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SENATE BILL NO. 1516 – Prisoner/escape private prisn/crime

SENATE BILL NO. 1516

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S1516................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
PRISONERS - PRIVATE PRISONS - Amends existing law to provide that escape
from a private prison shall constitute a crime.

02/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25    Rpt prt - to Jud
03/02    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/03    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/05    3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
      AYES--Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen, Hawkins,
      Ingram, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
      Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs,
      Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Andreason, Dunklin, Ipsen
    Floor Sponsor - Boatright
    Title apvd - to House
03/06    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/19    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19    Rls susp - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Chase, Clark, Crane,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
      Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
      Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
      Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
      Miller, Mortensen, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison,
      Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Campbell, Newcomb, Pischner, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Geddes
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/20    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/23    Sp signed - to Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 359
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


S1516


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1516

                             BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO ESCAPE FROM A JAIL OR  PRISON;  AMENDING  SECTION  18-2505,  IDAHO
 3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  ESCAPE  FROM A PRIVATE PRISON SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 4        CRIME.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 18-2505, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        18-2505.  ESCAPE  BY ONE CHARGED WITH, CONVICTED OF, OR ON PROBATION FOR A
 9    FELONY -- ESCAPE BY JUVENILE. (1) Every prisoner charged with,  convicted  of,
10    or  on  probation for a felony who is confined in any jail or prison including
11    the state penitentiary  or any private prison , or who  while  out-
12    side  the walls of such jail or prison in the proper custody of any officer or
13    person, or while in any factory, farm or other place without the walls of such
14    jail or prison, who escapes or attempts to escape from such officer or person,
15    or from such jail or prison, or from such factory, farm or other place without
16    the walls of such jail or prison, shall be guilty of a felony, and  upon  con-
17    viction  thereof,  any  such second term of imprisonment shall commence at the
18    time he would otherwise have been discharged.
19        (2)  Any person under the age of eighteen (18) charged with, found to have
20    committed, or on probation for an offense which would be a felony if committed
21    by an adult who is confined in a juvenile detention facility or  other  secure
22    or nonsecure facility for juveniles and who escapes or attempts to escape from
23    the facility or from the lawful custody of any officer or person shall be sub-
24    ject  to  proceedings  under  chapter  5, title 20, Idaho Code, for an offense
25    which would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the juvenile  is  or  has
26    been  proceeded  against  as  an adult, pursuant to sections 20-508 or 20-509,
27    Idaho Code, the juvenile shall be guilty of a felony for a violation  of  this
28    section and shall be subject to adult criminal proceedings.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                            STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                  RS 08115
    
    This legislation establishes that an escape or escape attempt 
    committed in a private prison housing juvenile offenders would 
    be punishable as if committed in a public facility.
    
    FISCAL IMPACT
    
    No fiscal impact.
    
    CONTACT: Senator Denton Darrington
             Phone 332-1317
             
    
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