(A) The city may seek reimbursement from any person who is or was a convicted inmate in a city jail, or in a county jail, or any other jail facility for expenses incurred by the city in relation to the incarceration of that person, as follows:
(1) Not more than $60 per day for the expenses of maintaining that inmate or the actual per diem cost of maintaining that inmate, whichever is less, for the entire period of time the inmate was confined to the city jail, county jail or any other jail facility, including any period of pretrial detention;
(2) The per day cost charged to the city by a city, county or any other jail facility for housing the inmate in that city jail, or county jail, or any other jail facility, but not more than $60 per day, for the entire period during which the inmate was housed in that facility;
(3) The cost of providing medical treatment, prescription drugs, dental care and other medical examinations or procedures;
(4) To investigate the financial status of the person; and
(5) Any other expenses incurred by the city to collect payments under this subchapter, including, but not limited to, administrative costs for searching for collectible assets of the inmate, and reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
(B) Reimbursement under this subchapter may be ordered as a probation condition entered pursuant to § 3 of Ch. XI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Public Act 175 of 1927, being M.C.L.A. § 771.3.
(C) Before seeking any reimbursement under this subchapter, the city shall develop a form to be used for determining the financial status of inmates. The form shall provide for obtaining the age and marital status of an inmate, number and ages of children of an inmate, number and ages of other dependents, type and value of real estate, type and value of personal property, cash and bank accounts, type and value of investments, pensions and annuities and any other personalty of significant cash value. The city shall use the form when investigating the financial status of inmates.
(Prior Code, § 25-201) (Ord. 1266, passed 5-15-2006)