(a) Any person convicted of an offense other than a minor misdemeanor and who is thereafter confined in a workhouse, prison, station house, or county jail shall reimburse the Village for its expenses incurred by reason of the person's confinement including but not limited to expenses relating to the provision of food, clothing and shelter. The amount of reimbursement shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in an amount and in the manner as provided by law.
(b) The Director of Law is hereby authorized to institute appropriate civil actions in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the convict the reimbursement for the expenses of the convict's confinement in a workhouse, prison, station house or county jail as may be determined by the court in the manner provided by law.
(c) All amounts recovered for reimbursement of expenses of confinement shall be paid into the General Fund of the Village. (Ord. 1988-2-12. Passed 2-3-88.)