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AZ HB2285

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/24/2011

Primary Sponsor

Cecil Ash

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature - First Regular Session (2011)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 31-145 regarding prisoner credit for fine reduction.

  • Increases the daily credit rate for prisoners committed for nonpayment of fines from ten dollars per day to sixty dollars per day.

  • Maintains the existing ten dollar per day credit limit for prisoners employed at hard labor toward payment of fines.

  • Updates gender-specific language by replacing "he" with "the prisoner" in statutory text.

  • 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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