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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MUNDY, EACHUS, PASHINSKI, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BROWN, CARROLL, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KULA, McGEEHAN, PARKER, PAYTON, SIPTROTH, WANSACZ, YUDICHAK AND STABACK, APRIL 29, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 29, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for |
3 | powers and duties of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 6373 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 6373. Powers and duties. |
9 | The commission shall have the power and is required to do the |
10 | following: |
11 | (1) Advise the juvenile court judges of this |
12 | Commonwealth in all matters pertaining to the proper care and |
13 | maintenance of delinquent and dependent children. |
14 | (2) Examine the administrative methods and judicial |
15 | procedure used in juvenile courts throughout this |
16 | Commonwealth, establish standards and make recommendations on |
17 | the same to the courts presiding over juvenile proceedings |
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1 | within this Commonwealth. |
2 | (3) Examine the personnel practices and employment |
3 | standards used in probation offices in this Commonwealth, |
4 | establish standards and make recommendations on the same to |
5 | courts presiding over juvenile proceedings within this |
6 | Commonwealth. |
7 | (4) Collect, compile, analyze and publish [such] |
8 | statistical and other data and trends in the juvenile justice |
9 | system as may be needed to accomplish reasonable and |
10 | efficient administration of the juvenile [courts] court |
11 | system, and make recommendations to judges, the |
12 | Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and other |
13 | entities as deemed appropriate. |
14 | (5) Provide information regarding evidence-based |
15 | programs and other best practices that are consistent with |
16 | accomplishing the purposes set forth in section 6301(b) |
17 | (relating to short title and purposes of chapter). This |
18 | information, in addition to the data, analyses and trends |
19 | under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the commission's |
20 | Internet website. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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