Section 65202 - Reestablishment of townshipsA township of the first class may, irrespective of population, be reestablished a township of the second class in the following manner:
(1) The board of commissioners of the township of the first class on its own initiative may, or within fifteen days after the receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the electors of the township of the first class shall, pass a resolution and record it on its minutes, submitting the question of whether the township of the first class shall be reestablished as a township of the second class to the electors of the township of the first class.(2) At the next primary, general or municipal election occurring at least ninety days after the passage of the resolution, the question, whether the township of the first class shall be reestablished as a township of the second class, shall be submitted to the voters of the township; and the county board of elections shall place the question of reestablishment as a township of the second class on the ballot under the election laws of this Commonwealth.(3) The election officers shall compute the votes cast at the election and certify them to the county board of elections, which shall compute them and certify the result to the county commissioners and the board of commissioners of the township of the first class and to the clerk of the court of common pleas. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the reestablishment of the township of the first class as a township of the second class, the government of the township of the second class shall be organized and become effective on the first Monday of January after the election, when the terms of the officers of the township of the first class shall cease, and the officers appointed by the court for the township under section 205 shall take office. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of remaining a township of the first class, no further proceedings may be initiated for a period of two years from the date of the election.1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 202, added 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days.