(a) Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 594 (c)(2), the court may order a person convicted of violating California Penal Code Section 594 to pay all or part of the law enforcement costs incurred in identifying and apprehending the defendant. The court will first determine whether the defendant has the ability to pay the costs, not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars. If the defendant does have such ability, the court will order defendant to pay the costs; however, such order shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars. The law enforcement agency must provide evidence of, and bears the burden of establishing the reasonableness of, such costs.
(b) The law enforcement costs authorized in subsection (a) of this section are in addition to any other costs incurred or recovered by the law enforcement agency, and payment of these costs does not in any way limit, preclude, or restrict any other right, remedy, or action otherwise available to the law enforcement agency.
(Ord. 790 § 19 (part), 1999)