Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2794

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Description: Corrections; revise requirements for meritorious earned time and remove limit on time earned by inmate.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1		01/15 (S) Referred To Corrections
2		01/30 (S) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective date		July 1, 2001
Disposition		Dead
Deadline		General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
Revenue		No
Vote type required		Majority

Senate Committee:

• Corrections

Principal Author: Smith*

Code Section: A 047-0005-0142

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME AN INMATE MAY EARN AND TO REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR EARNING THE TIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/30/01 at 01:02.

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