The secretary or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular except that no contract for the confinement of inmates in the institutions of this State shall be entered into unless the secretary has first determined that the inmates are acceptable, notwithstanding the provisions of Article IX-B of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as the Administrative Code of 1929. The secretary or his designee shall not enter into a contract pursuant to Article III of the compact relating to inmates who are mentally ill or mentally retarded without consultation with the Secretary of Public Welfare.
(Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)
References in Text. The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 71 - Interstate Compacts
Section 7101 - Short title of subchapter
Section 7102 - Interstate Corrections Compact
Section 7111 - Short title of subchapter
Section 7112 - Authority to execute compact
Section 7113 - When and how compact becomes operative
Section 7114 - State council and compact administrator
Section 7115 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders application fee
Section 7122 - Supervision of persons paroled by other states