Third Class City Code Recodification & Incorporation into Title 11 (opens in a new window) of Pa.C.S.
After a multiyear effort with the Pennsylvania Municipal League (PML) through a working group including Commission staff, other legislative staff members, city officials, and a city solicitor, the Local Government Commission introduced a modernized Third Class City Code as Senate Bill 497 (opens in a new window) in 2013. The bill was signed into law by Governor Corbett as Act 22 (opens in a new window) of 2014, and was effective May 18, 2014. In order to aid Members of the General Assembly and legislative staff in reading this comprehensive legislation, Commission staff prepared an Executive Summary as well as a Commentary. The Executive Summary highlighted the major changes by Article while the Commentary provided a more in-depth review by section. Disposition and derivation tables were provided to assist in tracking the creation or relocation of each individual section.
Subsequent to the passage of Act 22 (opens in a new window), the Commission worked with the Legislative Reference Bureau to consolidate the Third Class City Code into Title 11 (opens in a new window) (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in a process similar to that used for the consolidation of the Borough Code into Title 8 (opens in a new window). The bill, Senate Bill 775 (opens in a new window) of 2015, Printer's number 834, became Act 67 (opens in a new window) of 2015, effective January 25, 2016. Aside from seven minor amendments, the consolidation of the Code, although stylistically modified, is a continuation of Act 22 (opens in a new window).
The Third Class City Code:
Act 67 (opens in a new window) of 2015/Title 11 (opens in a new window) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.