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73 Pa.C.S. § 1701 Eligibility
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(a) General rules.-- (1) Only a registered elector of a township may be eligible to an elective office in the township. (2) Before being sworn into office, each elected township officer, or, except as provided under section 1711 (relating to vacancies), each appointed township of…
73 Pa.C.S. § 1702 Term of office
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Except if a vacancy in office occurs under section 1711 (relating to vacancies), officers shall hold office for the term for which the individual was elected. Officers shall not serve longer than the first Monday of January succeeding the municipal election at which a successor w…
73 Pa.C.S. § 1703 Elected officers
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(a) General rule.--The electors of each township shall elect: (1) At least five township commissioners, and the following shall apply: (i) In townships divided into wards but having fewer than five wards, the number of commissioners shall be five. One commissioner shall be electe…
73 Pa.C.S. § 1711 Vacancies
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(a) Filling.-- (1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of township commissioner, auditor, controller or tax collector for any of the following, the board of commissioners shall fill the vacancy within 30 days by appointing by resolution a registered elector of the township, or of t…