Section 14-1-9 Functions and duties - Advisor to Governor and Legislature; notice to Governor and Legislature prior to construction of permanent facilities at prisons.
Section 14-1-9
Functions and duties - Advisor to Governor and Legislature; notice to Governor and Legislature prior to construction of permanent facilities at prisons.
The board shall be the advisor of the Governor and the Legislature in matters relating to penal and correctional institutions, pardons and paroles and related matters. The board shall advise the Governor and the Legislature at least 30 days prior to making a decision on construction of permanent facilities or any new or existing prison site.
(Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §6; Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 10, p. 176; Acts 1978, No. 595, p. 717, §3.)