PRINTER'S NO. 173
No. 179 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, LOEPER, GERLACH, LEMMOND, HART,
TOMLINSON, WAGNER, COSTA, CONTI, HOLL, KITCHEN, BELAN, MUSTO,
THOMPSON, SLOCUM, ROBBINS, SALVATORE, MELLOW, KASUNIC, DENT,
WENGER, MURPHY, O'PAKE AND CORMAN, JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 20, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274),
2 entitled "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on
3 Crime and Delinquency, providing for its powers and duties
4 establishing several advisory committees within the
5 commission and providing for their powers and duties,"
6 further providing for composition of the commission.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2(b) of the act of November 22, 1978
10 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission
11 on Crime and Delinquency Law, amended April 30, 1986 (P.L.125,
12 No.38), is amended to read:
13 Section 2. Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
14 * * *
15 (b) Composition.--The commission shall consist of the
16 following members:
17 (1) The Attorney General.
18 (2) The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.
19 (3) The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.
1 (4) A judge of a court of common pleas.
2 (5) Commissioner of State Police.
3 (6) The chairmen of the House and Senate Majority
4 Appropriations Committees.
5 (7) The chairman of the Juvenile Advisory Committee.
6 (8) Four members of the General Assembly, of whom one
7 shall be designated by, and serve at the pleasure of the
8 President pro tempore of the Senate, one by the Minority
9 Leader of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the House of
10 Representatives and one by the Minority Leader of the House
11 of Representatives.
12 (9) Four members appointed by the Governor, one
13 representative of local law enforcement agencies, one
14 representative of adult correctional rehabilitative agencies,
15 one representative of local elected officials and one
16 district attorney representative.
17 (10) Seven private citizens appointed by the Governor,
18 at least two of which serve on the Juvenile Advisory
19 Committee.
20 (11) Secretary of Corrections.
21 (12) The Victim Advocate.
22 [(12)] (13) Such additional members appointed by the
23 Governor as are necessary to implement programs authorized by
24 State and Federal law.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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