Bill Text: PA SB1117 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Further providing for the abolishment of the office of jury commissioner.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-18 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [SB1117 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1117-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1486 PRINTER'S NO. 1769
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1117 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SMUCKER, EICHELBERGER, O'PAKE, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, M. WHITE, McILHINNEY, FOLMER, ALLOWAY, VANCE AND PICCOLA, OCTOBER 8, 2009
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MARCH 15, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to counties of the first, third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending,
revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
thereto; relating to imposition of excise taxes by counties,
including authorizing imposition of an excise tax on the
rental of motor vehicles by counties of the first class; and
providing for regional renaissance initiatives," further
providing for the abolishment of the office of jury
commissioner.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 401 of the act of August 9, 1955
(P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 401. Enumeration of Elected Officers.--* * *
(f) After review of the procedures in effect within the
county to ensure that lists of potential jurors are a
representative cross section of the community, the governing
body of a county of the third through eighth class may adopt, by
a majority vote, a resolution abolishing the office of jury
commissioner. Upon approval of the resolution, the office of
jury commissioner shall expire at the completion of the current
jury commissioners' terms of office. The resolution shall not be
passed in any year in which the office of jury commissioner is
on the ballot.
Section 2. The amendment of section 401 of the act shall <--
apply to jury commissioners holding office on or after the
effective date of this section.
Section 3 2. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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