25.0867.02000
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.
1.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 may use local jails or correctional facilities and negotiate the terms of the
agreement with each facility.
2.Admission of an inmate is denied by the department when a county requests
admission to the department with a judgment of conviction ordering an individual to be
placed with the physical custody of the department and the request for admission is
denied or unavailable within seven days of notification to the department. When the
denial of admission exceeds seven days, the department is responsible to pay the
contracted rate beginning from the date of initial notification of the judgment of
conviction and placement in the physical custody of the department.
3.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
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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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