PRINTER'S NO. 540
No. 513 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, J. L. WRIGHT, JACKSON, PHILLIPS, PERZEL, MICOZZIE AND McINTYRE, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled 2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth, 3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising, 4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," 5 authorizing State associations of county detectives. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Sections 440 and 442, act of August 9, 1955 9 (P.L.323, No.130), known as "The County Code," amended September 10 28, 1978 (P.L.800, No.154), are amended to read: 11 Section 440. State Associations Authorized.--County officers 12 of each county may organize for themselves a State association 13 as follows: 14 (1) The county commissioners, together with the county 15 solicitor and the chief clerk to the county commissioners and 16 certain officers who are counterpart personnel in counties 17 having a Home Rule Charter or optional form of government. 18 (2) The county controllers. 19 (3) The sheriffs.
1 (4) The district attorneys. 2 (5) The probation officers. 3 (6) The registers of wills and clerks of orphans' courts. 4 (7) The prothonotaries and clerks of courts of quarter 5 sessions. 6 (8) The county treasurers. 7 (9) The recorders of deeds. 8 (10) The directors of veterans' affairs. 9 (11) The coroners. 10 (12) Jury commissioners. 11 (13) The county auditors. 12 (14) The public defenders. 13 (15) The county detectives. 14 Section 442. Deputies and Solicitors May Attend Annual 15 Meetings.--The deputy controller, the deputy sheriff, the deputy 16 register of wills, the deputy clerk of orphans' court, the 17 deputy treasurer, the deputy prothonotary, the deputy clerk of 18 the courts of quarter sessions, the first assistant district 19 attorney, the first assistant chief of county detectives, one 20 assistant public defender and the deputy recorder of deeds and 21 the chief deputy coroner, with the approval of his principal, 22 and the solicitor for each officer, may attend the annual 23 meetings of his respective associations either together with the 24 controller, sheriff, register of wills, treasurer, prothonotary, 25 clerk of the courts of quarter sessions, district attorney, 26 chief of county detectives, public defender, recorder of deeds 27 or coroner as the case may be or in his place. 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. A16L16CVV/19810H0513B0540 - 2 -