Section 5201 - Creation and powers of county planning commission(a) In the county there shall be a county planning commission and also a department of county planning. The department shall be under the supervision of the planning commission.(b) The county planning commission shall consist of nine persons, who shall be residents of the county. In counties of the second class, four of them shall be residents of the city or cities therein, and five of them shall be residents of the boroughs and townships therein. They shall have knowledge and experience in respect to one or more of the following subjects: finance, commerce, industry, agriculture, transportation, architecture, landscape, architecture, real estate, building, engineering, social welfare, civic administration and law, and at least seven of them shall not be paid county employes.(c) All of said persons shall be appointed by the county commissioners; three of them shall be designated to serve until the first day of January of the second year following the year in which they are appointed, three of them until the first day of January of the fourth year following the year in which they are appointed, and three of them until the first day of January of the sixth year following the year in which they are appointed: Provided, however, That the members of the county planning commission in office on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven, shall remain in office until the end of their respective terms. Their successors shall be appointed at the expiration of their respective terms, to serve six years. An appointment to fill a casual vacancy shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term.(d) Three members shall constitute a quorum. They may make and alter rules and regulations for their own organization and procedure consistent with the resolutions of the county commissioners and the rules of the Commonwealth.(e) They shall serve without compensation, and shall make annually, to the county commissioners, a report of their transactions and recommendations. They may employ engineers and other persons whose salaries and wages and other necessary expenses of the commission shall be provided for, in the discretion of the county commissioners, by proper appropriation and resolution. For the purpose of defraying such costs and expenses, the county commissioners may use current tax revenue or may issue general obligation bonds in such amounts as are necessary and in such manner as provided by the act of June 25, 1941 (P.L. 159), known as the "Municipal Borrowing Law." The county planning commission may also receive and expend for the purpose of its planning work, including planning work in or for cities, boroughs, townships and towns, within the county, any gifts, grants and appropriations of money from any other source, including Commonwealth, Federal or local funds, and may contract with governmental or private agencies or individuals with respect thereto.(f) The county planning commission may be given the additional powers and duties of serving as the county zoning commission and county transit and traffic commission, with all the powers and duties that have been or may be conferred upon such county commissions by other acts of Assembly.1953, July 28, P.L. 723, art. XXII, § 2201. Amended 1955, Dec. 15, P.L. 880, § 1; 1956, May 25, P.L. (1955) 1745, § 1; 1963, Aug. 6, P.L. 522, § 1; 1967, Oct. 20, P.L. 472, § 5.