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     609.105 Sentence of imprisonment. 

    Subdivision 1.    Sentence to less than 180 days.  In a 
 felony sentence to imprisonment, when the remaining term of 
 imprisonment is for 180 days or less, the defendant shall be 
 committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections and 
 must serve the remaining term of imprisonment at a workhouse, 
 work farm, county jail, or other place authorized by law.  

    Subd. 1a.    Definitions.  (a) The terms in this 
 subdivision apply to this section. 

    (b) "Remaining term of imprisonment" as applied to inmates 
 whose crimes were committed before August 1, 1993, is the period 
 of time for which an inmate is committed to the custody of the 
 commissioner of corrections minus earned good time and jail 
 credit, if any. 

    (c) "Remaining term of imprisonment" as applied to inmates 
 whose crimes were committed on or after August 1, 1993, is the 
 period of time equal to two-thirds of the inmate's executed 
 sentence, minus jail credit, if any. 

    Subd. 1b.    Sentence to more than 180 days.  A felony 
 sentence to imprisonment when the warrant of commitment has a 
 remaining term of imprisonment for more than 180 days shall 
 commit the defendant to the custody of the commissioner of 
 corrections. 

    Subd. 2.    Place of confinement.  The commissioner of 
 corrections shall determine 
 the place of confinement in a prison, reformatory, or other 
 facility of the Department of Corrections established by law for 
 the confinement of convicted persons and prescribe reasonable 
 conditions and rules for their employment, conduct, instruction, 
 and discipline within or without the facility.  

    Subd. 3.    Sentence to one year or less.  A sentence to 
 imprisonment for a period of one 
 year or any lesser period shall be to a workhouse, work farm, 
 county jail, or other place authorized by law.  

    HIST: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.105; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1997 c 2 
 s 61; 1999 c 126 s 10; 1999 c 194 s 7,8; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 7-9 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.