Bill Text: IA HF280 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to earned time accrual by an inmate at a correctional institution of the department of corrections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF280 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF280-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
earned
time
accrual
by
an
inmate
at
a
1
correctional
institution
of
the
department
of
corrections.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
903A.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
Category
“A”
sentences
are
those
sentences
which
are
not
4
subject
to
a
maximum
accumulation
of
earned
time
of
fifteen
5
percent
of
the
total
sentence
of
confinement
under
section
6
902.12
.
To
the
extent
provided
in
subsection
5
,
category
“A”
7
sentences
also
include
life
sentences
imposed
under
section
8
902.1
.
An
inmate
of
an
institution
under
the
control
of
9
the
department
of
corrections
who
is
serving
a
category
“A”
10
sentence
is
eligible
for
a
reduction
of
sentence
equal
to
11
one
and
two-tenths
one-half
days
for
each
day
the
inmate
12
demonstrates
good
conduct
and
satisfactorily
participates
in
13
any
program
or
placement
status
identified
by
the
director
to
14
earn
the
reduction.
The
programs
include
but
are
not
limited
15
to
the
following:
16
EXPLANATION
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
calculation
of
earned
time
for
an
18
inmate.
19
Under
the
bill,
the
amount
of
earned
time
an
inmate
is
20
eligible
to
earn
for
a
reduction
of
sentence
increases
from
21
1.2
days
to
1.5
days
for
each
day
the
inmate
demonstrates
22
good
conduct
and
satisfactorily
participates
in
any
program
23
or
placement
status
identified
by
the
director
to
earn
the
24
reduction.
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