8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 8 - Elections Of Officers
Subchapter A. General Provisions
- Section 801 - Eligibility
(a) Residency.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under subsection (c), only registered electors of the borough shall be eligible to elective borough...
- Section 802 - Time And Place
Elections for borough officers shall be at the time and place designated by law for the holding of municipal elections.
- Section 803 - Certificates
Certificates of election of all borough officers shall be filed with the borough secretary and preserved among the records of the borough for a...
- Section 804 - Term And Bonds
(a) Terms.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), an individual elected to a borough office shall serve for the term...
- Section 805 - Election After Creation
(a) Officers.--The officers of a borough provided for under section 806 (relating to officers elected) shall be elected at the appropriate municipal election and...
- Section 806 - Officers Elected
(a) Officers.--The electors of the borough may elect: (1) A mayor, who shall be elected at municipal elections every four years. (2) A tax...
Subchapter B. Members of Council
- Section 811 - Election
Biennially, at the municipal election, a sufficient number of members of council shall be elected to fill the places of members whose terms shall,...
- Section 812 - Election Of Members Of Council
(a) General rule.--If council, by ordinance, divides any borough into wards, erects new wards out of two or more wards or parts of wards...
- Section 813 - Fixing Number Of Members Of Council
If, upon the division of a borough into wards or the creation of a new ward, the number of members of council cannot be...
- Section 814 - Increase In Number Of Ward Council Members
Council may, upon petition of at least 5% of the registered electors of the borough, increase the number of members of council to any...
- Section 815 - Decrease In Number Of Ward Council Members
(a) General rule.--If, in any borough divided into wards, the council consists of more than seven members, at least 5% of the registered electors...
- Section 816 - Election Of Members Of Council Where Wards Abolished
(a) Abolishing.--If council, by ordinance, abolishes all wards in a borough, the ordinance shall provide for the election of seven members of council at...
- Section 817 - Vacancies Created After A Primary Election
If a vacancy is created in the office of a member of council by any ordinance or decree of court as provided in this...
- Section 818 - Decrease In Number Of Members Of Council
(a) Petition by electors.--The court of common pleas may, upon petition of at least 5% of the registered electors of any borough not divided...
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