Bill Text: AZ HB2285 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Inmate credit; imprisonment; fine reduction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-05 - House majority caucus: Hold [HB2285 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2011-HB2285-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: inmate credit; imprisonment; fine reduction

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

First Regular Session

2011

 

 

HB 2285

 

Introduced by

Representatives McLain, Ash: Goodale, Tobin

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 31-145, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 31-145, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE31-145.  Allowance for hard labor in reduction of fine

A.  A prisoner sentenced to pay a fine shall be allowed not to exceed ten dollars per day credited to the fine for each day he the prisoner is employed at hard labor.

B.  A person committed for nonpayment of a fine shall be given credit toward payment for each day of imprisonment at the rate specified in the commitment not to exceed ten sixty dollars per day.

C.  A prisoner who refuses to perform hard labor for payment of a fine is subject to the consequences for nonpayment of fines in section 13‑810.END_STATUTE