Section 96a.1. Authority and purpose  


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  • On September 25, 2008, Governor Rendell signed into law Act 82 of 2008 that amended section 1 of the act of July 11, 1923 (P. L. 1044, No. 425), known as the Prisoner Transfer Law (61 P. S. § 72) (act). The legislation requires the Secretary of Corrections to temporarily transfer a State inmate to facilitate his transportation to a judicial proceeding. This chapter is published under the authority conferred under section 1(b)(4) of that act.