PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 682 PRINTER'S NO. 1183
No. 643 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BIRMELIN, JOSEPHS, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES,
CALTAGIRONE, CARN, CLARK, CURRY, DeWEESE, FREEMAN, GORDNER,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, LAUGHLIN, LEH, LYNCH, MANDERINO, MASLAND,
McCALL, MELIO, BENNINGHOFF, DeLUCA, MUNDY, NICKOL, ORIE,
PESCI, PRESTON, RAMOS, ROBINSON, ROHRER, SATHER, SCRIMENTI,
STABACK, STEELMAN, STETLER, STURLA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
TIGUE, WALKO AND WILLIAMS, MARCH 2, 1999
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 23 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274),
2 entitled "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on
3 Crime and Delinquency, providing for its powers and duties
4 establishing several advisory committees within the
5 commission and providing for their powers and duties,"
6 further providing for powers and duties of the commission.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 3 of the act of November 22, 1978
10 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission
11 on Crime and Delinquency Law, is amended by adding a paragraph
12 to read:
13 Section 3. Powers and duties of the commission.
14 The commission shall have the power and its duty shall be:
15 * * *
16 (17) To prepare and present to the Governor and the
17 General Assembly an analysis of any bill introduced in the
1 General Assembly that would have an impact on prison or jail
2 systems, as well as on State and local probation and parole
3 populations and programs. The analysis shall be factual and,
4 if possible, provide a reliable estimate of both the
5 immediate cost and effect of the bill and, if determinable or
6 reasonably forseeable, the long-range fiscal cost and effect
7 of the bill. The commission shall prepare the analysis at the
8 written request of the Chairman or Minority Chairman of the
9 Judiciary Committee of the Senate, the Chairman or Minority
10 Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of
11 Representatives, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, the <--
12 Speaker of the House of Representatives, THE MAJORITY LEADER <--
13 OR MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE or the Majority Leader or
14 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives within 45
15 days of the initial request. The request shall have no effect
16 whatsoever upon the method, manner or ability of the General
17 Assembly to consider any bill. The commission may supplement
18 an analysis prepared and presented under this paragraph with
19 additional information at any time.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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