - Findings Of Fact And Law, Judgment And Appeals
After the hearing, the court shall file its findings of fact and law and enter judgment accordingly, and the judgment so entered may be...
- Section 1059.8 - Attorney Fees
(a) Fees awarded.--Upon final determination of an appeal taken under section 1059.4 (relating to appeals from audit) from any report, audit or settlement of...
- Section 1059.9 - Balances Due To Be Entered As Judgments
A balance in a report of the auditors against an officer of the borough shall constitute a surcharge against the officer as fully as...
- Section 1059.10 - Penalty For Failure To Comply With Law
(a) Neglect.--An auditor neglecting or refusing to comply with this chapter commits a summary offense. (b) Financial interest.--An auditor who is financially interested, directly...
- Section 1059.11 - General Powers And Duties Of Independent Auditor
(a) Powers and duties.--If an independent auditor is appointed under section 1005(7) (relating to powers of council), the independent auditor shall have the same...
Subchapter D. Controller
- Section 1061 - Oath And Bond Of Controller
The borough controller shall, before entering upon the duties of office, take the required oath or affirmation of office under 53 Pa.C.S. § 1141...
- Section 1062 - Salary Of Controller
The council shall fix the annual salary of the controller. Any change in salary, compensation or emoluments of the elected office shall become effective...
- Section 1063 - General Powers And Duties Of Controller
(a) General duties and powers.--The borough controller shall manage the fiscal affairs of the borough. The controller shall examine, audit and settle all accounts...
- Section 1064 - (Reserved)
- Section 1065 - Countersigned Warrants
The controller shall countersign all warrants upon the borough treasurer, with the form of the warrant to be prescribed by council, except that no...
- Section 1066 - Prevention Of Appropriation Overdrafts
The controller shall not permit any appropriation made by the council to be overdrawn. If an appropriation is exhausted, the object of which is...
- Section 1067 - Amount Of Contracts To Be Charged Against Appropriations
(a) General rule.--A contract involving appropriation of money shall designate the item of appropriation on which it is founded, and the estimated amount of...
- Section 1068 - Controller's Recommendations On Borough Finances
The borough controller shall, as often as the controller may deem expedient or the council shall direct, suggest plans to the council for the...
- Section 1069 - Books To Be Kept By Controller
The borough controller shall keep a regular set of books which shall be opened and keep as many accounts, under appropriate titles, as may...
- Section 1070 - Appeals From Controller's Report
Appeals may be taken from the settlement and audit of the controller, as shown in the controller's report to the court of common pleas...
- Section 1071 - Acceptance By Ordinance
(a) General rule.--This subchapter shall not become operative or effective in any borough not having a controller until the borough shall, by ordinance, accept...
Subchapter E. (Reserved)
Subchapter F. Tax Collector
Last modified: October 8, 2016