PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 636 PRINTER'S NO. 2929
No. 585 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY BLAUM, PICCOLA, HECKLER, O'BRIEN, MASLAND,
GLADECK, WOGAN, CLARK, E. Z. TAYLOR, DEMPSEY, FAIRCHILD,
L. I. COHEN, MARSICO, MERRY, FEE, DeLUCA, SEMMEL, CLYMER,
SCHEETZ, DERMODY, RAYMOND, STISH, FLICK, HERMAN, BATTISTO,
ARMSTRONG, JAROLIN, HARLEY, TRELLO, MELIO, HASAY, McGEEHAN,
GERLACH, BARLEY, KELLER, GEIST, ROONEY, NICKOL, M. N. WRIGHT,
VEON, HALUSKA AND PESCI, MARCH 15, 1993
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 8, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 summary offenses in relation to juveniles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section SECTIONS 1515(A)(1) AND 6303 of Title 42 <--
7 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is ARE amended to <--
8 read:
9 § 1515. JURISDICTION AND VENUE. <--
10 (A) JURISDICTION.--EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED BY GENERAL
11 RULE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 503 (RELATING TO REASSIGNMENT
12 OF MATTERS), DISTRICT JUSTICES SHALL, UNDER PROCEDURES
13 PRESCRIBED BY GENERAL RULE, HAVE JURISDICTION OF ALL OF THE
14 FOLLOWING MATTERS:
15 (1) SUMMARY OFFENSES, EXCEPT THOSE ARISING OUT OF THE
1 SAME EPISODE OR TRANSACTION INVOLVING A DELINQUENT ACT FOR
2 WHICH A CHILD IS CHARGED AS A DELINQUENT CHILD UNDER CHAPTER
3 63 (RELATING TO JUVENILE MATTERS).
4 * * *
5 § 6303. Scope of chapter.
6 (a) General rule.--This chapter shall apply exclusively to
7 the following:
8 (1) Proceedings in which a child is alleged to be
9 delinquent or dependent.
10 (2) Transfers under section 6322 (relating to transfer
11 from criminal proceedings).
12 (3) Proceedings arising under Subchapter E (relating to
13 dispositions affecting other jurisdictions).
14 (4) Proceedings under the Interstate Compact on
15 Juveniles, as set forth in section 731 of the act of June 13,
16 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the ["]Public Welfare Code.["]
17 (5) Proceedings in which a child is charged with a
18 summary offense arising out of the same episode or
19 transaction involving a delinquent act for which a child is
20 charged as a delinquent child. The summary offense shall be
21 included in any petition regarding the ancillary delinquent
22 act. Upon finding a child to have committed a summary
23 offense, the court may utilize any disposition available to
24 the minor judiciary where a child is found to have committed
25 a summary offense, including a finding of guilt on the
26 summary offense.
27 (b) Minor judiciary.--No child shall be detained, committed
28 or sentenced to imprisonment by a district justice or a judge of
29 the minor judiciary.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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