Title 8, BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS

(a) Process.--After receiving the findings of fact and the advice of the committee, the court shall conduct a hearing. If, after the hearing, the court deems further investigation necessary to determine the advisability of incorporation, it may issue an order to obtain the additi…

(a) Time.--When the petition and the final decree granting the petition have been recorded, the area shall become an incorporated borough and shall be entitled to the rights, privileges and immunities conferred under this part, except as provided under section 211 (relating to te…

If, in any petition for the incorporation of a borough, the boundaries fixed by the petitioners embrace lands exclusively used for the purposes of farming, the court may, if it deems the land does not properly belong to the proposed borough and at the request of any party aggriev…

The corporate name of a borough incorporated under this part shall be "The Borough of ."

(a) Decree.--When a borough is created, the clerk of courts in each county affected shall, within 30 days of the creation, certify to the Department of State, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Community and Economic Development and the county planning commission…

(a) Government.--The following shall apply: (1) A newly incorporated area under section 201 (relating to contiguous areas) shall continue to be governed as before the incorporation until the first Monday of January following the municipal election after the issuance of the final …

The boundaries of the borough shall, as soon as practicable after its incorporation, be appropriately marked. Prior to marking the boundaries, notice shall be provided, as directed by the court, to the governing bodies of adjoining municipal corporations.

(a) Property.--The following shall apply: (1) After the election of a council under section 211 (relating to temporary preservation, organization and election of officers) when a borough is newly incorporated, the council and the governing body of the township from which the boro…

(a) Petition.--If the governing bodies of the township and the borough cannot make an amicable adjustment and apportionment of the property and indebtedness within six months after the government of the newly incorporated borough is established, the supervisors or commissioners o…

(a) Notice.--The commissioners shall give the township and the borough at least five days' notice of the filing of the report under section 214(c) (relating to judicial adjustment). (b) Exceptions.--Unless exceptions are filed to the report within 30 days after the date of the fi…

If exceptions are filed to the report under section 214(c) (relating to judicial adjustment), the court shall dispose of the exceptions and shall enter its decree confirming or modifying the award.

The commissioners under section 214(b) (relating to judicial adjustment) shall receive compensation and expenses for their services as provided by the court. The costs of the proceedings, including the compensation and expenses of the commissioners, shall be apportioned by the co…

If territory included within the limits of a newly incorporated borough is located in at least two counties, the court of common pleas of the county where the larger part of the territory of the borough is located shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the proceedings to adjust a…

In any proceeding to adjust and apportion indebtedness, the township or the borough shall have power to issue and deliver to the borough or township interest-bearing bonds in liquidation of the indebtedness ascertained, to be its proportionate share payable, if the bonds are acce…

(a) Petition.--The court of common pleas shall, upon petition of at least 10% of the registered electors of any city of the third class, order an election to be held at the next general, municipal or primary election occurring at least 90 days after the presentation of the petiti…

(a) Filing.--Upon presentation of a petition under section 231 (relating to procedure), the court shall determine whether the petition meets the requirements under section 231. If the requirements are met, the court shall: (1) Enter an appropriate order requiring an election. (2)…

(a) City.--When the record of the proceedings under section 232 (relating to filing, notice and return) is recorded, the city form of government shall continue in operation until the first Monday of January after the first municipal election occurring at least 90 days after the r…

(a) Property.--When the borough government is formed, the property and assets of the city shall become the property of the borough, and the change of government shall not do any of the following: (1) Affect any of the following: (i) Liabilities incurred. (ii) Rights accrued or ve…

(a) Petitioners.--Except as provided under subsection (b), the costs and expenses of proceedings to change the charter of a city to a borough, including all costs of advertising, shall be paid by the petitioners. (b) Exception.--If the vote of electors to change the charter of a …

A borough may be merged or consolidated into a new or existing municipal corporation in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 Subch. C (relating to consolidation and merger).

(a) General rule.--The following shall apply: (1) If the corporate name of a borough differs from the name of the borough in general usage or from the post office designation due to minor discrepancies in spelling, capitalization or the manner of compounding the elements of the n…