STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

SENATE BILL 1596	By:	Ivester

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending 21 O.S. 2011, Section 12.1, which relates to minimum sentencing; updating language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2011, Section 12.1, is amended to read as follows:
Section 12.1.  A person committing a felony offense listed in Section 30 of this act Section 13.1 of this title on or after March 1, 2000, and convicted of the offense shall serve not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the sentence of imprisonment imposed within the Department of Corrections.  Such person shall not be eligible for parole consideration prior to serving eighty-five percent (85%) of the sentence imposed and such person shall not be eligible for earned credits or any other type of credits which have the effect of reducing the length of the sentence to less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the sentence imposed.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

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