Second Regular Session
              Sixty-sixth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 08-0636.01 Nancy Dalien         HOUSE BILL 08-1022
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Carroll T.,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Judiciary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning requirements for a mandatory consecutive
            sentence for escape convictions.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
       adopted.)
       
            For an escape from a level III, IV, or V correctional facility,
       mandates that the sentence to incarceration shall run consecutively from
       any other sentence.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  18-8-208 (9), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended to read:
            18-8-208.  Escapes.  (9)  The minimum sentences provided by
       sections 18-1.3-401, 18-1.3-501, and 18-1.3-503, respectively, for
       violation of the provisions of this section involving an escape from a
       level III, IV, or V correctional facility, as described in section
       17-1-104.3, C.R.S., shall be mandatory, and the court shall not grant
       probation or a suspended sentence, in whole or in part; except that the
       court may grant a suspended sentence if the court is sentencing a person
       to the youthful offender system pursuant to section 18-1.3-407.  In
       addition, if the person escaped from a level III, IV, or V
       correctional facility, the sentence shall run consecutively
       from any other sentence imposed on the person.
            SECTION 2.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
       effect July 1, 2008, and shall apply to offenses committed on or after said
       date.
            SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.