Section 3. Senior Citizen Advisory Committee.
(a) Establishment and membership.--
(1) There is hereby established the Senior Citizen
Advisory Committee within the Pennsylvania Commission on
Crime and Delinquency. The members of the committee shall be
the Attorney General, the Secretary of Aging, the Victim
Advocate within the Board of Probation and Parole and six
members appointed by the Governor to include a county
sheriff, a municipal police chief, at least one
representative from an organization representing senior
citizens, a representative of a local victims' services
organization, representatives of units of local government
and other organizations, public or private, with experience
in crime prevention, the delivery of services to victims of
crime or the elderly. The chairperson of the commission may
appoint up to four additional members, as necessary, who
shall serve at the pleasure of the chairperson and who shall
represent the substantive planning efforts of the commission.
(2) Except for the Attorney General, the Secretary of
Aging, the victim advocate and those members appointed by the
chairperson of the commission, members shall serve for a
four-year term and may be appointed for no more than one
additional consecutive term. The terms of those members who
serve by virtue of the public office they hold shall be
concurrent with their service in the office from which they
derive their membership.
(b) Number.--The committee shall consist of not more than 13 members in accordance with subsection (a).
(c) Conditions of appointment.--The committee and its members are subject to the same limitations and conditions imposed upon the commission as prescribed in section 2(d), (e), (h), (m) and (n) of the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law.
(d) Vacancies.--A member appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy created other than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member whom that person is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment.
(e) Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and a vote of the majority of the members present shall be sufficient for all actions.
(f) Chairperson.--The Attorney General shall serve as chairperson of the committee. A member of the committee shall be designated by the chairperson of the commission as vice chairperson and shall preside at meetings in the absence of the chairperson. The term of the vice chairperson shall be concurrent with that member's service on the committee.
(g) Meetings.--The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but not less than two times per year.
(h) Designees.--The Attorney General, the Secretary of Aging and the victim advocate may be represented on the committee by designees.
(i) Reimbursement.--Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings of the committee and in the performance of their duties under this act.