Commission members - 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2163

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     § 2163.  Commission members.
        (a)  Selection.--The commission shall be composed of 20
     members as follows:
            (1)  The following members shall serve by virtue of their
        office:
                (i)  The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State
            Police who shall serve as chairman of the commission.
                (ii)  The Secretary of Community and Economic
            Development.
                (iii)  The Attorney General.
                (iv)  The police commissioner of a city of the first
            class or his designee.
            (2)  The following members shall be appointed by the
        President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
        House of Representatives:
                (i)  A member of the Senate.
                (ii)  A member of the House of Representatives.
            (3)  The following members shall be appointed by the
        Governor.
                (i)  A borough official, a first class township
            official, a second class township official and a city
            official.
                (ii)  Four incumbent chiefs of police from the
            various municipalities of this Commonwealth, at least one
            to be a chief of a borough police department, at least
            one to be a chief of a township police department and at
            least one to be a chief of a city police department.
                (iii)  One Federal Bureau of Investigation special
            agent-in-charge.
                (iv)  One educator qualified in the field of law
            enforcement.
                (v)  One member representing the public at large.
                (vi)  Two noncommissioned police officers.
                (vii)  A director of one of the certified training
            schools.
        (b)  Terms of office.--All members of the commission
     appointed by the Governor shall serve for a period of three
     years. Any member of the commission, immediately upon
     termination of holding the position by virtue of which the
     member was eligible for membership or appointed as a member of
     the commission, shall cease to be a member of the commission.
        (c)  Vacancies.--A member appointed to fill a vacancy not
     created by the expiration of a term shall be appointed for the
     unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed in the same
     manner as the original appointment.
        (d)  Compensation and expenses.--The members of the
     commission shall serve without compensation but shall be
     reimbursed the necessary and actual expenses incurred in
     attending the meetings of the commission and in the performance
     of their duties under this subchapter.
        (e)  Removal from office.--Members of the commission may be
     removed by the Governor for cause after written notice from the
     Governor.
        (f)  Affiliation.--The designated public member may not at
     any time have been a police officer or have been affiliated with
     a police department or training school.
     (May 5, 1998, P.L.301, No.50, eff. 60 days)

        1998 Amendment.  Act 50 amended subsec. (a)(1)(ii).

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