(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, when a person is convicted under a municipal ordinance for which a period of incarceration may be imposed, the Municipal Court may enter an order for home incarceration as an alternative sentence to incarceration in a county or regional jail; provided that home incarceration shall be available at the expense of the person convicted, and only if accepted by the County Sheriff’s Department Home Confinement Office.
(b) Any home incarceration sentence entered by a Municipal Court shall comply with the requirements and conditions set forth in W.Va. Code §§ 62-11B-1 et seq. Any person accepted by the County Sheriff’s Department Home Confinement Office, the home is required to enter into an agreement for payment of any related fees to the Municipal Clerk, who shall monthly remit fees to the County Sheriff’s Department Home Confinement Office.
(Ord. passed 12-15-2015; Ord. passed 10-16-2018)