Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts > Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally > Chapter 93 - Probation And Parole > Subchapter 6 - Parole -- Eligibility > § 16-93-605 - Felonies committed on or after April 1, 1983 -- Purpose and construction of sections.

§ 16-93-605 - Felonies committed on or after April 1, 1983 -- Purpose and construction of sections.

16-93-605. Felonies committed on or after April 1, 1983 -- Purpose and construction of sections.

(a) It is the purpose and intent of this section and 16-93-606 -- 16-93-608 to establish parole eligibility for persons convicted of felonies committed on or after April 1, 1983.

(b) Nothing in this section or 16-93-606 -- 16-93-608 shall be construed to repeal the parole eligibility laws in effect on the date criminal offenses were committed prior to April 1, 1983.