Pennsylvania Act 2013-4 — THE COUNTY CODE - ABOLISHMENT OF JURY COMMISSIONER

Act text

Session of 2013

No. 2013-4

SB 808

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 applicability and for the abolishment of the office of jury commissioner.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 102(a) of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, amended December 15, 2011 (P.L.442, No.108), amendment declared unconstitutional, No.66 MAP 2012 (Pa. 2013), is amended to read:

Section 102. Applicability.--(a) Except incidentally, as in sections 108, 201, 210, 211 , 401 and 1401 or as provided in Article XXX, this act does not apply to counties of the first, second A, or second classes.

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Section 2. Section 401(f) of the act, added December 15, 2011 (P.L.442, No.108), amendment declared unconstitutional, No.66 MAP 2012 (Pa. 2013), is reenacted and amended 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 second class A or 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 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 6th day of May, A.D. 2013.

TOM CORBETT