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2009 SESSION
098811336Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-202.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-202.3. Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites.
A maximum of four seven and
one-half sentence credits may be earned for each 30 days served. The earning of
sentence credits shall be conditioned, in part, upon full participation in and
cooperation with programs to which a person is assigned pursuant to §
53.1-32.1. For a juvenile sentenced to serve a portion of his sentence as a
serious juvenile offender under § 16.1-285.1, consideration for earning
sentence credits shall be conditioned, in part, upon full participation in and
cooperation with programs afforded to the juvenile during that portion of the
sentence. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide a report that
describes the juvenile's adherence to the facility's rules and the juvenile's
progress toward treatment goals and objectives while sentenced as a serious
juvenile offender under § 16.1-285.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no portion of any sentence credits earned shall be applied to reduce the
period of time a person must serve before becoming eligible for parole upon any
sentence.