Bill Text: PA HB1730 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for the definition of "official visitor."

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-17 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1730 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1730-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2194
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1730 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, MURT, ROCK, SIPTROTH AND SWANGER, JUNE 17, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 17, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 7, 1990 (P.L.615, No.156), entitled
"An act providing for official visitation of prisons,"
further providing for the definition of "official visitor."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of December 7, 1990
(P.L.615, No.156), known as the Official Visitation of Prisons
Act, is amended to read:
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Official visitor." The Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
President pro tempore and members of the Senate, Speaker and
members of the House of Representatives, justices and judges of
the courts of record, General Counsel, Attorney General and his
deputies, and authorized members of the Pennsylvania Prison
Society who have been designated as official visitors, whose
names shall be given to the correctional official in charge of
the appropriate facility, in writing, together with the terms of
their appointment under its corporate seal. The term shall also
include one person designated as an official visitor by each of
the following: the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President pro
tempore and members of the Senate, and Speaker and members of
the House of Representatives. Such designation shall be made in
writing, given to the Secretary of Corrections and remain in
effect until the earlier of its written revocation by the
designator or the expiration of the designator's term of office.
"Secretary." The Secretary of Corrections of the
Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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