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2011 SESSION
11103790DBe 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.