If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the commissioner of the Department of Corrections to consent to the transfer of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of the state in the treaty, upon application of the offender.
Effective: July 15, 1994

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 196.073

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Commissioner: means commissioner of the Department of Corrections. See Kentucky Statutes 196.010
  • Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Kentucky Statutes 196.010
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 418, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.

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