74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 2350
 
                         Senate Bill 631
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Increases maximum amount of time credits earned for reduction
in term of incarceration to 33 percent of total term of
incarceration.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to incarceration; amending ORS 421.121.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 421.121 is amended to read:
  421.121. (1) Except as provided in ORS 137.635, each inmate
sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections for
felonies committed on or after November 1, 1989, shall be
eligible for a reduction in the term of incarceration for
appropriate institutional behavior, as defined by rule of the
Department of Corrections, and for participation in the
functional literacy program described in ORS 421.084.
  (2) The maximum amount of time credits earned for appropriate
institutional behavior or for participation in the functional
literacy program described in ORS 421.084   { - shall - }
 { + may + } not exceed
  { - 20 - }   { + 33 + } percent of the total term of
incarceration in a Department of Corrections institution.
  (3) The time credits   { - shall - }   { + may + } not be used
to shorten the term of actual prison confinement to less than six
months.
  (4) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to the rulemaking
provisions of ORS chapter 183 to establish a process for
granting, retracting and restoring the time credits earned by the
offender as allowed in subsections (1) to (3) of this section.
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