Pennsylvania § 904 Reapportionment by court upon petition

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 904 — Reapportionment by court upon petition

Pennsylvania § 904

Title 53MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY

PartPART II

Ch. 9MUNICIPAL REAPPORTIONMENT

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53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 904 (2026).

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(a)Petition.--If there has not been a reapportionment by the governing body within the year following that in which the Federal census, decennial or special, is officially and finally reported, a petition signed by one or more electors who are residents of the entity may be submitted to the court of common pleas which may then reapportion in accordance with this chapter.

(b)Appointment of commissioners.--Upon receiving the petition to reapportion, the court may appoint three impartial persons as commissioners.

(c)Report to court.--The commissioners appointed by the court or any two of them shall make a report to the court within the time the court directs and shall include with it a plot showing the boundaries of the present districts and a plot showing the districts as proposed by th

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(a) Petition.--If there has not been a reapportionment by the governing body within the year following that in which the Federal census, decennial or special, is officially and finally reported, a petition signed by one or more electors who are residents of the entity may be submitted to the court of common pleas which may then reapportion in accordance with this chapter.

(b) Appointment of commissioners.--Upon receiving the petition to reapportion, the court may appoint three impartial persons as commissioners.

(c) Report to court.--The commissioners appointed by the court or any two of them shall make a report to the court within the time the court directs and shall include with it a plot showing the boundaries of the present districts and a plot showing the districts as proposed by them, along with pertinent information relating to population and area of the proposed districts.

(d) Action on report.--Upon presentation, the court shall confirm the report nisi and shall direct that notice of the filing of the report shall be given by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation stating that exceptions may be filed to the report within 30 days after the report was filed. If no exceptions are filed or if the court dismisses the exceptions, the court shall confirm the report absolutely and issue a decree. The court in its decree shall designate a number for each of the districts.