FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1127
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEJOHNSON.
2523H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection558.031,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
creditfortimeserved.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section558.031,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection558.031,toreadasfollows:
558.031.1.Asentenceofimprisonmentshallcommencewhenapersonconvictedof
2anoffenseinthisstateisreceivedintothecustodyofthedepartmentofcorrectionsorother
3placeofconfinementwheretheoffenderissentenced.
4 2.Suchpersonshallreceivecredittowardtheserviceofasentenceofimprisonment
5foralltimeinprison,jailorcustodyaftertheoffenseoccurredandbeforethecommencement
6ofthesentence,whenthetimeincustodywasrelatedtothatoffense.Thiscreditshallbe
7baseduponthecertificationofthesheriffasprovidedinsubdivision(3)ofsubsection2of
8section217.305andmaybesupplementedbyacertificateofasherifforothercustodial
9officerfromanotherjurisdictionhavingheldthepersononthechargeoftheoffenseforwhich
10thesentenceofimprisonmentisordered.
11 3.Theofficerrequiredbylawtodeliverapersonconvictedofanoffenseinthisstate
12tothedepartmentofcorrectionsshallendorseuponthepapersrequiredbysection217.305
13boththedatestheoffenderwasincustodyandtheperiodoftimetobecreditedtowardthe
14serviceofthesentenceofimprisonment,exceptasendorsedbysuchofficer.
15 4.Ifapersonconvictedofanoffenseescapesfromcustody,suchescapeshall
16interruptthesentence.Theinterruptionshallcontinueuntilsuchpersonisreturnedtothe
17correctionalcenterwherethesentencewasbeingserved,orinthecaseofapersoncommitted
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18tothecustodyofthedepartmentofcorrections,toanycorrectionalcenteroperatedbythe
19departmentofcorrections.Anescapeshallalsointerruptthejailtimecredittobeappliedtoa
20sentencewhichhadnotcommencedwhentheescapeoccurred.
21 5.Ifasentenceofimprisonmentisvacatedandanewsentenceimposeduponthe
22offenderforthatoffense,alltimeservedunderthevacatedsentenceshallbecreditedagainst
23thenewsentence,unlessthetimehasalreadybeencreditedtoanothersentenceasprovidedin
24subsection1ofthissection.
25 6.Ifapersonreleasedfromimprisonmentonparoleorservingaconditionalrelease
26termviolatesanyoftheconditionsofhisorherparoleorrelease,heorshemaybetreatedas
27aparoleviolator.Iftheparoleboardrevokestheparoleorconditionalrelease,theparoled
28personshallservetheremainderoftheprisontermandconditionalreleaseterm,asan
29additionalprisonterm,andtheconditionallyreleasedpersonshallservetheremainderofthe
30conditionalreleasetermasaprisonterm,unlessreleasedonparole.
31 7.[Subsection2ofthissectionshallbeapplicabletooffensesforwhichtheoffender
32wassentencedonorafterAugust28,2023.] Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawto
33thecontrary,creditfortimeservedshallbeawardedasprovidedundersubsection2of
34thissectionregardlessofwhenanoffenseoccurred.Backcreditshallbeawardedtoany
35offenderwhowasincustodypriortoAugust28,2023,whodidnotreceivecredittoward
36theserviceofasentenceofimprisonmentforalltimeinprison,jail,orcustodyafteran
37offenseoccurredandbeforethecommencementofthesentence,whenthetimein
38custodywasrelatedtothatoffense.
39 8.Thetotalamountofcreditgivenshallnotexceedthenumberofdaysspentin
40prison,jail,orcustodyaftertheoffenseoccurredandbeforethecommencementofthe
41sentence.
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