501.999 REIMBURSEMENT FOR CONFINEMENT COSTS.

   (a)    Any person convicted of an offense other than a minor misdemeanor and who is thereafter confined in a municipal jail, workhouse, prison or county jail shall reimburse this Municipality for its expenses incurred by reason of such confinement including, but not limited to, the 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 an appropriate civil action in the name of the Municipality in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the convict the reimbursement for the expenses of his confinement in a municipal jail, workhouse, prison or county jail as may be determined by the court in the manner provided by law.

   (c)    All amounts recovered for reimbursement of expenses or confinement pursuant to this section shall be paid into the general fund of the Municipality.

(Ord. 84-42. Passed 3-18-85.)