6304 - Commission membership.
§ 6304. Commission membership. (a) Composition.--The commission shall be composed of the chairman of the board and eight other members to be appointed by the Governor: (1) Three county adult probation officers who are full members of the County Chief Adult Probation and Parole Officers' Association of Pennsylvania, one of whom is a chief adult probation officer from a county authorized to carry firearms and two of whom are firearms instructors certified as such by the National Rifle Association, the Pennsylvania State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2) One member of the Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers. (3) One representative of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission. (4) One judge of a court of common pleas of a county that employs officers who carry firearms. (5) One director qualified under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal police education and training). (6) One county commissioner from a county which employs officers who carry firearms. (b) Terms.--Terms of the members initially appointed shall be three members for one year, three members for two years and three members for three years, as designated by the Governor at the time of appointment. Thereafter, terms shall be for three years. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which the member was selected or until the member's earlier death, resignation or removal or until the member's successor has been selected and qualified but in no event more than six months beyond the expiration of the member's appointed term. (c) Vacancies.--A person appointed to fill a vacancy created by other than expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member who that person is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. (d) Compensation.--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 chapter. (e) Organization.--The commission shall elect from among its members a chairperson and other officers who shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission. The commission shall act only with the concurrence of the majority. (f) Meetings and quorum.--The commission shall meet at least four times each year until the program is implemented. Thereafter, the commission shall meet as may be necessary, but at least once annually. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson of the commission or upon written request of three members. A quorum shall consist of four members of the commission.