PRINTER'S NO. 254
No. 232 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY CLARK, SATHER, TRELLO, STERN, ITKIN, CHADWICK,
BAKER, SCHULER, ALLEN, E. Z. TAYLOR AND ROONEY,
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 19, 1990 (P.L.799, No.193),
2 entitled "An act providing for county intermediate punishment
3 programs; and conferring powers and duties on the
4 Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and the
5 Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing," further providing for
6 positions on the board.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 5(c) of the act of December 19, 1990
10 (P.L.799, No.193), known as the County Intermediate Punishment
11 Act, is amended to read:
12 Section 5. Boards.
13 * * *
14 (c) Counties with no board.--
15 (1) If a county of the sixth, seventh or eighth class
16 does not have a prison board, the county shall establish an
17 intermediate punishment board for the purpose of complying
18 with the requirements of this act. The intermediate
19 punishment board shall consist of the president judge of the
1 court of common pleas or his designee, the district attorney,
2 the sheriff, the controller and the county commissioners.
3 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the president judge
4 of the court of common pleas may choose, at any time, to
5 delete the judge position from the board by so notifying the
6 chairperson and secretary of the board in writing. The
7 decision to delete this position shall remain in effect for
8 as long as the president judge making the decision shall
9 remain as president judge and thereafter until rescinded in
10 like fashion by a successor.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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