PRINTER'S NO. 927

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 827 Session of 1997

        INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, LEVDANSKY, TIGUE, BOSCOLA, ARMSTRONG,
           HERSHEY, CIVERA, STABACK, BROWNE, MICHLOVIC, SEYFERT, GEORGE,
           ARGALL, MARKOSEK, CASORIO, VAN HORNE, DeLUCA, READSHAW,
           SHANER, FARGO, FAIRCHILD, SATHER AND BELARDI, MARCH 12, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 12, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
     2     "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
     3     executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
     4     Executive Department thereof and the administrative
     5     departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
     6     including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
     7     Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
     8     authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
     9     departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
    10     duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
    11     officers, and of the several administrative departments,
    12     boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
    13     Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
    14     and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
    15     certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
    16     other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
    17     and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
    18     number and compensation of the deputies and all other
    19     assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
    20     commissions shall be determined," further providing for
    21     inmate compensation.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
    25  as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
    26  section to read:

     1     Section 904-B.  Inmate compensation.--It shall be the policy
     2  of the Department of Corrections to not compensate inmates who
     3  are unemployed due to the lack of work.
     4     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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