Pennsylvania Statutes Title 8 Pa.C.S.A. Boroughs and Incorporated Towns § 701.2. Compensation

(a) Employees.--Council may authorize borough employees, including the mayor and members of council if they are employees of the borough, to be compensated at their regular employee rates during their attendance at the annual meeting or a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs.

(b) Nonemployees.--Council may authorize the mayor and any council member who is not employed by the borough to receive total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary, including those from self-employment, while attending the annual meeting or a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs if sufficient documentation is presented to council to justify the reimbursement.

(c) Amount.--The maximum time for which a borough employee or mayor or council member not employed by the borough shall be reimbursed for lost wages or salary while attending the annual meeting or a conference, educational training or committee meeting of the State Association of Boroughs shall be not more than four days, including time spent traveling to and from the event.

(d) Executive members.--The council may authorize a mayor or any council member employed by the borough to be compensated at the mayor's or council member's regular employee rate and a mayor or council member who is not employed by the borough to receive total or partial reimbursement for lost wages or salary, including those from self-employment, if the mayor or council member attends a meeting for which the mayor or council member is an officer, a member of the board of directors, a member of the executive committee, a member of a standing committee or a trustee of the State Association of Boroughs, subject to the following which shall include time spent traveling to and from the event: