Pennsylvania Act 2001-67 — BOROUGH CODE, THE - AMEND CARE AND ERECTION OF MEMORIALS AND MUNICIPAL MUSIC, BOROUGH POWERS

Act text

Session of 2001

No. 2001-67

HB 61

AN ACT

Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further providing for specific powers of boroughs relating to care and erection of memorials and municipal music.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1202(60) and (62) of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, are amended to read:

Section 1202. Specific Powers.--The powers of the borough shall be vested in the corporate authorities. Among the specific powers of the borough shall be the following, and in the exercise of any of such powers involving the enactment of any ordinance or the making of any regulation, restriction or prohibition, the borough may provide for the enforcement thereof and may prescribe penalties for the violation thereof or for the failure to conform thereto:

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(60) Care and erection of memorials. To take charge of, care for, maintain and keep in good order and repair, at the expense of the borough, any soldiers monument, gun, or carriage, or similar memorial situated in the borough, and not in the charge or care of any person, body, or organization, and not put up or placed by the Government of the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the commissioners of the county, or by the direction or authority of any other State of the Union, and to receive from any person or organization any moneys or funds which can be used for the maintenance of such memorials, and to expend the same; and to erect or contribute to the erection of, memorials in honor of those who served in any war in which the United States was engaged[, at a cost or in a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000),] and thereafter to properly and adequately maintain the same.

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(62) Municipal music. To appropriate money[, not in excess of the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000), annually,] for the expense of municipal music.

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Section 2. This act shall be retroactive to January 1, 2000.

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 25th day of June, A. D. 2001.

THOMAS J. RIDGE