Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5508 (2026)

Governing body.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 5508. Governing body.

(a) Scope.--This section does not apply to cities of the first class.

(b) Board.--

(1) The powers of an authority shall be exercised by a board composed of five members. The majority of the members must be residents of the municipality where the authority is located. Each member must be a resident of the county in which the municipality is located or maintain a business in the municipality served by the authority.

(2) The mayor of the city, the president of the borough council, the president of the board of township commissioners, as applicable, shall appoint the members of the board.

(3) Beginning on June 1, 1947:

(i) one member shall serve for one year;

(ii) one member shall serve for two years;

(iii) one member shall serve for three years;

(iv) one member shall serve for four years; and

(v) one member shall serve for five years.

(4) After initial terms, the appointing officer shall, not sooner than 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to June 1 in each year in which a vacancy occurs, appoint a member of the board for a term of five years to fill the vacancy.

(5) A vacancy for an unexpired term which occurs more than 60 days before the end of a term shall be promptly filled by appointment by appointing authority.

(6) Members of the board may be removed at the will of the appointing authority.

(c) Succession.--A member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed. A member may succeed himself or herself.

(d) Compensation.--A member shall receive no compensation for services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of duties.

(e) Officers.--The members of the board shall select from among themselves a chair, a vice chair and other officers as the board may determine. The board may employ a secretary, an executive director, its own counsel and legal staff and technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it requires and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation of such individuals.

(f) Quorum.--Three members of the board constitute a quorum for meetings.

(g) Liability.--A member of the board shall not be liable personally on a bond or other obligations of the authority. Rights of creditors shall be solely against the authority.

(h) Delegation.--The board may delegate to an agent or employee powers as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, subject to the supervision and control of the board.

(i) Management.--The board has authority to manage the property and business of the authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the authority may be conducted and in which the powers granted to the authority may be exercised.

(Feb. 10, 2004, P.L.69, No.9, eff. 60 days)

2004 Amendment. Act 9 amended subsec. (b)(1).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: Prog. Admin. Servs., Inc. v. Dauphin Cnty. Gen. Auth., 928 A.2d 1013 (Pa. 2007).

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Prog. Admin. Servs., Inc. v. Dauphin Cnty. Gen. Auth., 928 A.2d 1013 (Pa. 2007). · cites it 2× “See 53 Pa.C.S. § 5508(b). To the extent this legislative policy is in tension with the competing common-law concern relating to the freedom of a new board to respond to popular pressures, the latter must yield to the former.”

City of Philadelphia v. Rendell, 888 A.2d 922 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “1), which effectively replaced 53 Pa.C.S. § 5508(q). [13] Counts I and IV of the City's complaint, which was the subject of Schweiker, raised home rule challenges.”

Reed v. Harrisburg City Council, 995 A.2d 1137 (Pa. 2010). “, § 1705 (mayor appoints board members for redevelopment authorities); 53 Pa.C.S. § 5508(b)(2) (mayor appoints parking authorities).”

In Re: Chester Water Auth. Trust ~ Appeal of: City of Chester (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021). “See new 53 Pa. C.S. §5508. 2 Act of June 19, 2001, P.”

— 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5508(b) — 1 case

Prog. Admin. Servs., Inc. v. Dauphin Cnty. Gen. Auth., 928 A.2d 1013 (Pa. 2007). “See 53 Pa.C.S. § 5508(b). To the extent this legislative policy is in tension with the competing common-law concern relating to the freedom of a new board to respond to popular pressures, the latter must yield to the former.”

— 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5508(b)(2) — 1 case

Reed v. Harrisburg City Council, 995 A.2d 1137 (Pa. 2010). “, § 1705 (mayor appoints board members for redevelopment authorities); 53 Pa.C.S. § 5508(b)(2) (mayor appoints parking authorities).”

— 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5508(q) — 1 case

City of Philadelphia v. Rendell, 888 A.2d 922 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005). “1), which effectively replaced 53 Pa.C.S. § 5508(q). [13] Counts I and IV of the City's complaint, which was the subject of Schweiker, raised home rule challenges.”

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