PRINTER'S NO. 4577
No. 2915 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY O'BRIEN, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 sentencing proceeding and place of confinement.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9762 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 9762. Sentencing proceeding; place of confinement.
9 All persons sentenced to total or partial confinement [for:
10 (1) maximum terms of five or more years shall be
11 committed to the Bureau of Correction for confinement;
12 (2) maximum terms of two years or more but less than
13 five years may be committed to the Bureau of Correction for
14 confinement or may be committed to a county prison within the
15 jurisdiction of the court;
16 (3) maximum terms of less than two years shall be
17 committed to a county prison within the jurisdiction of the
18 court except that as facilities become available on dates and
1 in areas designated by the Governor in proclamations
2 declaring the availability of State correctional facilities,
3 such persons may be committed to the Bureau of Correction for
4 confinement.] shall be committed to the Department of
5 Corrections for confinement.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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