Category: Fall 2010 Municipal Newsletter

The preceding information presented to you for your information is rudimentary information and is not necessarily conductive to all situations.  Because each municipal government and authority is different, this information is merely a basis to consider.  Any-one with specific issues should always consult an attorney.  This newsletter should in no way be considered a substitute […]

The Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code clearly establishes that passage of titles takes place between condemnee and condemnor at the time a declaration of taking is filed but specifies that possession does not occur simultaneous with this event.  Appeal of Hawk Sales Company, 394 A.2d 657 at 661 (Pa. Commw. 1978) citing 26 Pa. C.S.A. 302 (a)(2). Rather, […]

Right-to-Know Law requests for public records in an issue we have been encountering more and more in our municipal work.  Section 1382 of the Municipal Records Act, (53 Pa.C.S.A. 1381 et seq.), identifies public records to be any papers, books, maps, photographs, graphs or documentary materials, regardless of physical form, made or received by an […]

Leventry, Haschak & Rodkey, LLC is pleased to present our quarterly municipal and Authority clients, but also to municipalities and authorities of the counties we serve: Cambria, Somerset, Westmoreland, Indiana and Bedford.  Our regular quarterly newsletter is sent to individuals and entities with local government affiliations. Before proceeding with this newsletter (out first Municipal Newsletter), […]