FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act  to revise the penalties for inmate escape from Department of Corrections custody.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That chapter 22-11A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     A conviction under §  22-11A-2 as a result of an escape from Department of Corrections custody shall be punished by a sentence in the state penitentiary. Probation or suspended execution of sentence may not form the basis for reducing the mandatory time of incarceration required by this section.
     Section  2.  That chapter 22-11A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     A penitentiary sentence arising from a conviction under section 1 of this Act may not commence until the expiration, with no allowance of good time, of the last sentence of imprisonment, pursuant to §  23A-27-36.
     Section  3.  That chapter 22-11A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read

as follows:

     Any inmate sentenced under section 1 of this Act shall serve the entire term of the inmate's sentence and is not eligible for parole release as authorized under chapter 24-15A.

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BILL HISTORY
1/29/97 First read in Senate and referred to Judiciary.   S.J.   212
2/7/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/7/97 Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, AYES 4, NAYS 3.   S.J.   350
2/10/97 Senate Do Pass, Passed, AYES 19, NAYS 16.   S.J.   377
2/11/97 First read in House and referred to Judiciary.   H.J.   424
2/27/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/27/97 Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 11, NAYS 2.   H.J.   771