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SB 637An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in types of optional plans of government, further providing for qualifications of municipal manager.

Congress · introduced 2025-04-14

Latest action: Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, April 14, 2025

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  1. · senate Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, April 14, 2025

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Printer's No. 0642 · 1,379 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   642

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 637
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, FONTANA AND STEFANO, APRIL 14, 2025

     REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 14, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in types of optional plans of
 3      government, further providing for qualifications of municipal
 4      manager.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Section 3059 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 9   § 3059.   Qualifications of municipal manager.
10      The municipal manager shall be chosen by the council on the
11   basis of [his] executive and administrative qualifications. At
12   the time of [his appointment, he] the appointment and during the
13   tenure of the municipal manager, the municipal manager need not
14   be a resident of the municipality or this Commonwealth. The
15   municipal manager shall not hold any elective governmental
16   office.
17      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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Who matters

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1David G. Argall (R, state_upper PA-29)sponsor05
2Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32)cosponsor01
3Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42)cosponsor01

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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  1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Local Government Committee · pa-leg

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