House Journal: Page 1817: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
20 corrections or the director's designee, may restore
21 all or any portion of previously forfeited good
22 conduct earned time for acts of heroism or for
23 meritorious actions. The director shall establish by
24 rule the requirements as to which activities may
25 warrant the restoration of good conduct earned time
26 and the amount of good conduct earned time to be
27 restored.
28 Sec. . Section 903A.4, Code 1999, is amended to
29 read as follows:
30 903A.4 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
31 The director of the Iowa department of corrections
32 shall develop policy and procedural rules to implement
33 sections 903A.1 through 903A.3. The rules may specify
34 disciplinary offenses which may result in the loss of
35 good conduct earned time, and the amount of good
36 conduct earned time which may be lost as a result of
37 each disciplinary offense. The director shall
38 establish rules as to what constitutes "satisfactory
39 participation" for purposes of additional a reduction
40 of sentence under section 903A.3, for employment in
41 the institution, in Iowa state industries, in an
42 inmate employment program established by the director,
43 or for participation in an educational program
44 approved by the director, when such employment or
45 programs are available sentence under section 903A.2,
46 for programs that are available or unavailable. The
47 rules shall specify that earned time shall be
48 calculated on a monthly basis as it accrues. The
49 department shall generate an earned time report for
50 each inmate which shall include the amount of actual
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1 time served, the number of earned time credits which
2 have not been lost or forfeited, and the amount of
3 time remaining on an inmate's sentence.
4 Sec. . Section 903A.5, unnumbered paragraph 1,
5 Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows:
6 An inmate shall not be discharged from the custody
7 of the director of the Iowa department of corrections
8 until the inmate has served the full term for which
9 the inmate was sentenced, less good conduct earned
10 time and other credits earned and not forfeited,
11 unless the inmate is pardoned or otherwise legally
12 released. Good conduct Earned time earned accrued and
13 not forfeited shall apply to reduce a mandatory
14 minimum sentence being served pursuant to section
15 124.406, 124.413, 902.7, 902.8, 902.8A, or 902.11. An
16 inmate shall be deemed to be serving the sentence from
17 the day on which the inmate is received into the
18 institution. If an inmate was confined to a county
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