Parole Board Selection Panel
SECTION 58.
Section 4 of chapter 27 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the first and second sentences of the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following sentences:- Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board the governor may appoint a panel of five persons consisting of the commissioner of probation or his designee, the commissioner of the department of correction or his designee, the president of the Massachusetts district attorney's association or his designee, a criminal defense attorney familiar with the parole system, and the secretary of the executive office of public safety or his designee who shall serve as chairman of said panel. Said panel shall submit to the governor, within sixty days of the establishment of said panel, a list of not less than three nor more than six persons, or not less than six nor more than nine persons in the event there should be two or more vacancies to fill, who are qualified by knowledge, education or experience in the administration of criminal justice or in the behavioral sciences as hereinafter provided.
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