CHAPTER 112
SENATE BILL NO. 2421
(Committee on Delayed Bills)
(At the request of the Select Senate Investigating Committee on the North Dakota State Penitentiary)
(Coughlin)
COMPENSATION OF INMATES
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12-48-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the compensation of inmates at the state penitentiary.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT) Section 12-48-14 of the 1971 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12-48-14. COMPENSATION OF INMATES.) Prisoners engaged in carrying on the work of the penitentiary and its industries, the work of other state institutions and their industries, or upon public highways, shall receive not less than ten cents nor more than one dollar per day for work actually performed, the maximum compensation to be determined by the director of institutions. The warden shall assign a reasonable daily task to be performed by each prisoner, and the compensation of the prisoner shall be determined by the amount of work he performs on such task. All prisoners faithfully performing the daily task assigned shall receive the maximum compensation determined by the director of institutions, and whenever it becomes necessary in carrying on this work for a prisoner to labor in excess of ten hours per day, he shall receive such additional compensation as is allowed by the director of institutions, not to exceed ten cents per hour. The compensation of all prisoners working at the penitentiary or its industries shall be paid out of such funds as may be appropriated by the legislative assembly for that purpose.
Approved March 28, 1973
