(a) Any person convicted of any offense other than a minor misdemeanor, who is thereafter confined to a workhouse, prison, station house or County jail shall reimburse to the City its expenses incurred by reason of such confinement, including but not limited 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 manner provided by law.
(b) The Law Department is hereby authorized and directed to institute an appropriate civil action in the name of the City in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from the convict reimbursement for the expenses of confinement in a workhouse, prison, station house or County jail, as may be determined by the court in accordance with law.
(c) All amounts recovered for reimbursement of expenses of confinement shall be paid into the General Fund of the City.
(Ord. 84-96. Passed 11-20-84.)