{"data":{"id":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-3002","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"53 Pa.C.S. § 3002","heading":"Officers and employees.","body":"Each municipality under this subchapter shall be governed by an elected council, an elected executive who may be called mayor, as determined by the government study commission, an elected district attorney in the case of counties and, when recommended by the commission and adopted by the voters, an elected treasurer, an elected controller and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this subchapter or other applicable law.","path":["Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY","PART III GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION","SUBPART E HOME RULE AND OPTIONAL PLAN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 30 TYPES OF OPTIONAL PLANS OF GOVERNMENT","SUBCHAPTER A EXECUTIVE (MAYOR) - COUNCIL PLAN A"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=53\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=30\u0026sctn=2\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-24 (Statute Update stamp, 53 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:34:08Z","sha256":"408d4d523deb819287889d54e7ec3b3495c87d3c02eadce64e0e914110e19895","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-3001","next":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-3003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}