Pennsylvania § 8023 Transfer to electoral debt of debt incurred without approval of electors

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 8023 — Transfer to electoral debt of debt incurred without approval of electors

Pennsylvania § 8023

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 53MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY

PartPART VII

Ch. 80GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subch.LIMITATIONS ON DEBT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

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53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8023 (2026).

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The governing body of any local government unit may, by resolution, signify a desire to have any debt theretofore incurred without the approval of the electors transferred to the electoral debt. The resolution shall direct the holding of an election for the purpose of obtaining the approval of the electors to the debt in the manner provided for securing the approval of electoral debt. The question shall be whether the remaining unpaid debt incurred without the approval of the electors for the project named in the question shall be removed from the category of nonelectoral or lease rental debt. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question at the election favor transfer to electoral debt, a certified copy of the resolution, proof of due advertisement of the election and a certified retu

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The governing body of any local government unit may, by resolution, signify a desire to have any debt theretofore incurred without the approval of the electors transferred to the electoral debt. The resolution shall direct the holding of an election for the purpose of obtaining the approval of the electors to the debt in the manner provided for securing the approval of electoral debt. The question shall be whether the remaining unpaid debt incurred without the approval of the electors for the project named in the question shall be removed from the category of nonelectoral or lease rental debt. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question at the election favor transfer to electoral debt, a certified copy of the resolution, proof of due advertisement of the election and a certified return of the election shall be filed with the department. If the department finds the proceedings to have been taken in conformity with the law, it shall endorse its approval on a duplicate original and return it to the local government unit. The debt shall thereupon be no longer classified as nonelectoral or lease rental debt.