Pennsylvania Act 2001-46 — PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY LAW - AMEND POWERS AND DUTIES

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PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY LAW - AMEND POWERS AND
                                  DUTIES
                  Act of Jun. 22, 2001, P.L. 594, No. 46              Cl. 44
                             Session of 2001
                               No. 2001-46

     HB 343

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274),
        entitled "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on
        Crime and Delinquency, providing for its powers and duties
        establishing several advisory committees within the
        commission and providing for their powers and duties,"
        further providing for powers and duties of the commission.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 3 of the act of November 22, 1978
     (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission
     on Crime and Delinquency Law, is amended by adding a paragraph
     to read:
       Section 3.  Powers and duties of the commission.
        The commission shall have the power and its duty shall be:
            * * *
            (17)  To prepare and present upon the request of the
        chairman of a committee to which the bill has been referred a
        prison population impact analysis of any bill introduced in
        the General Assembly that would have an impact on prison or
        correction systems as well as on State and local probation
        and parole populations and programs. The analysis shall be
        factual and, if possible, provide a reliable estimate of the
        prison population impact of the bill and shall be completed
        and presented to the committee whose chairman requests the
        analysis and to the Governor within 45 days of the initial
        request. The commission shall prepare the analysis in
        consultation with the Department of Corrections, the
        Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole and the
        Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, as appropriate. A
        request for a prison population impact analysis shall have no
        effect whatsoever upon the method, manner or ability of the
        General Assembly to consider any bill.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 22nd day of June, A. D. 2001.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE