(a) Appointment, service, pension eligibility and compensation.-- (1) The board of commissioners, by resolution, may appoint school crossing guards who shall be authorized only to manage traffic and pedestrians at or near schools while the school crossing guards are in uniform. (2) School crossing guards: (i) Shall serve at the pleasure of the board of commissioners, except as provided in subsection (b). (ii) Shall not be subject to the civil service provisions of this title. (iii) Shall not be eligible to join a township pension fund. (3) The compensation of the school crossing guards, if any, shall be fixed by the board of commissioners and shall be paid by the board of commissioners, or jointly by the board of commissioners and the board of school directors, in a ratio to be determined by the boards. If the board of commissioners and board of school directors are unable to determine the ratio of compensation of the school crossing guards to be paid by each board, each board shall pay one-half of the compensation of the school crossing guards. (b) Authorization for board of school directors.-- (1) The board of commissioners may adopt a resolution allowing a board of school directors to assume hiring and oversight of school crossing guards. Before the board of commissioners adopts the resolution, the board of directors of the school district must adopt a resolution requesting authority from the board of commissioners to assume the hiring and oversight of school crossing guards. (2) The resolution adopted by the board of commissioners shall outline the manner in which the police department will provide necessary training and assistance of the school crossing guards while on duty. (3) The school crossing guards shall be authorized only to manage traffic and pedestrians in and around areas identified by the police department and the school district superintendent or the superintendent's designees. (4) The school crossing guards shall not be: (i) Subject to the civil service provisions of this title. (ii) Considered part of the bargaining unit of the school district. (iii) Considered any of the following: (A) An employee as defined under section 1101-A of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949. (B) A school employee as defined under 24 Pa.C.S. § 8102 (relating to definitions). (C) An employee under a township or school district pension or benefit plan. (5) After the resolution is adopted by the board of commissioners, the school district shall assume the cost of compensation, including fixing compensation, if any, of the school crossing guards. (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, auxiliary police officers appointed as prescribed by law may be hired by the school district to serve as school crossing guards. (7) The board of school directors shall notify the board of commissioners of the individuals hired to serve as school crossing guards and request that the necessary training or assistance be provided as specified in the resolution adopted by the board of commissioners. CHAPTER 43 CORPORATE POWERS Sec. 4301. Suits and property. 4302. Real property. 4303. Personal property. 4304. Exceptions. 4305. Surcharge from sale or lease. 4306. General powers. 4307. Specific powers. 4308. Officers, positions and departments. 4309. Police force. 4310. Lockup facilities. 4311. Rewards. 4312. Disorderly conduct. 4313. Public safety. 4314. Fire protection. 4315. Building and housing regulations. 4316. Numbering buildings. 4317. Regulation of business. 4318. Nuisances and dangerous structures. 4319. Municipal waste. 4320. Fireworks and inflammable articles. 4321. Smoke regulations. 4322. Prohibition of fire-producing devices and smoking. 4323. Animals. 4324. Regulation of foundations, party walls and partition fences. 4325. Ambulances and rescue and lifesaving services. 4326. Display of flags. 4327. Health and cleanliness regulations. 4328. Public facilities. 4329. Hospital appropriations. 4330. Community nursing services. 4331. Parking and parking lots. 4332. Appropriations for certain streets. 4333. Airports. 4334. Appropriations for airports. 4335. Purchase and planting of trees. 4336. Intergovernmental cooperation. 4337. Widening and deepening of watercourses. 4338. Regulation of charges. 4339. Street, sewer and sidewalk regulations. 4340. Capital reserve fund. 4341. Operating reserve fund. 4342. Surplus foods. 4343. Industrial promotions. 4344. Nondebt revenue bonds. 4345. Historical properties. 4346. Insurance. 4347. Appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation. 4348. Open burning. 4349. Community development. 4350. Observances and celebrations. 4351. Building hospitals. 4352. Tourist promotion agencies. 4353. Sale of real or personal property to nonprofit medical service corporation. 4354. Sale of real or personal property to nonprofit housing corporation. 4355. Nonprofit art corporations. 4356. Neighborhood crime watch programs. 4357. Drug and alcohol abuse programs. 4358. Watershed associations. 4359. Emergency services. 4360. Mines and quarries. 4361. Conservation district. 4362. Electricity. 4363. Storm water. 4364. Validity of township records and recording or transcribing of township records.
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