11 Pa.C.S. § 10205: Returns of election.

In each county in which a referendum question is submitted to the registered voters of a municipal corporation, the county board of elections shall return the vote cast on the referendum question to the following:

(1) The clerk of the court for the county.

(2) The governing body of the municipal corporation in which registered voters voted on a referendum question.

(3) If a majority of the votes cast by the registered voters of the municipal corporation are in favor of incorporating as a city, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Department of Community and Economic Development.