Section 151k – Eligibility of Compacting States; Effect of Compact Upon Adoption by Other States; Amendments
Section 151K. (a) Any state is eligible to become a compacting state. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than 35 of the states. The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the […]
Section 164 – County Commissioners; Aid to Prisoners
Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner released from prison with such amount of money as in their opinion can be wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a suitable person designated by them to be used for such prisoner.
Section 151l – Withdrawal by Compacting State; Default on Obligation or Responsibility Under Compact
Section 151L. (a) (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state except that a compacting state may withdraw from the compact by enacting a statute specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law. (2) The effective date of withdrawal is the effective date […]
Section 165 – Expenditures by Superintendent or Keeper of Jail in Aid of Discharged Prisoners
Section 165. The superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction may, with the approval of the county commissioners, expend such amount, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in aiding a prisoner discharged from his custody as in his opinion will assist such prisoner in his endeavor to reform. He may in his discretion pay […]
Section 151m – Severability; Construction
Section 151M. (a) The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purposes.
Section 166 – Payment or Receipt of Money for Obtaining Pardon, Parole, Commutation of or Respite From Sentence
Section 166. No person shall, in the attempt to procure, or for the procurement of, any pardon, parole, commutation of or respite from sentence of a prisoner then confined in, or at liberty after having been confined in, any of the penal institutions of this commonwealth, or then under sentence to serve a term of […]
Section 151n – Effect on Other Laws; Binding Effect of Interstate Commission Actions; Advisory Opinions; Limitations on Authority
Section 151N. (a) (1) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (2) All compacting states’ laws conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (b) (1) All lawful actions of the interstate commission, including all rules and by-laws […]
Section 167 – Persons Representing Applicants for Pardons, Parole or Commutation of Sentence; Statements
Section 167. No person shall represent or purport to represent any prisoner then confined in, or at liberty after having been confined in, any of the penal institutions of this commonwealth or then under sentence to serve a term of imprisonment in any of said institutions, in the attempt to procure or for the procurement […]
Section 152 – Pardons by Governor; Petition; Advisory Board; Hearing; Revocation of Pardon; Annual List
Section 152. In a case in which the governor is authorized by the constitution to grant a pardon, he may, with the advice and consent of the council, and upon the written petition of the petitioner, grant it, subject to such conditions, restrictions and limitations as he considers proper, and he may issue his warrant […]
Section 153 – Notification to Attorney General of Petition for Pardon of State Prisoner
Section 153. In all cases of petitions for pardons referred to the executive council by the governor, where the petitioner is serving a sentence in the state prison, the executive secretary shall notify the attorney general, and also the district attorney who prosecuted the case, and they or their representatives may be present at the […]