KRS 196.073: Governor's authority to authorize commissioner to consent to transfer of

convicted offenders under federal treaty.

If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the

transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to th e 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 actio n necessary to initiate the participation of the state in

the treaty, upon application of the offender.