16 P.S. § 5538 Management of Houses For Detention of Juveniles; Appointment of Board; Ex-Officio Members

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 16 P.S. § 5538

Advisory oversight for the management of houses for the detention and reception of juveniles under the age of sixteen years awaiting trial, hearing or judicial investigation, heretofore or hereafter established under existing law to which this is a supplement or its amendment or under the provision of any other law of the Commonwealth, shall be in a board of advisors consisting of the county chief executive, the county controller, and eight private citizens, three to be appointed by the president judge of the court of common pleas and the other five to be appointed by the county chief executive. The chief executive 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 such meetings. The private citizen members of the board shall not be officers or employes of the county. ...