Delaware General Assembly





CHAPTER 406

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 320

AS AMENDED BY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO SENTENCING AND GOOD TIME.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Title 11, §4381 of the Delaware Code by re-lettering subsection "(b)", "(c)", and "(d)" as subsections "(c)", "(d)", and "(e)" and by deleting subsection (a) in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b), all sentences, other than a life sentence, imposed for any offense pursuant to any provision of Title 11, Title 16 and/or Title 21 of this Code may be reduced by good time credit under the provisions of this subchapter and rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Corrections. This provision will apply regardless of any previously imposed statutory limitations set forth in Title 11, Title 16 or Title 21 of this Code.

(b) The awarding of good time credit set forth in subsection (a) above will not apply to sentences imposed pursuant to 11 Del. C. § 4214 or 11 Del. C. § 4204(k) or sentences imposed prior to the enactment of this statute."

Approved July 15, 2010