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AZ HB2285
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/24/2011
Primary Sponsor
Cecil Ash
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 31-145 regarding prisoner credit for fine reduction.
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Increases the daily credit rate for prisoners committed for nonpayment of fines from ten dollars per day to sixty dollars per day.
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Maintains the existing ten dollar per day credit limit for prisoners employed at hard labor toward payment of fines.
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Updates gender-specific language by replacing "he" with "the prisoner" in statutory text.
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Preserves existing consequences for prisoners who refuse to perform hard labor for fine payment under Section 13-810.
Legislative Description
Inmate credit; imprisonment; fine reduction
Last Action
House majority caucus: Hold
4/5/2011
Full Bill Text
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