CHAPTER 111
HOUSE BILL NO. 1195
(Committee on State and Federal Government)
(At the request of the Director of Institutions)
PRISON INDUSTRIES
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12-48-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment, or discontinuance of prison industries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.) Section 12-48-03.1 of the 1971 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12-48-03.1. THE DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONS MAY ESTABLISH AND ENGAGE IN NEW PRISON INDUSTRIES.) The warden of the state penitentiary under the direction and with the approval of the director of institutions is authorized to establish, and engage in such new prison industries as said director deerus necessary, and which are of greatest benefit to and in the best interest of the state of North Dakota, the state penitentiary, the North Dakota state farm, and the intates of said institutions. The warden with the approval of the director of institutions may also discontinue existing industries where such discontinuance is deemed necessary. The director and the warden shall take all rules and regulations and do all things necessary or incidental to the establishing and maintaining of such industries including the manufacture, sale, or distribution of the produce or products therefrom, and, so far as is compatible with the efficient operation of the industry, shall use the inmates and employees of the penitentiary as laborers in such industries. The director and warden shall also do all things necessary and incidental to the discontinuance of those industries no longer deemed necessary or of benefit. The provisions of this section are in addition, and subject to statutes governing other specific industries.
Approved March 8, 1973
