00 SENATE BILL NO. 1                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to good time and release on mandatory parole."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 33.16.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                   
04  (a)  A prisoner is eligible for mandatory parole if the prisoner                                                      
05   (1)  is serving a term or terms of two years or more; and                                                            
06   (2)  has attained a high school diploma, a general education                                                         
07 development diploma, or the equivalent or is incapable of obtaining a diploma or its                                    
08 equivalent.                                                                                                             
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 33.16.010(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
10  (c)  A prisoner who is not eligible for discretionary parole, or who is not                                           
11 released on discretionary parole, shall be released on mandatory parole for the term of                                 
12 good time deductions credited under AS 33.20 [,] if the  prisoner is eligible under (a)                                
13 of this section  [TERM OR TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT ARE TWO YEARS OR                                                       
14 MORE].                                                                                                                  
01    * Sec. 3.  AS 33.20.010(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
02  (a)  Notwithstanding AS 12.55.125(f)(3) and 12.55.125(g)(3), a prisoner                                               
03 convicted of an offense against the state or a political subdivision of the state and                                   
04 sentenced to a term of imprisonment that exceeds three days is entitled to a deduction                                  
05 of one-third of the term of imprisonment rounded off to the nearest day if the prisoner                                 
06 follows the rules of the correctional facility in which the prisoner is confined  and the                              
07 prisoner attains or has attained a high school diploma, a general education                                             
08 development diploma, or an equivalent diploma or is incapable of attaining a                                            
09 diploma or its equivalent .  A prisoner is not eligible for a good time deduction if the                               
10 prisoner has been sentenced to a                                                                                        
11   (1)  mandatory 99-year term of imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(a)                                                    
12 after June 27, 1996; or                                                                                                 
13   (2)  definite term under AS 12.55.125(l).                                                                            
14    * Sec. 4.  The changes made to AS 33.16.010 and AS 33.20.010 by this Act apply to                                  
15 persons convicted of crimes on or after the effective date of this Act.