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§ 903. Reapportionment by governing body

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities Generally

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities Generally (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Creation, Territory, Alteration and Dissolution
Chapter 9. Municipal Reapportionment (Refs & Annos)
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 903
§ 903. Reapportionment by governing body
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Within the year following that in which the Federal census, decennial or special, is officially and finally reported and at such other times as the governing body deems necessary, each entity having a governing body not entirely elected at large shall be reapportioned into districts by its governing body. The governing body shall number the districts.
(b) Composition of districts.--Districts shall be composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable as officially and finally reported in the most recent Federal census, decennial or special.

Credits

1996, Dec. 19, P.L. 1158, No. 177, § 1, effective in 60 days.
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 903, PA ST 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 903
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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