Pennsylvania Act 2018-63 — PRISIONS AND PAROLE CODE (61 PA.C.S.) - BOARD MEETINGS

Act text

Session of 2018

No. 2018-63

SB 499

AN ACT

Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in county correctional institutions, further providing for board meetings.

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

Section 1. Section 1732(b) of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1732. Board meetings.

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(b) Frequency and nature of meetings.--

(1) The board shall meet monthly or, in the case of a county of the eighth class, shall meet quarterly , or more often if required, and keep regular minutes of their proceedings in a book to be filed with the financial records of the county. The board shall make such rules and regulations for the government and management of the county correctional institution and the safekeeping, discipline and employment of the inmates, as may be deemed necessary.

(2) The meetings shall be held at the county correctional institution no less often than quarterly or, in a county of the eighth class, as often as determined by the board, in its discretion .

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 28th day of June, A.D. 2018.

TOM WOLF