Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes out-of-state residents to work in Pennsylvania correctional facilities.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the Department of Corrections to hire an applicant or promote an individual who resides outside of the state as a corrections officer at a state correctional institution (Sec. 1).

• Requires preference to be given to state residents in the hiring or promotion of a corrections officer at a state correctional institution (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect 60 days after passage (Sec. 2).

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