Pennsylvania Statutes Title 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare § 424. Appointment of committees

(1) Appoint labor review committees, composed of representative citizens of the county, who shall serve without compensation, and whose duty it shall be to pass on the eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of general assistance who shall refuse an offer of employment and whose case shall be referred to such a committee by the county board.

(2) Appoint committees of the county board or of local citizens in various communities of the county, as circumstances may require, to cooperate with the county board in (i) supplying information as to the eligibility of persons for assistance; (ii) recommending local policies; and (iii) stimulating local employment; and, on petition of fifty or more residents of any community, it shall be mandatory upon the county board to appoint a committee to function in such community.