23.8083.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1065
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
(At the request of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 12-48-03.1 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to the sale of prison industries-made products.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 12-48-03.1 of the North Dakota
5 Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
6 2. All products made in prison industries may be purchased directly by governmental
7 agencies, including federal, state, and tribal agencies and political subdivisions, for
8 use in official business, and by nonprofit organizations, excluding trade associations,
9 fraternal organizations, co-ops, and health insurance companies. Prison industries
10 may sell commissary items and prison industries-made clothing to inmates. Prison
11 industries-made products may also be sold through wholesale or retail outlets that
12 possess a valid sales tax permit, and if the products are manufactured under the
13 prison industries enhancement certification program under Public Law No. 96-157 [93
14 Stat. 1215; 18 U.S.C. 176(c)], in interstate commerce and through export firms for sale
15 to international markets. Prison industries-made products also may be sold to state
16 employees within North Dakota for personal use.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 12-48-03.1
PREFILED: 12-48-03.1