Pennsylvania § 719 Notification of boundary change

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 719 — Notification of boundary change

Pennsylvania § 719

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 53MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY

PartPART II

Ch. 7ALTERATION OF TERRITORY OR CORPORATE

Subch.MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY CHANGE

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Bluebook

53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 719 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--Within 15 days after a change in boundaries has taken effect, the governing body of a municipality shall file a final report of the boundary change containing the following information with the County Board of Elections, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Policy Development or its successor, the Department of Education and the State Tax Equalization Board:

(1)The name of the impacted municipalities.

(2)A land survey showing the courses and distances of the boundary in the impacted territory.

(3)The location of the monuments along the new boundary line.

(4)The total assessed valuation of the impacted territory.

(5)The approximate population of the impacted territory.

(6)The designati

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(a) General rule.--Within 15 days after a change in boundaries has taken effect, the governing body of a municipality shall file a final report of the boundary change containing the following information with the County Board of Elections, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Policy Development or its successor, the Department of Education and the State Tax Equalization Board:

(1) The name of the impacted municipalities.

(2) A land survey showing the courses and distances of the boundary in the impacted territory.

(3) The location of the monuments along the new boundary line.

(4) The total assessed valuation of the impacted territory.

(5) The approximate population of the impacted territory.

(6) The designation, as provided for in section 715(e)(1) (relating to boundary change agreement by abutting municipalities), by which the impacted territory is to be known.

(7) In the case of a boundary change by judicial ascertainment, the decree shall be attached to the report.

(b) Combined notifications authorized.--All municipalities impacted by a boundary change may jointly provide for a combined final report under subsection (a).