Section 1785 - Committee to prepare uniform forms(a) The report forms specified in the foregoing sections of this article shall be prepared by a committee consisting of three representatives from the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, three representatives from the Pennsylvania State Association of County Controllers, three representatives from the Pennsylvania State Association of County Auditors, one certified public accountant, one member of the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly, who shall be members of the Local Government Commission, designated by the chairman of said commission, and the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's agent who shall be a person trained in the field of municipal finance. (b) Except for the certified public accountant, who shall be appointed by the Governor, such representatives shall be appointed by the president of each said organization. In the case of representatives of the county commissioners, one shall be appointed from a county of either the third or fourth class, one from a county of either the fifth or sixth class, and one from a county of either the seventh or eighth class. The president of each said organization shall supply to the Department of Community and Economic Development the names and addresses of such representatives immediately upon their appointment. Said representatives shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth for all necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the committee.(c) The committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's agent, who shall serve as chairman of the committee. The Secretary of Community and Economic Development may call meetings of the committee, and shall do so at the request of the secretary of either of said associations, but in every case there shall be at least two weeks' notice to each member of the committee of any such meeting. (d) In preparing the uniform forms for annual reports, the committee shall give careful consideration to the differing legal requirements and needs of the counties of the several classes, producing, if necessary, separate forms for certain classes of counties or groups of classes.(e) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's agent to see to it that the forms required by this section are prepared in cooperation with said committee. Should said committee for any reason fail to furnish such cooperation, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development or the secretary's agent shall complete the preparation of the forms. After their preparation, the secretary shall issue said forms and distribute them annually, as needed, to the commissioners, controller or auditors of each county. (f) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development to include within the report forms specified in this article the changes necessitated by the provisions of this act in regard to property, powers, duties and obligations of institution districts transferred to counties and the committee established by this section shall not be responsible therefor.(g) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Community and Economic Development to convene the committee to assist counties in developing appropriate accounting and fiscal practices in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles.Amended by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 47, eff. 12/24/2018.1955, Aug. 9, P.L. 323, § 1785. Amended 1961, Sept. 19, P.L. 1495, § 3, effective 1/1/1962; 1967, Oct. 5, P.L. 342, § 5; 2002, June 29, P.L. 677, No. 103, § 11, effective in 60 days.