53 Pa.C.S. § 735
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Initiative of electors seeking consolidation or merger without new home rule charter.
Official statutory text
(a) General rule.--In order for consolidation or merger proceedings to be initiated by petition of electors, petitions containing signatures of at least 5% of the number of electors voting for the office of Governor in the last gubernatorial general election in each municipality proposed to be consolidated or merged shall be filed with the county board of elections of the county in which the municipality, or the greater portion of its territory, is located.
(b) Notice to governing bodies affected.--When election officials find that a petition is in proper order, they shall
send copies of the initiative petition without the signatures thereon to the governing bodies of each of the municipalities and school districts affected by the proposed consolidation or merger.
(c) Contents.--A petition shall set forth:
(1) The name of the municipality from which the signers of the petition were obtained.
(2) The names of the municipalities proposed to be consolidated or merged.
(3) The name of the consolidated or merged municipality.
(4) The type and class of the consolidated or merged municipality.
(5) Whether a consolidated or merged municipality shall be governed solely by the code and other general laws applicable to the kind and class of the consolidated or merged municipality; whether it shall be governed by a home rule charter or optional plan of government previously adopted pursuant to Subpart E of Part III (relating to home rule and optional plan government), by one of the municipalities to be consolidated or merged; or whether it shall be governed by an optional plan of government that has not been previously adopted in accordance with Subpart E of
(b) Notice to governing bodies affected.--When election officials find that a petition is in proper order, they shall
send copies of the initiative petition without the signatures thereon to the governing bodies of each of the municipalities and school districts affected by the proposed consolidation or merger.
(c) Contents.--A petition shall set forth:
(1) The name of the municipality from which the signers of the petition were obtained.
(2) The names of the municipalities proposed to be consolidated or merged.
(3) The name of the consolidated or merged municipality.
(4) The type and class of the consolidated or merged municipality.
(5) Whether a consolidated or merged municipality shall be governed solely by the code and other general laws applicable to the kind and class of the consolidated or merged municipality; whether it shall be governed by a home rule charter or optional plan of government previously adopted pursuant to Subpart E of Part III (relating to home rule and optional plan government), by one of the municipalities to be consolidated or merged; or whether it shall be governed by an optional plan of government that has not been previously adopted in accordance with Subpart E of
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