Colorado § 17-22.5-304 - Part affects only certain inmates.
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§ 17-22.5-304. Part affects only certain inmates.
The good time provisions of this part 3 are effective July 1, 1979, and shall apply only to those persons convicted of crimes committed on or after said date. No person subject to the good time provisions of part 2 of this article shall be eligible for any of the provisions authorized by this part 3.
Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 523, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 652, § 6, effective July 1; Entire section amended, p. 1372, § 51, effective July 1.
ANNOTATION
This part 3 applies only to those persons convicted of crimes committed on or after July 1, 1979, which reflects a legislative decision that persons convicted of more than one offense may not receive double credits while serving sentences resulting from the circumstance that the offenses were committed both before and on or after July 1, 1979. Price v. Mills, 728 P.2d 715 (Colo. 1986).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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