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AUG 17 1983 ecox 54 'PAv 384 RESOLUTION NO. 83-48 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 82-107 PROVIDING FOR STATUTORY GOOD CONDUCT -- GAIN TIME, WORK GAIN TIME, CONSTRUCTIVE GAIN TIME, EXTRA GAIN TIME'AND SPECIAL GAIN TIME. WHEREAS, Florida Statutes §951.21 (1) provides that the Board of County Commissioners shall grant County prisoners who commit no infraction of jail rules and who are not charged with misconduct gain time deductions from their sentences, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners is also authorized, upon the recommendation of the warden or sheriff to adopt a policy to allow County prisoners, in addition to time credits an extra goodtime allowance, and WHEREAS, the Sheriff of Indian River County has reviewed the County's previous policy and recommends that, the Board of County Commissioners adopt a new policy ailoviDg prisoners to utilize the maximum benefits allowable. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that; 1. Resolution No. 82-107 is hereby amended as follows: I. A., The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County pursuant to Florida Statutes §951.21 (1) hereby commutes the time to be served by County prisoners for good conduct; the following deductions shall be made from the term of sentence when no charge of misconduct has been sustained against the County prisoner; 1. Five days per month for the first and second years of the sentence. 2. Ten days per month off the third and fourth years of the sentence. 3. Fifteen days per month off the fifth and all succeeding years of sentence. B. Where no charge of misconduct is sustained against a County prisoner, the deduction provided by this section shall be deemed earned and the prisoner shall be entitled to a credit for a month as soon as the prisoner has served such time as, when added to the deductions allowable, will equal a month.