PRINTER'S NO. 287
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
288
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, COHEN, WHEATLEY, BISHOP, WATSON AND
McCARTER, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," further providing for board
of pardons.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 909 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 909. Board of Pardons.--* * *
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(e.1) If there is a six-month or longer backlog of
applications, the Board of Pardons shall merit review at least
sixty applications per month for nine months out of the year or
at a rate of five hundred forty per year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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