Title 74, TRANSPORTATION

(a) Removal and vacancy.--Members of the board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and have qualified. The appointing power may remove any member of the board appointed by that appointing power, but only in case of incompetency, neglect of duty…

(a) Meetings.--Regular meetings of the board shall be held in the metropolitan area at least once in each calendar month except July or August, the time and place of the meetings to be fixed by the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of bu…

The board shall appoint a secretary who shall not be a member of the board to hold office at the pleasure of the board and shall fix his duties and compensation. The secretary shall not be engaged in any other business or employment during his tenure of office as secretary of the…

The board shall appoint a controller who shall not be a member of the board to hold office at the pleasure of the board and shall fix his compensation. The controller shall consult with, advise and assist the board on financial and accounting matters, including, but not limited t…

(a) Facsimile signatures.--Whenever the business of the authority requires the affixing of the signature of any officer or employee of the authority, the use of a facsimile signature, when expressly authorized by resolution of the board, shall have the same force and effect as an…

The board shall appoint a general manager, who shall be the chief operations officer of the authority and who shall have demonstrated that he is competent and experienced in the area of transit management, and shall fix his compensation. The general manager shall have the power a…

The general manager shall appoint a treasurer to hold office at his pleasure. In addition to the duties imposed on the treasurer by this chapter, the treasurer shall perform such other duties as the general manager shall prescribe. The treasurer shall execute a corporate surety b…

The board shall appoint a counsel to the board, who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and who shall be appointed by the board to serve at its discretion. The board shall pay the counsel to the board reasonable compensation f…

(a) Legal division.--The general manager shall establish a legal division which shall be administered by a full-time general counsel, who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and who shall be appointed by the general manager to…

(a) Collective bargaining.--The board acting through the general manager shall have the right to bargain collectively and enter into agreements with labor organizations. The board acting through the general manager shall recognize and be bound by existing labor union agreements w…

(a) Classification of position.-- (1) The general manager shall classify all the offices, positions and grades of regular employment required with reference to the duties and compensation fixed therefor and adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or positions on…

(a) Conduct.--All public hearings required by this chapter shall be conducted so as to insure that: (1) Members of the public are afforded a reasonable opportunity to comment orally or in writing or both orally and in writing concerning actions the authority proposes to take. (2)…

(a) Establishment and composition.--There is hereby established a citizen advisory committee. The committee shall consist of: (1) an even number of members of the general public not fewer than 14 and not greater than 24, the exact number to be determined by the general manager, w…

(a) Procedure.--The board may investigate all means of transportation and the management thereof, the enforcement of its resolutions, rules and regulations and the action, conduct and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the authority. In the conduct of investigati…

Every member of the board and every employee of the authority shall be subject to the act of July 19, 1957 (P.L.1017, No.451), known as the State Adverse Interest Act, and the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), referred to as the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law.

(a) Powers enumerated.--An authority shall have and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter, including the following rights, powers and duties: (1) To have perpetual existence. (2) To sue and be sued, implead and be imp…

(a) General rule.-- (1) The authority shall have power to acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift or otherwise all or any part of the property of any public utility operating a transportation system within the metropolitan area, including, but not limited to, the plant, eq…

The authority shall have power to enter into agreements with any public utility operating a railroad or any other transportation facility, either within or without the metropolitan area, for the joint use of any property of the authority or public utility or the establishment of …

(a) Utility structures.-- (1) The authority shall have power, subject to relevant provisions of section 1741(a)(26) (relating to general powers), to require persons or corporations owning or operating public utility structures and appliances in, upon, under, over, across or along…

The authority shall not have the right to use any street or public way occupied prior to January 15, 1964, by a public utility engaged in local passenger transportation for a competing purpose without the agreement of the public utility.

