16 Pa. Stat. § 2339.3

Current through P.A. Acts 2024-18
Section 2339.3 - Management of houses for detention of juveniles and appointment of board and ex officio members.

The management of houses for the detention and reception of juveniles awaiting trial, hearing or judicial investigation under the laws of this Commonwealth shall be in a board of managers consisting of three county commissioners, the county controller and six private citizens, three to be appointed by the president judge of the court of common pleas and three to be appointed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners. The commissioners and the controller may appoint persons to act as their designees for the purpose of attending meetings of the board, and the designees shall have the right to vote at the meetings. The private citizen members of the board shall not be officers or employees of the county. The members of the board or boards of managers existing in the county shall remain as members of the board or boards of managers created in this subdivision until the expiration of the terms to which they were respectively appointed. Annually thereafter, the members or their successors shall be appointed for a term of three years. Vacancies occurring in the membership of the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners or the president judge of the court of common pleas, depending upon who originally appointed the board member. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

16 P.S. § 2339.3

Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 96, eff. 12/24/2018.