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ND HB1162

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/18/2019

Primary Sponsor

Ben Koppelman

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Origin

House of Representatives

66th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends subsection 7 of section 12.1-32-01 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding infraction penalties.

  • Increases threshold for enhanced penalties from "an" offense to "at least three times of the same offense" classified as an infraction within one year prior to conviction.

  • Allows sentencing as a class B misdemeanor when a person is convicted of an infraction and has three or more prior convictions of the same infraction within one year.

  • Requires prosecution to specify in the complaint that the offense is being treated as a misdemeanor if claiming the infraction is punishable as a class B misdemeanor.

  • Changes "shall" to "must" regarding the complaint specification requirement.

Legislative Description

Multiple convictions of the same infraction; and to provide a penalty.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 1 nays 44

3/13/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/3/2019

Full Bill Text

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