PRINTER'S NO. 293
No. 261 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, LEVDANSKY, KAISER, VAN HORNE, McVERRY,
PISTELLA, COWELL, GIGLIOTTI, TRELLO, MARKOSEK, OLASZ,
ROBINSON, PRESTON AND PETRONE, FEBRUARY 7, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 6, 1941 (P.L.861, No.323), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to create a uniform and exclusive system
3 for the administration of parole in this Commonwealth;
4 providing state probation services; establishing the
5 'Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole'; conferring and
6 defining its jurisdiction, duties, powers and functions;
7 including the supervision of persons placed upon probation
8 and parole in certain designated cases; providing for the
9 method of appointment of its members; regulating the
10 appointment, removal and discharge of its officers, clerks
11 and employes; dividing the Commonwealth into administrative
12 districts for purposes of probation and parole; fixing the
13 salaries of members of the board and of certain other
14 officers and employes thereof; making violations of certain
15 provisions of this act misdemeanors; providing penalties
16 therefor; and for other cognate purposes, and making an
17 appropriation," further providing for grants-in-aid to
18 certain counties.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 17.1(c) of the act of August 6, 1941
22 (P.L.861, No.323), referred to as the Pennsylvania Board of
23 Probation and Parole Law, amended October 9, 1986 (P.L.1424,
24 No.134), is amended to read:
25 Section 17.1. * * *
1 (c) Any county which provides additional probation staff for
2 pre-sentence investigations and for improved probation
3 supervision and program, shall receive a grant-in-aid from the
4 Commonwealth through the board for additional cost incurred
5 thereby but only to the extent that the additional staff and
6 program meet the qualifications and standards established by the
7 board. For the fiscal year 1986-1987, the grant-in-aid shall
8 provide sixty-five percent (65%) of the personnel salary costs
9 incurred by a county to administer these additional services and
10 programs. For the fiscal year 1987-1988 and thereafter, the
11 grant-in-aid shall provide eighty percent (80%) of [the
12 personnel salary] all costs incurred by a county to administer
13 these additional services and programs. If insufficient funds
14 are appropriated, each county shall receive a prorated reduction
15 in the grant-in-aid. The board shall establish rules and
16 regulations for the allocation of funds available for such
17 grants-in-aid.
18 * * *
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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