PRINTER'S NO. 284
No. 277 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, COSTA, O'PAKE, STOUT, EARLL, M. WHITE,
STACK, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, LAVALLE, MUSTO, RHOADES, THOMPSON,
WOZNIAK, KITCHEN, WAUGH AND LOGAN, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
AN ACT
1 Requiring the termination of a corrections officer or other
2 employee of a correctional facility who delivers a controlled
3 substance to an inmate of such facility.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Termination required.
7 (a) Conviction.--Any corrections officer or other employee
8 of a corrections facility, prison or jail who is convicted of
9 delivery of a controlled substance to an inmate of a corrections
10 facility, prison or jail shall be permanently terminated from
11 service as a corrections officer or other employee.
12 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
13 "controlled substance" shall have the meaning given to it in the
14 act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled
15 Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
16 Section 2. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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