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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-24 (Statute Update stamp, 53 Pa.C.S.)

53 Pa.C.S. § 2916: First meeting of commission.

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  1. Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY
  2. PART III GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
  3. SUBPART E HOME RULE AND OPTIONAL PLAN GOVERNMENT
  4. CHAPTER 29 GENERAL PROVISIONS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION OF HOME RULE CHARTER OR OPTIONAL PLAN OF GOVERNMENT

(a) Procedure.--As soon as possible and in any event no later than 15 days after its certification of election, the government study commission shall organize and hold its first meeting and elect one of its members chairman and another member vice chairman, fix its hours and place of meeting and adopt rules for the conduct of its business it deems necessary and advisable.

(b) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no recommendation of the commission shall have any legal effect unless adopted by a majority of the whole number of the members of the commission.

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