HB 5465 — AN ACT CONCERNING GOOD TIME CREDITS AND THE EARNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT PROGRAM.

AN ACT CONCERNING GOOD TIME CREDITS.CREDITS AND THE EARNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT PROGRAM.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

5465 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____HB05465JUD___040318____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING GOOD TIME CREDITS AND THE EARNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT PROGRAM.

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  (JUD)   AN ACT CONCERNING GOOD TIME CREDITS.

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Any good time credits earned prior to the effective date of this section may be used to reduce a person's sentence in accordance with subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section, as applicable, except as may be lost pursuant to the provisions of this section.

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Subsection (a) of section 18-98e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment [for a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994,] and committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, [on or after said date,] except a person sentenced for a violation of section 53a-54a, 53a-54b, 53a-54c, 53a-54d, 53a-55, 53a-55a, 53a-70a, 53a-70c or 53a-100aa, or who is a persistent dangerous felony offender or persistent dangerous sexual offender pursuant to section 53a-40, may be eligible to earn risk reduction credit toward a reduction of such person's sentence, in an amount not to exceed five days per month, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction for conduct as provided in subsection (b) of this section occurring on or after April 1, 2006.

Section 1 from passage 18-7a StatementSec. of Purpose:

To2 prohibit persons who were sentenced prior to the abolishment of good time credits from continuingpassage to18-98e(a) collectJUD suchJoint credits.Favorable Subst.

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