73 Pa.C.S. § 1505
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Schedule of election of commissioners in newly created wards.
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(a) Wards fewer than five.--
(1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is less than five, the registered electors of the new ward shall elect one township commissioner at the next municipal election following the expiration of the term of the commissioner or commissioners elected at large whose terms shall first expire after the creation of the new ward.
(2) The individual elected commissioner under paragraph
(1) must be a resident of the ward for which the commissioner is elected.
(3) The commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve for a term of two or four years, so that the expiration of the commissioner's term will harmonize with the expiration of terms of commissioners for the even or odd numbered wards under the provisions of this part.
(4) A commissioner elected to succeed a township commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve a term of four years.
(5) The number of commissioners elected at large in the township shall be the difference between the number of wards and five, and a sufficient number of commissioners shall be elected at large at each municipal election preceding the expiration of terms of commissioners at large so that the total number of commissioners in the township will at all times be five.
(b) Wards numbering five.--
(1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is five, the residents of the ward shall elect a township commissioner at the municipal election preceding the expiration of the term of office of any commissioner or commissioners elected at large.
(2) The individual elected commissioner under paragraph
(1) must be a resident of the ward for which the commissioner is elected.
(3) The commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve a two-year or four-year term so that the expiration of the commissioner's term will harmonize with the expiration of terms of commissioners for the even-numbered or odd-numbered wards under the provisions of this chapter.
(4) A commissioner elected to succeed a commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve a four-year term. No township commissioner shall thereafter be elected at large in the township.
(c) Wards more than five.--
(1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is more than five, the court of common pleas of the county in which the township is located shall appoint a township commissioner for the new ward.
(2) The commissioner appointed under paragraph (1) shall hold office until the first Monday in January succeeding the first municipal election at which township commissioners are elected in the even-numbered or odd-numbered wards under the provisions of this part.
(3) The qualified electors of the new ward shall elect a township commissioner for a term of four years at the municipal election described under paragraph (2), and every four years thereafter.
(4) The individual elected commissioner under paragraph
(3) must be a resident of the ward for which the commissioner is elected.
(d) First day of office.--A township commissioner elected under this section shall take office on the first Monday of January next succeeding the commissioner's election.
(1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is less than five, the registered electors of the new ward shall elect one township commissioner at the next municipal election following the expiration of the term of the commissioner or commissioners elected at large whose terms shall first expire after the creation of the new ward.
(2) The individual elected commissioner under paragraph
(1) must be a resident of the ward for which the commissioner is elected.
(3) The commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve for a term of two or four years, so that the expiration of the commissioner's term will harmonize with the expiration of terms of commissioners for the even or odd numbered wards under the provisions of this part.
(4) A commissioner elected to succeed a township commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve a term of four years.
(5) The number of commissioners elected at large in the township shall be the difference between the number of wards and five, and a sufficient number of commissioners shall be elected at large at each municipal election preceding the expiration of terms of commissioners at large so that the total number of commissioners in the township will at all times be five.
(b) Wards numbering five.--
(1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is five, the residents of the ward shall elect a township commissioner at the municipal election preceding the expiration of the term of office of any commissioner or commissioners elected at large.
(2) The individual elected commissioner under paragraph
(1) must be a resident of the ward for which the commissioner is elected.
(3) The commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve a two-year or four-year term so that the expiration of the commissioner's term will harmonize with the expiration of terms of commissioners for the even-numbered or odd-numbered wards under the provisions of this chapter.
(4) A commissioner elected to succeed a commissioner elected under paragraph (1) shall serve a four-year term. No township commissioner shall thereafter be elected at large in the township.
(c) Wards more than five.--
(1) If a new ward is created in a township previously divided into wards and the number of wards in the township, including the new ward, is more than five, the court of common pleas of the county in which the township is located shall appoint a township commissioner for the new ward.
(2) The commissioner appointed under paragraph (1) shall hold office until the first Monday in January succeeding the first municipal election at which township commissioners are elected in the even-numbered or odd-numbered wards under the provisions of this part.
(3) The qualified electors of the new ward shall elect a township commissioner for a term of four years at the municipal election described under paragraph (2), and every four years thereafter.
(4) The individual elected commissioner under paragraph
(3) must be a resident of the ward for which the commissioner is elected.
(d) First day of office.--A township commissioner elected under this section shall take office on the first Monday of January next succeeding the commissioner's election.
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