PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 435 PRINTER'S NO. 1211
No. 383 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DELP, WOZNIAK AND ULIANA, FEBRUARY 10, 1997
SENATOR GERLACH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, JUNE 17, 1997
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 providing for the abolition of jury commissioners.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 401 of the act of August 9, 1955
9 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, is amended by
10 adding a subsection to read:
11 Section 401. Enumeration of Elected Officers.--* * *
12 (d) The office of jury commissioner may be abolished at the
13 option of each county by referendum, whenever electors equal to
14 at least five per centum of the highest vote cast for any office
15 in the county at the last preceding general election shall file
16 a petition with the county board of elections of the county, or
17 whenever the governing body of the county adopts, by a majority
18 vote, a resolution to place such a question on the ballot and
19 files a copy of the resolution with the board of elections of
1 the county for a referendum on the question of abolishing the
2 office of jury commissioner. A VOTE ON ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE <--
3 OF JURY COMMISSIONER MAY ONLY BE HELD AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
4 PRIOR TO THE FINAL YEAR OF THE CURRENT TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE
5 SITTING JURY COMMISSIONER. Proceedings under this subsection
6 shall be in accordance with the provisions of the act of June 3,
7 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election
8 Code."
9 Section 2. (a) In any county which, by referendum in
10 accordance with this act, abolishes the office of jury
11 commissioner, the office of jury commissioner shall expire at
12 the completion of the current jury commissioners' terms of
13 office.
14 (b) The referendum provided in section 401(d) of the act
15 shall take place in any year in which the office of jury
16 commissioner is not on the ballot.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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