In case the authority acquires the plant, equipment, property and rights in property of any public utility used or useful in the operation of a transportation system, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall transfer and deliver to the board, upon its demand, in writing a…

(a) General rule.--The authority shall have power to purchase or otherwise acquire the ownership or use of or access to equipment, such as cars, trolley buses, street cars, buses, monorails, railroad motive power, trains, railroad passenger cars and equipment, subway passenger ca…

Any person may and is hereby authorized to sell, lease, lend, grant, convey, transfer or pay over to any authority, with or without consideration, any project or any part or parts thereof, or any interest in real or personal property or any funds available for building constructi…

(a) General rule.--The counties and municipalities in any metropolitan area shall enter into a compact or compacts among themselves and/or with the authority to provide for meeting the authority's capital or operating budget by appropriations, annual or otherwise, of such sums an…

(a) Competitive bids.--Except in the purchase of unique articles or articles which, for any other reason, cannot be obtained in the open market and except as provided in section 1741 (relating to general powers) and as provided in this chapter, competitive bids shall be secured b…

(a) Fiscal year and budget.--The board shall establish a fiscal year for operations and a fiscal year for capital programs. At least 90 days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the creation of the authority and annually thereafter, the board shall cause to …

(a) Statement.--As soon after the end of each fiscal year as is feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a report and financial statement of the authority's operations for the previous year and of its assets and liabilities prepared in accordance with generally …

In addition to the powers conferred upon any authority by other provisions of this chapter, the authority is empowered to borrow or accept money or accept grants or other financial assistance from any Federal agency for or in aid of the authority's operations. It is the purpose a…

(a) General rule.--All funds of an authority received from any source shall be delivered to the treasurer of the authority or to such other agent of the authority as the board may designate. The funds shall be promptly deposited in the name of the authority in a bank or banks, ba…

An authority, under resolutions adopted from time to time by the board, may establish and create such special funds as may be found desirable by the board and, in and by such resolutions, may provide for payments into all special funds from specified sources with such preferences…

(a) General rule.-- (1) The bonds of the authority shall be authorized by resolution of the board thereof and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, bear or accrue interest at such rate or rates, fixed or variable, as shall be determined by the board as necessary to is…

Except as otherwise provided in any resolution of an authority authorizing or awarding bonds, the terms thereof and of this chapter as in effect when the bonds were authorized shall constitute a contract between the authority and obligees of the authority, subject to modification…

(a) Limitation of powers.-- (1) The Commonwealth does hereby pledge to and agree with any person, firm or corporation, government agency, whether in this Commonwealth or elsewhere, or Federal agency subscribing to or acquiring the bonds to be issued by the authority that the Comm…

In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases, and in order to secure the payment of the bonds and obligations, the authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have the power to: (1) Pledge or grant a security interest, senior, parity…

Bonds issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and the instrumentalities and agencies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, banks, bank and trust companies, trust companies, banking associations, bank…

(a) Additional rights.--An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on the obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee: (1) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, …

An authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture or loan or lease agreement, to confer upon any obligees holding or representing a specified percentage of bonds, or upon any bond insurer or provider of a letter of credit or other credit or liquidity facility, the…

Any pledge of or grant of a lien on or security interest in revenues of an authority or real or personal property of an authority made by an authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, the revenues or other property so pledged and thereafter receiv…

Any moneys deposited in any fund created by the authority pledged to be used to pay debt service on bonds of the authority, including any sinking fund or debt service reserve fund, and all investments and proceeds of investments thereof, shall, without further action or filing, b…

The proceeds of any tax levied for authority purposes or made available for use by the authority and collected by the Department of Revenue, which tax proceeds shall have been pledged by an authority to secure its bonds, shall be transferred by the State Treasurer to or upon the …

So long as an authority shall have outstanding any bonds issued under this chapter, the authority shall not be authorized to file a petition for relief under 11 U.S.C. Chapter 9 (relating to adjustment of debts of a municipality), and no public officer or agency or instrumentalit…

The effectuation of the authorized purposes of an authority created or continued under this chapter shall and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this Commonwealth, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvements of their health and…

The provisions of this chapter shall not in any way impair or in any manner affect the rights and remedies of obligees of a continued authority, and, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all such rights and remedies shall be preserved by this chapter and shall be …

With respect to the officers and employees of any authority established under the former provisions of Article III of the act of January 22, 1968 (P.L.42, No.8), known as the Pennsylvania Urban Mass Transportation Law, or the former provisions of Chapter 15 (relating to metropoli…

Bonds, contracts and obligations of an authority continued under this chapter which contracts and obligations are in effect or outstanding on the effective date of this chapter shall continue in full force and effect.

All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are inconsistent with this chapter.