administration, providing for powers of peace officers; in
community corrections centers and community corrections
facilities, further providing for definitions, for
department, for offenders who may be housed, for authority of
Commonwealth employees, for authority of chairman and for
escape and providing for certain offenders residing in group-
based homes and for reporting; in Pennsylvania Board of
Probation and Parole, further providing for definitions, for
operation of parole system generally, for Pennsylvania Parole
Board, for board chairperson, for board action, for meetings
and for offices, repealing provisions relating to district
directors, to district office employees, to disciplinary
action and to certain offenders residing in group-based
homes, further providing for general powers of board and for
specific powers of board involving parolees, repealing
provisions relating to probation services, further providing
for sentencing court to transmit records to board, for
general criteria for parole by court, for right of access to
inmates, for parole power, for violation of terms of parole,
for parole procedure, for victim statements, testimony and
participation in hearing, for general rules and special
regulations and for early parole of inmates subject to
Federal removal order and repealing provisions relating to
definitions, to status as peace officers and to supervisory
relationship to offenders; providing for supervision of
offenders and for agents; in county probation officers'
firearm education and training, further providing for
definitions; in Interstate Compacts, further providing for
Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders
application fee, for deputization and for supervision of
persons paroled by other states; conferring powers and
imposing duties on the Department of Corrections; providing
for the transfer of functions, powers and duties of the
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole and for
appropriations for the Office of Victim Advocate; and making
editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "board" in section 2151.1 of
Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
read:
§ 2151.1. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board." The Pennsylvania [Board of Probation and] Parole
Board.
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