HB2397--GOODTIMECREDIT
SPONSOR: Aldridge
Currently,certainoffenderscommittedtotheDepartmentof
Correctionsmayreceiveadditionalcredituponrecommendation by
theoffender'sinstitutionalsuperintendent whentheoffendermeets
certainrequirementsspecifiedinstatute.Thisbillspecifies
thatsuchoffendersshallinsteadreceiveadditionalcredit,
accordingtotheprovisionsspecifiedinthebill,iftheoffender
meetsthecertainrequirements,anditremovestherequirementthat
theinstitutionalsuperintendent recommendssuchcredit.Credits
fromprioryearsarenotlostformajorviolationsandcreditsmay
berestoredasamatteroftheDepartment'spolicy.
Thebillalsorevisestherequirementsrelatingtothepolicyfor
awardingcredit,anditrequirestheDepartmentofCorrectionsto
adoptrulesspecifyingprogramsoractivitiesforwhichcreditmay
beearnedaswellascreatingcriteriarelatingtoparticipationin
andcompletionofsuchprogramsoractivities.
Theaccumulatedcreditofeveryoffendershallbetalliedmonthly
andmaintainedbytheinstitutionwherethetermofimprisonmentis
beingserved.Arecordofsuchaccumulatedcreditshallbesentto
therecordsofficeoftheDepartmentonaquarterlybasis,
forwardedtotheDivisionofProbationandParole,andprovidedto
theoffender.