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     609.1055 Offenders with serious and persistent mental 
  illness; alternative placement. 

    When a court intends to commit an offender with a serious 
 and persistent mental illness, as defined in section 245.462, 
 subdivision 20, paragraph (c), to the custody of the 
 commissioner of corrections for imprisonment at a state 
 correctional facility, either when initially pronouncing a 
 sentence or when revoking an offender's probation, the court, 
 when consistent with public safety, may instead place the 
 offender on probation or continue the offender's probation and 
 require as a condition of the probation that the offender 
 successfully complete an appropriate supervised alternative 
 living program having a mental health treatment component.  This 
 section applies only to offenders who would have a remaining 
 term of imprisonment after adjusting for credit for prior 
 imprisonment, if any, of more than one year. 

    HIST: 1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 10 

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