25.0867.01000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Heinert, Kiefert, Koppelman, Louser, O'Brien, Pyle, M. Ruby
Senators Roers, Sickler
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the
physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
and enacted as follows:
Denial of admission.
If the department of corrections and rehabilitation is beyond capacity and denies the
admission of an inmate sentenced to the physical custody of the department, the department
shall use local jails or correctional facilities and negotiate the terms of the agreement with each
facility. An agreement under this section must include a minimum daily rate per inmate,
including medical costs, to be paid by the department to the governing body of the jail or
correctional facility beginning the day after the department receives notice from the district court
of an order placing an individual in the care and custody of the department and ending on the
admission date provided by the department.
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