Plymouth Township shall continue to be a municipal corporation
under the name of "Plymouth Township." As used in this Charter, the
word "township" shall mean the Home Rule Municipality of Plymouth
Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
A.
A change of name of the Township shall be initiated upon petition,
clearly designated as a Change of Name Petition, setting forth the
proposed new name of the Township and signed by at least twenty-five
(25) per cent of the registered electors of the Township.
B.
Each elector signing a Change of Name Petition shall state his residence,
election district and date of signing. Signatures on said petition
may be on separate sheets, but each sheet shall have appended to it
the affidavit of the circulator thereof, not necessarily a signer
of the petition, that to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief
the persons whose signatures appear on the sheet are registered electors
of the Township, that they sign with full knowledge of the contents
of the petition and that their residences are correctly given.
C.
A Change of Name Petition shall be tendered for filing to the Board
of Elections of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Upon tender to the
Board of Elections, the petition shall be available for examination
by any interested person. Within fifteen (15) days after tender of
the petition, the Board of Elections shall pass upon the validity
of the petition and the validity and number of signatures required
thereon. No signature shall be counted as valid which is dated more
than sixty (60) days prior to the date the petition is tendered for
filing. The change of name question shall be placed before the electors
at the next regular election of any kind held not less than forty-five
(45) days after said petition is filed with the Board of Elections.
D.
The question to be presented to each elector in a change of name
election shall be: "Shall the name of the Township as provided in
the Home Rule Charter of Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
be changed from Plymouth Township to _____?" Provision shall be made
for the elector to vote "yes" or "no" on the question. If the majority
of the registered electors who vote on the question shall vote "yes,"
the name of the Township shall be deemed to be changed and shall become
effective immediately. Otherwise, the name of the Township shall remain
as stated in the Home Rule Charter.
E.
A change of name election shall be held in all respects in accordance
with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Election Code relating to
the conduct of special elections.
The boundaries of the Township shall be the actual boundaries
of Plymouth Township, a First Class Township, on the effective date
of the Charter and as may be lawfully changed thereafter.
