Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H6491 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTME NT
16	16	Introduced By: Representatives Batista, Felix, J. Lombardi, Dawson, Potter, McEntee,
17	17	Knight, Alzate, Solomon, and Sanchez
18	18	Date Introduced: June 07, 2023
19	19	Referred To: House Judiciary
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22	22	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1. Section 42-56-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-56 entitled "Corrections 1
24	24	Department" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
25	25	42-56-22. Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal 3
26	26	charge. 4
27	27	(a) Every person who shall be committed to the adult correctional institutions to answer for 5
28	28	any criminal offense, whether convicted or awaiting trial, or on mesne process in any qui tam or 6
29	29	penal action, or on mesne process or execution in any civil action, may be permitted to labor in the 7
30	30	discretion of the director, or his or her designee, for the state, and in that case may be paid not more 8
31	31	than three dollars ($3.00) a day for every day he or she shall labor with the express consent of the 9
32	32	director, or his or her designee, of the department, to be credited to the prisoner’s account by the 10
33	33	assistant director of administration, or his or her designee, and to be disbursed to the prisoner in 11
34	34	accordance with the rules and regulations of the institutions; provided, further, however, there shall 12
35	35	be maintained on account at all times at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the earnings of each 13
36	36	prisoner up to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) for those persons serving a sentence of 14
37	37	life imprisonment without parole under §§ 11-23-2, 12-19.2-1 et seq., and up to a maximum of one 15
38	38	thousand dollars ($1,000) two thousand dollars ($2,000) for all other prisoners; those funds to be 16
39	39	turned over to the prisoner at the time of his or her release from the institution, the funds being his 17
40	40	or her property; the moneys to be paid to the prisoner by order of the assistant director of 18
41	41	management services upon the general treasurer. 19
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45	45	(b) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the use of the funds in the account for 1
46	46	the payment of any court fees and court costs required to be paid for the filing, prosecution, and 2
47	47	defense of any action. 3
48	48	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 4
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55	55	EXPLANATION
56	56	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
57	57	OF
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59	59	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNME NT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTME NT
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61	61	This act would increase the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one 1
62	62	thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the 2
63	63	prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration. 3
64	64	This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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