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CHAPTER 502

 
H.P. 1216 - L.D. 1709

 
An Act To Provide for the Issuance of a Bench Warrant

 
upon Failure To Appear for a Hearing on Nonpayment of a

 
County Jail Reimbursement Fee

 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1341, as amended by PL 1997, c. 88, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
§1341. Assessment of reimbursement fee against prisoners

 
1. Assessment. When a person is sentenced to incarceration
in a county jail, the sentencing court shall consider and may
assess as part of the sentence a reimbursement fee to help defray
the expenses of the offender's room and board. The fee may not
exceed the cost of incarcerating the offender or $80 per day,
whichever is less. Any reimbursement fee assessed must be
collected by the county treasurer of the county in which the
offender is incarcerated, paid into the treasury of that county
and credited to the county responsible for paying for the
incarceration of the offender.

 
2. Evidence. The court, in determining whether a
reimbursement fee as set out in subsection 1 is to be assessed
and in establishing the amount of that fee, shall consider
evidence relevant to the offender's ability to pay that fee,
including, but not limited to, the factors set forth in section
1325, subsection 2, paragraph D, subparagraphs (1) to (5). The
court shall not consider as evidence the following:

 
A. Joint ownership, if any, that the offender may have in
real property;


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