Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2123

BY: Senator(s) Barnett

     AMEND by inserting before the deletion mark on line 95 the following:

              (iii)  Notwithstanding * * * the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection, any other provision of law, an offender who has * * * not committed a crime of violence under Section 97‑3‑2 and has served twenty-five percent (25%) or more of * * * his the sentence or sentences imposed by the trial court or ten (10) years, whichever is less, may be paroled by the parole board if * * *, after the offender has been authorized to be considered for parole by the sentencing judge or, if the sentencing judge is retired, disabled or incapacitated, the senior circuit judge * * * authorizes the offender to be eligible for parole consideration; if the senior circuit judge must be recused, another circuit judge of the same district or a senior status judge may hear and decide the matter.  An offender is not eligible to petition the sentencing court for parole eligibility under this subparagraph (iii) if the offender is serving a sentence for a crime of violence as defined in Section 97-3-2;