(A) Any person who is:
(1) Sentenced for a felony or misdemeanor;
(2) Subject to lawful detention as defined in state law in the county jail for a period of more than 72 hours;
(3) Not a member of a family that makes less than 150% of the federal income poverty level; and
(4) Not detained as a child subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court shall reimburse the county for the sum of the following amounts:
(a) The lesser of:
1. The per diem amount now and hereafter fixed by the County Council; or
2. Thirty dollars multiplied by each day or part of a day that the person is lawfully detained under I.C. 35-33-11-3 for more than six hours.
(b) The direct cost of investigating whether the person is indigent; and
(c) The cost of collecting the amount for which the person is liable under this section.
(B) The County Sheriff shall collect the amounts due from a person under this section. If the County Sheriff does not collect the amount due to the county, the County Attorney may collect the amount due.
(C) There is hereby established a nonreverting county prisoner reimbursement fund under the provisions of I.C. 36-2-13-16.
(Ord. O-C-98-7, passed 9-11-1998; Ord. O-C-12-4, passed 4-2-2012)