Bill Text: PA HB1671 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act amending the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.839, No.407), entitled, as amended, "An act creating a county records committee; imposing powers and duties upon it; authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to assist and cooperate with it; defining county records; and authorizing the disposition of certain county records by county officers in counties of the second to eighth class," increasing the membership of the committee.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2010-10-07 - Act No. 67 [HB1671 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1671-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2112
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1671 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GRUCELA, ROSS, FREEMAN, GINGRICH AND KESSLER, JUNE 12, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 12, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.839, No.407), entitled,
as amended, "An act creating a county records committee;
imposing powers and duties upon it; authorizing the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to assist and
cooperate with it; defining county records; and authorizing
the disposition of certain county records by county officers
in counties of the second to eighth class," increasing the
membership of the committee.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.839,
No.407), entitled, as amended, "An act creating a county records
committee; imposing powers and duties upon it; authorizing the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to assist and
cooperate with it; defining county records; and authorizing the
disposition of certain county records by county officers in
counties of the second to eighth class," amended February 18,
1998 (P.L.181, No.29), is amended to read:
Section 1. There is hereby created a county records
committee which shall consist of [fifteen] sixteen members who
shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. One
member of the committee shall be the Chief Justice of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court, or his judicial representative, one
a representative of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, one an attorney, one a prothonotary, one a clerk of
courts, one a county commissioner, one a county controller or
auditor, one a district attorney, one a county treasurer, one a
sheriff, one a register of wills, one a recorder of deeds, one a
clerk of orphans' court, one a jury commissioner, one a coroner,
and the other a member of the general public. The committee
shall select one of its members to serve as chairman. Within the
means at its command, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission shall assist and cooperate with the county records
committee by providing for its necessary expenses, by providing
for examining and inventorying county records for the
preparation of schedules, and by enforcing such schedules and
procedures as the county records committee may make or revise
under the provisions of this act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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