Are municipal residency ordinances valid?
The United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a municipal residency requirement in McCarthy v. Philadelphia Civil Service Commission. Residency is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining pursuant to the Municipal Employment Relations Act. In determining the residency of a person who divides his time between two locations are the location of the person's immediate family, where the person votes, where the children attend school, where the person shops, what address appears on the person's driver's license, car registration, bank accounts and tax returns.
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