Pennsylvania Act 1991-11 — BOROUGH CODE - AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR BOROUGH OFFICERS

Act text

Session of 1991

No. 1991-11

HB 171

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," providing for residence requirements for borough officers.

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

Section 1. Section 801 of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, is amended to read:

Section 801. Electors Only to be Eligible; Incompatibility.--Registered electors of the borough only shall be eligible to elective borough offices. All elected borough officers shall reside in the borough from which elected and shall have resided in the borough continuously for at least one year before their election. A school director shall not be eligible to an elective borough office. No individual shall at the same time hold more than one elective borough office.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 11th day of June, A. D. 1991.

ROBERT P. CASEY