The acting chief of Pennsylvania's Labor and Industry Department was too drunk to sign a citation for public drunkenness, according to Harrisburg police.

Sandi Vito entered a rehabilitation facility last week, shortly after news stories were published about the incident at the bar of a downtown hotel.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg published a copy of the citation in Thursday's editions. It said Vito, 43, was "extremely drunk" and the line for her signature contained the entry "too drunk to sign."

Vito has been acting secretary since February 2008, earning $136,000 a year. She is awaiting a Senate vote on her nomination by Gov. Ed Rendell to serve in the position on a permanent basis.