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REFERENCE TITLE: inmate credit for imprisonment |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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SB 1291 |
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Introduced by Senator Griffin; Representative Gowan (By Request)
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AN ACT
amending section 31-145, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 31-145, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
31-145. Allowance for hard labor in reduction of fine
A. A prisoner sentenced to pay a fine shall be allowed not to exceed ten dollars per day credited to the fine for each day he the prisoner is employed at hard labor.
B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a person committed for nonpayment of a fine shall be given credit toward payment for each day of imprisonment at the rate specified in the commitment not to exceed ten dollars per day.
C. A person committed for nonpayment of a fine in a county with a population of one hundred fifty thousand persons or less shall be given credit toward payment for each day of imprisonment at the rate specified in the commitment not to exceed sixty dollars per day.
C. D. A prisoner who refuses to perform hard labor for payment of a fine is subject to the consequences for nonpayment of fines in section 13‑810.