Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 17508. Certification of recognized tourist promotion agencies

(1) A county must certify a recognized tourist promotion agency under subsection (a) by proper resolution of the governing body of the county, concurred in by resolution of the governing bodies of cities, boroughs, towns or townships within the county which have an aggregate of more than 50% of the total population of the county as determined by the most recently completed Federal decennial census.

(2) A recognized tourist promotion agency shall operate until that agency has dissolved as an entity, withdrawn its certification or has been decertified by the county under subsection (c).

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may decertify a recognized tourist promotion agency by proper resolution of the governing body of a county, concurred in by resolution of the governing bodies of cities, boroughs, towns or townships within the county which have an aggregate of more than 65% of the total population of the county as determined by the most recently completed Federal decennial census.

(2) The county shall hold at least one public hearing on decertification no less than seven days before a meeting to adopt a resolution under this subsection.

(3) This subsection shall apply to recognized tourist promotion agencies, regardless of the date on which they were recognized under the act of July 4, 2008 (P.L. 621, No. 50),  1 known as the Tourism Promotion Act, or certified by the county under this section or former section 1770.11 of the County Code.