THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, ERICKSON, EICHELBERGER, STOUT AND WOZNIAK, JUNE 5, 2009

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 5, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.839, No.407), entitled,

as amended, "An act creating a county records committee;

imposing powers and duties upon it; authorizing the

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to assist and

cooperate with it; defining county records; and authorizing

the disposition of certain county records by county officers

in counties of the second to eighth class," increasing the

membership of the committee.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1 of the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.839,

No.407), entitled, as amended, "An act creating a county records

committee; imposing powers and duties upon it; authorizing the

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to assist and

cooperate with it; defining county records; and authorizing the

disposition of certain county records by county officers in

counties of the second to eighth class," amended February 18,

1998 (P.L.181, No.29), is amended to read:

Section 1.  There is hereby created a county records

committee which shall consist of [fifteen] sixteen members who

shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. One

member of the committee shall be the Chief Justice of the

Pennsylvania Supreme Court, or his judicial representative, one

a representative of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

Commission, one an attorney, one a prothonotary, one a clerk of

courts, one a county commissioner, one a county controller or

auditor, one a district attorney, one a county treasurer, one a

sheriff, one a register of wills, one a recorder of deeds, one a

clerk of orphans' court, one a jury commissioner, one a coroner,

and the other a member of the general public. The committee

shall select one of its members to serve as chairman. Within the

means at its command, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

Commission shall assist and cooperate with the county records

committee by providing for its necessary expenses, by providing

for examining and inventorying county records for the

preparation of schedules, and by enforcing such schedules and

procedures as the county records committee may make or revise

under the provisions of this act.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.