House Journal: Page 1816: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
21 sentence of confinement under section 902.12. An
22 inmate of an institution under the control of the
23 department of corrections who is serving a category
24 "B" sentence is eligible for a reduction of sentence
25 equal to fifteen eighty-fifths of a day for each day
26 of good conduct by the inmate.
27 2. Good conduct Earned time earned accrued
28 pursuant to this section may be forfeited in the
29 manner prescribed in section 903A.3.
30 3. Time served in a jail or another facility prior
31 to actual placement in an institution under the
32 control of the department of corrections and credited
33 against the sentence by the court shall accrue for the
34 purpose of reduction of sentence under this section.
35 Time which elapses during an escape shall not accrue
36 for purposes of reduction of sentence under this
37 section.
38 4. Time which elapses between the date on which a
39 person is incarcerated, based upon a determination of
40 the board of parole that a violation of parole has
41 occurred, and the date on which the violation of
42 parole was committed shall not accrue for purposes of
43 reduction of sentence under this section.
44 5. Good conduct Earned time accrued by inmates
45 serving life sentences imposed under section 902.1
46 shall not reduce the life sentence, but shall be
47 credited against the inmate's sentence if the life
48 sentence is commuted to a term of years under section
49 902.2.
50 Sec. . Section 903A.3, subsections 1 and 3,
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1 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
2 1. Upon finding that an inmate has violated an
3 institutional rule, or has had an action or appeal
4 dismissed under section 610A.2, the independent
5 administrative law judge may order forfeiture of any
6 or all good conduct earned time earned accrued and not
7 forfeited up to the date of the violation by the
8 inmate and may order forfeiture of any or all good
9 conduct earned time earned accrued and not forfeited
10 up to the date the action or appeal is dismissed,
11 unless the court entered such an order under section
12 610A.3. The independent administrative law judge has
13 discretion within the guidelines established pursuant
14 to section 903A.4, to determine the amount of time
15 that should be forfeited based upon the severity of
16 the violation. Prior violations by the inmate may be
17 considered by the administrative law judge in the
18 decision.
19 3. The director of the Iowa department of
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