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§ 2. Home rule

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesConstitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Refs & Annos)
Article IX. Local Government (Refs & Annos)
Const. Art. 9, § 2
§ 2. Home rule
Municipalities shall have the right and power to frame and adopt home rule charters. Adoption, amendment or repeal of a home rule charter shall be by referendum. The General Assembly shall provide the procedure by which a home rule charter may be framed and its adoption, amendment or repeal presented to the electors. If the General Assembly does not so provide, a home rule charter or a procedure for framing and presenting a home rule charter may be presented to the electors by initiative or by the governing body of the municipality. A municipality which has a home rule charter may exercise any power or perform any function not denied by this Constitution, by its home rule charter or by the General Assembly at any time.

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Adopted April 23, 1968.
Const. Art. 9, § 2, PA CONST Art. 9, § 2
Current through Nov. 7, 2023, General Election.
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