[Adopted 4-5-1973 by Ord. No. 73-2]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Allen hereby signifies
its intention and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions of
the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382),
as amended.
The Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized
and directed to execute, on behalf of the Township of East Allen, Articles
of Incorporation for said Authority in substantially the following form.
Said Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing,
improving, maintaining and operating, owning or leasing, either in the capacity
of lessor or lessee, a water supply system for the distribution of water to
the residents of the Township of East Allen.
The first members of the Board of said Authority named in the Articles
of Incorporation set forth above are hereby specifically appointed members
of said Board for the terms of office set after their respective names, which
terms shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from
January 1, 1974.
The proper officers of the Township are hereby directed, as required
by the said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, to cause a notice of this article and of the intention
to file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth said Articles of Incorporation
to be published one time in the Northampton County Reporter, the legal periodical
of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and one time in The Bethlehem Globe-Times,
a newspaper published and of general circulation in Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
to file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth the Articles of Incorporation
together with the required proofs of publication of notice of this article
and notice of intention to file the Articles of Incorporation, together with
a certified copy of this article, and to execute and perform any and all official
acts and to pay the fees and costs necessary and appropriate to effect the
incorporation of East Allen Township Municipal Authority.
[Adopted 10-16-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-5]
The Supervisors of East Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
do ordain that the East Allen Township Municipal Authority is hereby empowered
to pursue legal action to seek payment of past due bills for services provided
and to file suits to collect funds due and owing to the Authority for connections
and other related work.