[Adopted 5-27-1958 by Ord. No. 3581; amended in its entirety 7-8-1958 by Ord. No.
3587]
[1]
Editor's Note: On 10-22-1980, the City of Altoona approved
Res. No. 0107-08, which authorized a Joint Municipal Statement of
Revival for the Transportation and Motor Buses for Public Use Authority
d/b/a/ AMTRAN with the Township of Logan for an additional term not
exceeding 50 years.
The Council hereby signifies the intention and desire to organize
an authority under the provisions of the "Municipal Authorities Act
of 1945," as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June
19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed
to execute, on behalf of the City of Altoona, Articles of Incorporation
for said Authority, in substantially the following form:
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2, 1945,
P.L. 382, known as "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended,
the City of Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate
an authority thereunder, does hereby certify:
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The name of the Authority is "Transportation and Motor Buses
for Public Use Authority."[2]
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2.
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Said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of
May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.[3]
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No other authority organized under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L.
382, as amended, or under the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, as amended,
or under the Act of December 27, 1933, Special Session 1933, P.L.
114, is in existence in or for the incorporating municipality, the
City of Altoona, except the Altoona City Authority as created by Ordinance
No. 3364, introduced July 20, 1948, and adopted August 3, 1948.
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The name of the incorporating municipality is City of Altoona,
Blair County, Pennsylvania.
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5.
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The names and addresses of its municipal authorities are as
follows:[4]
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6.
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The names and addresses and terms of office of the first members
of the Board of the Municipal Authority to be formed hereby are as
follows:[5]
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The ordinance authorizing the creation of said Authority, certified
from the records of the Council of the City of Altoona, together with
advertisement of notice of filing these Articles of Incorporation,
are each submitted herewith.
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[2]
Editor's Note: On 2-26-1980, the Department of State
approved an application permitting the Transportation and Motor Buses
for Public Use Authority to conduct business under the name AMTRAN
(Altoona Metro Transit). The certificate was filed in the Office of
the Prothonotary of Blair County on 4-16-1980.
[3]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June
19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities
Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the names and addresses
of the original municipal authorities is available in the City offices.
[5]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the names, addresses
and terms of the first members is available in the City offices.
The proper officers of the City are hereby directed to cause
a notice of this article to be published one time in a newspaper published
and of general circulation in the County of Blair as directed by the
Act of May 2, 1945, as amended.
The Mayor and the City Clerk are directed to file said Articles
of Incorporation, together with the necessary proof of publication,
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and to do all other acts and
things necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of the
Transportation and Motor Buses for Public Use Authority.
The project which shall be undertaken by the said Authority
is: to acquire, hold, maintain, operate, own, lease either as lessor
or lessee motor buses, real estate and garage facilities for use in
connection with said bus system for the operation of said buses within
the territorial limits of the City of Altoona and for such other territory
as it may be authorized to serve.
