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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 Pa.C.S.A. Townships § 7704. Codification of ordinances

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Authority.--The board of commissioners may prepare a codification or revision of the general body of township ordinances or of the ordinances on a particular subject.

(1) The codification or revision may be enacted as an ordinance of the township.  The required advertised notice of the proposed enactment of the consolidation, codification or revision must specify its general nature and shall include a listing of the table of contents.

(2) As necessary to effectuate a codification or revision, an ordinance may be enacted to repeal or amend a complete group or body of ordinances.  The advertisement giving notice of the proposed enactment must, in lieu of a table of contents, list only the title of each ordinance in the complete group or body of ordinances.

(b) Enactment.--For a codification or revision under subsection (a):

(1) the ordinance must be introduced by the board of commissioners at least 30 days before enactment;  and

(2) notice of the introduction of the ordinance must be given by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation at least 15 days before enactment.

(c) Subsequent notice.--If a codification or revision under subsection (a) has been enacted as an ordinance, it shall not be necessary to advertise the entire text, but is sufficient to publish a notice stating that the codification or revision which had previously been given was enacted.

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