PRINTER'S NO. 3881

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 2776 Session of 1990

        INTRODUCED BY BLAUM, HAGARTY, PICCOLA, McHALE, HECKLER, RITTER,
           WOGAN, D. F. CLARK, GODSHALL, DEMPSEY, F. TAYLOR, NAHILL,
           CHADWICK, FOX, SEMMEL, GRUPPO, STISH, BUSH, JOHNSON, CLYMER,
           MARSICO, MERRY, E. Z. TAYLOR, SAURMAN, MAIALE, DIETTERICK,
           NAILOR, HERMAN AND BELARDI, JUNE 27, 1990

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 27, 1990

                                     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 6303 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 6303.  Scope of chapter.
     9     (a)  General rule.--This chapter shall apply exclusively to
    10  the following:
    11         (1)  Proceedings in which a child is alleged to be
    12     delinquent or dependent.
    13         (2)  Transfers under section 6322 (relating to transfer
    14     from criminal proceedings).
    15         (3)  Proceedings arising under Subchapter E (relating to
    16     dispositions affecting other jurisdictions).
    17         (4)  Proceedings under the Interstate Compact on

     1     Juveniles, as set forth in section 731 of the act of June 13,
     2     1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the ["]Public Welfare Code.["]
     3         (5)  Proceedings in which a child is charged with a
     4     summary offense arising out of the same episode or
     5     transaction involving a delinquent act for which a child is
     6     charged as a delinquent child. Such summary offenses shall be
     7     included in any petition regarding the ancillary delinquent
     8     act. Upon finding a child to have committed a summary
     9     offense, the court may utilize any disposition available to
    10     the minor judiciary where a child is found to have committed
    11     a summary offense, including a finding of guilt on the
    12     summary offense.
    13     (b)  Minor judiciary.--No child shall be detained, committed
    14  or sentenced to imprisonment by a district justice or a judge of
    15  the minor judiciary.
    16     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.










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