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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PETRI, BOYD, D. COSTA, GEIST, HENNESSEY, HESS, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MILLARD, MILLER, MURT, PETRARCA, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, SCAVELLO AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 8, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for parole power. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Section 6137(e)(3)(i) and (4) of Title 61, |
6 | amended October 27, 2010 (P.L. , No.95), are amended to read: |
7 | § 6137. Parole power. |
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9 | (e) Drug screening tests.-- |
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11 | (3) (i) The board shall establish, as a condition of |
12 | continued parole for a parolee who, as an inmate, tested |
13 | positive for the presence of a controlled substance or a |
14 | designer drug or who was paroled from a sentence arising |
15 | from a conviction under The Controlled Substance, Drug, |
16 | Device and Cosmetic Act or from a drug-related crime, or |
17 | from a crime of violence as defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § |
18 | 9714(g) (relating to sentences for second and subsequent |
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1 | offenses) or any felony conviction, the parolee's |
2 | achievement of negative results in such screening tests |
3 | randomly applied. |
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5 | (4) For a parolee who was not paroled from a sentence |
6 | arising from a conviction under The Controlled Substance, |
7 | Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act or from a drug-related crime, |
8 | or from a crime of violence as defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § |
9 | 9714(g) (relating to sentences for second and subsequent |
10 | offenses) or any felony conviction, the board may establish, |
11 | as a condition of parole, that the parolee achieve negative |
12 | results in screening tests randomly conducted. The parolee |
13 | shall be responsible for testing costs. |
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15 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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