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     244.16 Day-fines. 

    Subdivision 1.    Model system.  The Sentencing 
 Guidelines Commission shall develop a model day-fine system.  
 The commission shall report its model system to the legislature 
 by February 1, 1993.  Upon request of a judicial district, the 
 commission may establish one pilot project for the development 
 of a day-fine system.  

    Subd. 2.    Components.  A day-fine system adopted under 
 this section must provide for a two-step sentencing procedure 
 for those receiving a fine as part of a probationary felony, 
 gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor sentence.  In the first step, 
 the court determines how many punishment points a person will 
 receive, taking into account the severity of the offense and the 
 criminal history of the offender.  The second step is to 
 multiply the punishment points by a factor that accounts for the 
 offender's financial circumstances.  The goal of the system is 
 to provide a fine that is proportional to the seriousness of the 
 offense and largely equal in impact among offenders with 
 different financial circumstances.  The system may provide for 
 community service in lieu of fines for offenders whose means are 
 so limited that the payment of a fine would be unlikely. 

    HIST: 1990 c 568 art 2 s 102; 1991 c 292 art 8 s 6 

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