PRINTER'S NO. 2945
No. 2238 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY CAPUTO, GEISLER, ABRAHAM, RAVENSTAHL, NOVAK,
FLAHERTY, MRKONIC, ITKIN, MISCEVICH, GILLETTE, COWELL,
KERNICK, M. M. MULLEN, CESSAR, J. B. KELLY III, PARKER,
FISHER AND TADDONIO, MARCH 23, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 23, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," authorizing the jury
5 commissioners to join their State association, providing for
6 attendance at the annual meeting and authorizing payments by
7 the county pertaining thereto.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 432, act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723,
11 No.230), known as the "Second Class County Code," is amended by
12 adding a clause to read:
13 Section 432. State Associations Authorized.--County officers
14 of the county may join with county officers of other counties of
15 the Commonwealth and organize a State association, as follows:
16 * * *
17 (11) The jury commissioners.
18 Section 2. Section 434 and subsection (b) of section 436 of
19 the act, amended June 30, 1969 (P.L.101, No.38), are amended to
1 read:
2 Section 434. Deputies and Solicitors May Attend Annual
3 Meetings.--The deputy controller, the deputy sheriff, the deputy
4 register of wills, the deputy treasurer, the deputy
5 prothonotary, the deputy clerk of courts, the deputy recorder of
6 deeds, the deputy clerk of orphans' court, the first assistant
7 district attorney, the chief clerk of the jury commission and
8 the chief deputy coroner, with the approval of his principal and
9 the solicitor for each office may attend the annual meetings of
10 his respective associations, either together with the
11 controller, sheriff, register of wills, prothonotary, clerk of
12 courts, recorder of deeds, district attorney, coroner, jury
13 commissioners or treasurer, as the case may be, or in his place.
14 Section 436. Other Meeting Expenses Paid by County.--* * *
15 (b) In the case of the county controllers, the sheriffs, the
16 register of wills, the county commissioners, county solicitor
17 and chief clerk, the prothonotaries and clerks of courts of
18 [quarter sessions] common pleas, the county treasurers, the
19 recorders of deeds and the directors of veterans' affairs, and
20 the jury commissioners the portion of the annual expenses
21 charged to each county shall not exceed one hundred dollars
22 ($100); and in the case of the probation officers, an annual
23 membership subscription not exceeding six dollars and twenty-
24 five cents ($6.25) per member shall be paid by the county, and
25 shall be in lieu of the expenses hereinbefore in this section
26 provided for other county officers.
27 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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