Pennsylvania § 7103 Powers

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 7103 — Powers

Pennsylvania § 7103

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 61PRISONS AND PAROLE

PartPART V

Ch. 71INTERSTATE COMPACTS

Subch.INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT

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Bluebook

61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7103 (2026).

Text

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.

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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.

Legislative History

(Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.) Referencesin Text.The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.