53.1-198 - Certain persons to choose good conduct system. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-198. Certain persons to choose good conduct system.

Every person who, on or before June 30, 1981, was convicted of a felony andevery person convicted of a misdemeanor, and to whom the provisions of §§53.1-151, 53.1-152 or § 53.1-153 apply, may choose the system of good conductallowances established in §§ 53.1-199 through 53.1-202 to govern thecomputing of his discharge date and eligibility for parole. A person whochooses the system established in this article may not thereafter be governedby the laws establishing good conduct allowances in effect prior to July 1,1981.

(Code 1950, § 53-209.1; 1981, c. 392; 1982, c. 636.)