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Code · Pennsylvania · Title 8 — BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS · Chapter 2

§ 211. Temporary preservation, organization and election of officers.

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§ 211. Temporary preservation, organization and election of officers.
(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 decree establishing the new borough.
(2)After a newly incorporated area is no longer governed as before the incorporation under paragraph (1), the officers of the borough who are elected, under section 805 (relating to election after creation), at the municipal or special election shall begin their terms of office, and the borough government shall be considered to be duly organized under this part.
(b)Election.-- Borough officers shall be elected at:
(1)the next municipal election occurring at least 90 days following the issuance of the decree establishing the borough; or
(2)at the request of the petitioners, a special election called by the court of common pleas.
(c)Special election.-- If a special election is held under subsection (b)(2), the court shall do all of the following:
(1)Fix the time, place and manner of holding the special election.
(2)Designate an individual to give notice of the special election and the manner of the special election.
(3)Appoint from among the electors of the newly established borough a judge and inspectors to hold the election.
(d)Terms.-- The following shall apply:
(1)Municipal officers elected at a special election held under subsection
(c)shall serve until the first Monday in January following the next succeeding municipal election.
(2)The successors of municipal officers under paragraph
(1)shall be elected as provided under section 805 and shall take office upon completion of municipal officer's service under paragraph (1).
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Cross References. Section 211 is referred to in sections 205, 213 of this title.
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