PRINTER'S NO. 95
No. 87 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY CHADWICK, BAKER, SEMMEL, CORRIGAN, MASLAND,
PHILLIPS, GEIST, WOGAN, DeLUCA, CLARK, SATHER, LYNCH, SAYLOR,
DEMPSEY, ZUG, FARGO, MAITLAND, SCHULER, GLADECK, CIVERA AND
SEYFERT, JANUARY 28, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for presigned
3 waiver of extradition.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 9146.1. Presigned waiver of extradition.
9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a law enforcement
10 agency in this Commonwealth holding a person who is alleged to
11 have broken the terms of his probation, parole, bail or any
12 other release in the demanding state shall immediately deliver
13 that person to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state
14 without the requirement of a Governor's warrant, if all of the
15 following apply:
16 (1) The person has signed a prior waiver of extradition
17 as a term of his current probation, parole, bail or other
1 release in the demanding state.
2 (2) The law enforcement agency holding the person has
3 received an authenticated copy of the prior waiver of
4 extradition signed by the person and photographs or
5 fingerprints or other evidence properly identifying the
6 person as the person who signed the waiver.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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