PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 71 PRINTER'S NO. 683
No. 77 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY HOLL, JANUARY 23, 2001
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, MARCH 13, 2001
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 the composition and duties of the
7 Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and the
8 composition of the Juvenile Advisory Committee.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 2(b) of the act of November 22, 1978
12 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission
13 on Crime and Delinquency Law, amended December 15, 1999
14 (P.L.922, No.60), is amended to read:
15 Section 2. Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
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17 (b) Composition.--The commission shall consist of the
18 following members:
19 (1) The Attorney General.
20 (2) The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.
1 (3) The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.
2 (4) A judge of a court of common pleas.
3 (5) Commissioner of State Police.
4 (6) The chairmen of the House and Senate Majority
5 Appropriations Committees.
6 (7) The chairman of the Juvenile Advisory Committee.
7 (8) Four members of the General Assembly, of whom one
8 shall be designated by, and serve at the pleasure of the
9 President pro tempore of the Senate, one by the Minority
10 Leader of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the House of
11 Representatives and one by the Minority Leader of the House
12 of Representatives.
13 (9) Four members appointed by the Governor, one
14 representative of local law enforcement agencies, one
15 representative of adult correctional rehabilitative agencies,
16 one representative of local elected officials and one
17 district attorney representative.
18 (10) Seven private citizens appointed by the Governor,
19 at least two of which serve on the Juvenile Advisory
20 Committee.
21 (11) Secretary of Corrections.
22 (11.1) Secretary of Public Welfare, or his designee.
23 (11.2) Secretary of Education, or his designee.
24 (11.3) Chairman of the Juvenile Court Judges'
25 Commission, OR HIS DESIGNEE. <--
26 (12) The Victim Advocate.
27 (13) Such additional members appointed by the Governor
28 as are necessary to implement programs authorized by State
29 and Federal law.
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1 Section 2. Section 3 of the act is amended by adding a
2 paragraph to read:
3 Section 3. Powers and duties of the commission.
4 The commission shall have the power and its duty shall be:
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6 (17) To serve as the primary State agency for planning,
7 policy development and coordination of the juvenile justice
8 system.
9 Section 3. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
10 Section 3.1. Long-range plan.
11 (a) Development of plan.--The commission, with the
12 assistance of the Juvenile Advisory Committee, shall prepare a
13 long-range, comprehensive juvenile justice plan based on the
14 Commonwealth's needs. The plan shall include recommendations for
15 planning, policy development and coordination for the juvenile
16 justice system.
17 (b) Implementation and monitoring.--Upon the adoption of a
18 long-range plan, the commission, with the assistance of the
19 Department of Public Welfare and the Juvenile Court Judges'
20 Commission, shall develop a strategy for implementing,
21 monitoring and updating the plan.
22 (c) Annual report.--The commission shall annually submit a
23 report to the General Assembly on the status of the long-range
24 plan, including recommendations for legislative action necessary
25 to implement the plan.
26 Section 4. Section 6 of the act is amended by adding a
27 subsection to read:
28 Section 6. Juvenile Advisory Committee.
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30 (c.1) Additional members.--In addition to the appointed
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1 members of the committee, the Deputy Secretary for Children,
2 Youth and Families within the Department of Public Welfare, or <--
3 his designee, OR HIS DESIGNEE, A COUNTY COMMISSIONER and the <--
4 Executive Director of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission
5 shall serve as members of the committee.
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7 Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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