Section 1308 - Notice of proposed budget and penalty

8 PA Cons Stat § 1308 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Notice.--Notice that the proposed budget is available for inspection shall be published by the borough secretary in a newspaper of general circulation, except in boroughs in which the estimated budget receipts are less than $50,000 in 2012, where, in lieu of the newspaper publications, notice may be conspicuously posted during the ten-day period in a place readily viewable by the public at the office of the borough secretary and with further notice as shall be prescribed by council.

(b) Failure.--Any borough secretary who fails or refuses to give the notice that the proposed budget is available for inspection, as required, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $100 and costs of prosecution.