Section 151g – Actions Taken by Interstate Commission; Meetings; Voting; Records
Section 151G. (a) The interstate commission shall meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this compact. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this compact and unless a greater percentage is required by the by-laws, in order to constitute an act of the interstate commission, such act shall have been taken […]
Section 143 – Discharge of Common Nightwalker From House of Correction
Section 143. The county commissioners, or, in Boston, the penal institutions commissioner, subject to the approval of a justice of the court which imposed the sentence, after six months from the time of sentence, may discharge a person sentenced to the house of correction, upon a conviction under the provisions of section sixty-two of chapter […]
Section 151h – Rulemaking; Authority and Procedure
Section 151H. (a) The interstate commission shall promulgate rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact including transition rules governing administration of the compact during the period in which it is being considered and enacted by the states. (b) Rulemaking shall occur pursuant to the criteria set forth in this […]
Section 144 – Discharge of Prisoner Committed for Non-Payment of Fine
Section 144. A prisoner confined in a prison or place of confinement for non-payment of a fine or a fine and expenses shall be given a credit of $90 on such fine or fine and expenses for each day during which he shall be so confined, and shall be discharged at such time as the […]
Section 151i – Enforcement; Dispute Resolution
Section 151I. (a) (1) The interstate commission shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders in the compacting states and shall monitor such activities being administered in non-compacting states which may significantly affect compacting states. (2) The courts and executive agencies in each compacting state shall enforce this compact and shall take all actions necessary […]
Section 145 – Confinement of Persons for Non-Payment of Money Owed
Section 145. (a) A court shall not commit a person to a correctional facility solely for non-payment of money owed if such person has established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person is unable to pay the fine without causing substantial financial hardship to the person or their immediate family or dependents. A […]
Section 151j – Payment of Expenses; Annual Assessment
Section 151J. (a) The interstate commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. (b) The interstate commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the interstate commission and […]
Section 146 – Report of Confinement of Poor Prisoners; Discharge; Guardianship
Section 146. If a poor prisoner has been confined in a jail or house of correction for one month under one or more sentences for fine or fine and expenses only, the jailer, superintendent or keeper shall make a report thereof, in Suffolk county to the municipal court of the city of Boston, and in […]
Section 148 – Revocation of Permit to Be at Liberty
Section 148. The parole board may revoke a permit to be at liberty at any time prior to its expiration.
Section 149 – Arrest for Violation of Permit; Application of Terms of Original Sentence; Computation of Period of Confinement
Section 149. If a permit to be at liberty has been revoked, the parole board may order the arrest of the holder of such permit by any officer qualified to serve civil or criminal process in any county, and order the return of such holder to the prison or jail to which he was originally […]