CHAPTER 109
HOUSE BILL NO. 1393
(Representatives Schneider, Boschee, Buffalo, Hanson, M. Johnson, Kading, Klemin)
(Senator Hogan)
AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1-32-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sentencing alternatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
43 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 1 of section 12.1-32-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
1. Every person convicted of an offense who is sentenced by the court must be sentenced to one or a combination of the following alternatives, unless the sentencing alternatives are otherwise specifically provided in the statute defining the offense or sentencing is deferred under subsection 4:
a. Payment of the reasonable costs of the person's prosecution.
b. Probation.
c. A term of imprisonment, including intermittent imprisonment: (1) In a state correctional facility in accordance with section 29-27-07, in a regional corrections center, or in a county jail, if convicted of a felony or a class A misdemeanor.
(2) In a county jail or in a regional corrections center, if convicted of a class B misdemeanor.
(3) In a facility or program deemed appropriate for the treatment of the individual offender, including available community-based or faith-based programs.
(4) In the case of persons convicted of an offense who are under eighteen years of age at the time of sentencing, the court is limited to sentencing the minor defendant to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.
d. A fine.
e. Restitution for damages resulting from the commission of the offense.
f. Restoration of damaged property or other appropriate work detail.
g. Commitment to an appropriate licensed public or private institution for treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental disease or defect.
43 Section 12.1-32-02 was also amended by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2246, chapter 110.
