Probation and Parole, for board chairperson, for board
action, for meetings, for offices, for district directors,
for district office employees, for disciplinary action, for
political activities, for advisory committee, for certain
offenders residing in group-based homes, for general powers
of board, for specific powers of board, for probation
services, for sentencing court, for general criteria for
parole, for right of access to inmates, for parole power, for
violation of terms of parole, for parole procedure, for
victim statements, for general rules and special regulations,
for early parole of inmates, for definitions, for status as
peace officers and for supervisory relationship; providing
for supervision of offenders and for agents; in county
probation officers' firearm education and training, further
providing for definitions, for County Probation Officers'
Firearm Education and Training Commission, for commission
membership, for powers and duties of commission, for training
mandatory, for requirements for program participation and for
the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training
Fund; in Interstate Compacts, further providing for
Interstate Compacts, for deputization and for supervisions of
persons paroled by other states; conferring powers and
imposing duties on the Department of Criminal Justice;
providing for the transfer of functions, powers and duties;
and providing for appropriations for the Office of Victim
Advocate.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "board" and "department" in
section 2151.1 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes are 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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"Department." The Department of [Corrections] Criminal
Justice of the Commonwealth.
Section 2. Sections 2155(a)(1), 6307(a)(6.2) and (6.5),
6602(c), 8332.7, 8340, 9727(a), (b)(1), (c) and (f)(3), 9728(b)
(3) and (5) and (b.1), 9762(a), (b)(1) and (2), (e) and (i),
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