2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2967.17. Parole authority may grant administrative release.

§ 2967.17. Parole authority may grant administrative release.
 

(A)  The adult parole authority, in its discretion, may grant an administrative release to any of the following: 

(1) A parole violator or release violator serving another felony sentence in a correctional institution within or without this state for the purpose of consolidation of the records or if justice would best be served; 

(2) A parole violator at large or release violator at large whose case has been inactive for at least ten years following the date of declaration of the parole violation or the violation of a post-release control sanction; 

(3) A parolee taken into custody by the immigration and naturalization service of the United States department of justice and deported from the United States. 

(B)  The adult parole authority shall not grant an administrative release except upon the concurrence of a majority of the parole board and approval of the chief of the adult parole authority. An administrative release does not restore for the person to whom it is granted the rights and privileges forfeited by conviction as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code. Any person granted an administrative release under this section may subsequently apply for a commutation of sentence for the purpose of regaining the rights and privileges forfeited by conviction, except that the privilege of circulating or serving as a witness for the signing of any declaration of candidacy and petition, voter registration application, or nominating, initiative, referendum, or recall petition forfeited under section 2961.01 of the Revised Code may not be restored under this section. 
 

HISTORY: 131 v 687 (Eff 10-20-65); 145 v H 571 (Eff 10-6-94); 145 v S 242 (Eff 10-6-94); 146 v S 2. Eff 7-1-96; 151 v H 3, § 1, eff. 5-2-06.
 

The effective date is set by section 6 of SB 2. 

See provisions, § 5 of SB 2 (146 v  - ), as amended by § 3 of SB 269 (146 v  - ), following RC § 2929.03. 

 

Effect of Amendments

151 v H 3, effective May 2, 2006, added the exception to the end of (B).