1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to corrections; modifying inmate payment of room and board to include 
1.3 	any time credited for time served;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.4 	641.12, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 641.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Inmate payment of room and board. (a) A county board may require that 
1.8 	an offendera person convicted of a crime and confined in the county jail, workhouse, or 
1.9 	correctional or work farm pay the cost of the offender'sperson's room, board, clothing, 
1.10 	medical, dental, and other correctional services. The board shall establish a schedule to 
1.11 	charge offenderspersons under this subdivision. The charges may be assessed for any 
1.12 	time for which the person receives credit for time served against the sentence imposed 
1.13 	as a result of the conviction. The costs may be collected at any time while the offender
1.14 	person is under sentence or after the sentence has been discharged. During the period of 
1.15 	confinement, the costs may be deducted from any money possessed by the offenderperson 
1.16 	or any money deposited with the local correctional or law enforcement agency on the 
1.17 	offender'sperson's behalf. The board, or local correctional agency or sheriff with authority 
1.18 	over the jail, workhouse, or farm, may use any available civil means of debt collection 
1.19 	in collecting costs under this subdivision.
1.20 	(b) The chief executive officer of the local correctional agency or sheriff may waive 
1.21 	payment of the costs under this subdivision if the officer or sheriff determines that the 
1.22 	offenderperson does not have the ability to pay the costs, payment of the costs would 
1.23 	create undue hardship for the offenderperson or the offender'sperson's immediate family, 
2.1 	the prospects for payment are poor, or there are extenuating circumstances justifying 
2.2 	waiver of the costs.
2.3 	(c) If an offendera person has been ordered by a court to pay restitution, the offender
2.4 	person shall be obligated to pay the restitution ordered before paying the costs under this 
2.5 	subdivision. However, if the offenderperson is making reasonable payments to satisfy 
2.6 	the restitution obligation, the local correctional agency or sheriff may also collect costs 
2.7 	under this section.