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SB 11 - Cert. Imprisonment for Serious Felony - serve 90% of sent. (3)

Land, Clay (16th)	Johnson, Eric B (1st)	Perdue, Sonny (18th)
Price, Thomas E (56th)

Status Summary	SC:	Corr	HC:		FR:	01/13/99	LA:	01/13/99	S - Read 1st time

First Reader Summary

A bill to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide that any person sentenced to imprisonment other than a sentence of life imprisonment for the first conviction or any subsequent conviction of any serious felony committed on or after the effective date of the Act shall not be eligible for any form of parole or early release administered by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles until such person has served 90 percent of the sentence.

Code Sections

Code Sections amended: 17-10-6.2