Pennsylvania § 805 Election after creation

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 805 — Election after creation

Pennsylvania § 805

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 8BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS

PartPART I

Ch. 8ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS

Subch.GENERAL PROVISIONS

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8 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 805 (2026).

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(a)Officers.--The officers of a borough provided for under section 806 (relating to officers elected) shall be elected at the appropriate municipal election and take office on the first Monday of January succeeding the election if any of the following occur:

(1)A borough is incorporated under Subchapter A of Chapter 2 (relating to incorporation).

(2)At least two boroughs are consolidated under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 Subch. C (relating to consolidation and merger).

(3)A borough is created from a city of the third class under Subchapter C of Chapter 2 (relating to creation from cities of the third class).

(b)Terms.--The following shall apply:

(1)Except as provided under paragraph (2) and at the election under subsection (a), if a borough is not divided into wards, the following members

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(a) Officers.--The officers of a borough provided for under section 806 (relating to officers elected) shall be elected at the appropriate municipal election and take office on the first Monday of January succeeding the election if any of the following occur:

(1) A borough is incorporated under Subchapter A of Chapter 2 (relating to incorporation).

(2) At least two boroughs are consolidated under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 Subch. C (relating to consolidation and merger).

(3) A borough is created from a city of the third class under Subchapter C of Chapter 2 (relating to creation from cities of the third class).

(b) Terms.--The following shall apply:

(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2) and at the election under subsection (a), if a borough is not divided into wards, the following members shall be elected to coincide with the number of members of council elected in boroughs existing on January 1, 1966, under section 811 (relating to election):

(i) Three or four members of council shall be elected for terms of two years each.

(ii) Three or four members of council shall be elected for terms of four years each.

(2) One member of council shall be elected from each ward for a term of two years and one member of council shall be elected from each ward for a term of four years in any of the following:

(i) A consolidation of two or more boroughs into one borough.

(ii) The creation of a borough from a city of the third class.

(iii) If two members of council are to be elected from each ward.

(3) In any borough under subsection (a), three auditors shall be elected as follows:

(i) One for a term of two years.

(ii) One for a term of four years.

(iii) One for a term of six years.

(4) Any officers of a borough not listed under this section shall be elected for terms of two or four years to coincide with the terms of officers elected under this part in the existing boroughs.