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GA SB508
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Vincent Fort
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AI Summary
- Removes the provision allowing convicted persons to remain in local jails during the appeals process at the written request of their attorney, eliminating the requirement that inmates stay in county custody while appeals are pending
- Requires the commissioner to assign convicted persons to a correctional institution within 15 days of receiving sentencing information, without the previous exception for appeals-related detention
- Mandates the state pay a per diem rate to county facilities for each day an inmate remains in county custody after the department receives notice but has not yet transferred the inmate
- Removes an outdated transitional provision related to inmates convicted and sentenced prior to January 1, 1983, who had not been transferred due to pending appeals
- Makes gender-neutral language updates throughout the amended code section, replacing "him" and "his" with "the commissioner," "the inmate's," and "his or her"
Legislative Description
Penal Institutions; allowing convicted persons to remain in local jails; provisions
Last Action
Senate Read Second Time
3/24/2010
Committee Referrals
State Institutions and Property3/17/2010
Full Bill Text
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