53 Pa. Stat. § 65403

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 65403 - Supervisors
(a) Except as provided under section 402(b) for the election of additional supervisors or under section 402(e) for a return to a three-member board, or when vacancies create shorter terms, at each municipal election, the electors of each township shall elect one supervisor to serve for a term of six years from the first Monday of January after the election.
(b) A supervisor may not at the same time hold any other elective township office.
(b.1) A supervisor may hold an appointed position within the township as long as the appointed position is not prohibited under this act or any other statute. Nothing under this subsection shall prohibit a supervisor from being a member of a township planning commission created under the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L. 805, No. 247), known as the "Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code."
(c) Supervisors shall reside in the township from which elected and shall have resided in that township continuously for at least one year before their election.

53 P.S. § 65403

1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 403, added 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days. Amended 2017, July 20, P.L. 327, No. 28, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 18, 2017].