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1		-	Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2		-	In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 1344
4		-	(Representatives Heinert, Kiefert, Koppelman, Louser, O'Brien, Pyle, M. Ruby)
5		-	(Senators Roers, Sickler)
6		-	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code,
7		-	relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the physical
8		-	custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.
	1	+	25.0867.02000
	2	+	Sixty-ninth
	3	+	Legislative Assembly
	4	+	of North Dakota
	5	+	Introduced by
	6	+	Representatives Heinert, Kiefert, Koppelman, Louser, O'Brien, Pyle, M. Ruby
	7	+	Senators Roers, Sickler
	8	+	A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota
	9	+	Century Code, relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the
	10	+	physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
10		-	SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code is created ~~and~~
11		-	enacted as follows:
	12	+	SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
	13	+	and enacted as follows:
12	14		Denial of admission.
13	15		1.If the department of corrections and rehabilitation is beyond capacity and denies the
14		-	admission of an inmate sentenced to the physical custody of the department, the department
15		-	may use local jails or correctional facilities and negotiate the terms of the agreement with each
16		-	facility.
17		-	2.Admission of an inmate is denied by the department when a county requests admission to the
18		-	department with a judgment of conviction ordering an individual to be placed with the physical
19		-	custody of the department and the request for admission is denied or unavailable within seven
20		-	days of notification to the department. When the denial of admission exceeds seven days, the
21		-	department is responsible to pay the contracted rate beginning from the date of initial
22		-	notification of the judgment of conviction and placement in the physical custody of the
23		-	department.
24		-	3.An agreement under this section must include a minimum daily rate per inmate, including
25		-	medical costs, to be paid by the department to the governing body of the jail or correctional
26		-	facility beginning the day after the department receives notice from the district court of an
27		-	order placing an individual in the care and custody of the department and ending on the
28		-	admission date provided by the department. H. B. NO. 1344 - PAGE 2
29		-	____________________________ ____________________________
30		-	Speaker of the House President of the Senate
31		-	____________________________ ____________________________
32		-	Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
33		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
34		-	Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1344.
35		-	House Vote: Yeas 90 Nays 0 Absent 4
36		-	Senate Vote:Yeas 46 Nays 0 Absent 1
37		-	____________________________
38		-	Chief Clerk of the House
39		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
40		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
41		-	____________________________
42		-	Governor
43		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
44		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
45		-	____________________________
46		-	Secretary of State
	16	+	admission of an inmate sentenced to the physical custody of the department, the
	17	+	department may use local jails or correctional facilities and negotiate the terms of the
	18	+	agreement with each facility.
	19	+	2.Admission of an inmate is denied by the department when a county requests
	20	+	admission to the department with a judgment of conviction ordering an individual to be
	21	+	placed with the physical custody of the department and the request for admission is
	22	+	denied or unavailable within seven days of notification to the department. When the
	23	+	denial of admission exceeds seven days, the department is responsible to pay the
	24	+	contracted rate beginning from the date of initial notification of the judgment of
	25	+	conviction and placement in the physical custody of the department.
	26	+	3.An agreement under this section must include a minimum daily rate per inmate,
	27	+	including medical costs, to be paid by the department to the governing body of the jail
	28	+	or correctional facility beginning the day after the department receives notice from the
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	30	+	ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1344
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	54	+	district court of an order placing an individual in the care and custody of the
	55	+	department and ending on the admission date provided by the department.
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