4011.3.
(a) A sheriff, chief or director of corrections, or chief of police is authorized to institute a schedule of fees for discretionary services, as specified in subdivision (e), or a per diem fee for room and board, or both, and assess those fees upon inmates.(b) A sheriff, chief or director of corrections, or chief of police assessing fees pursuant to this section shall establish a procedure for inmates to appeal fees assessed pursuant to this section.
(c) The fees assessed pursuant to this section shall be automatically debited from the inmate’s personal account. If an inmate is indigent, a negative balance shall accrue in the inmate’s personal account. The amount that may be charged to an inmate pursuant to this section shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five dollars ($25) a day. Any amount owed for fees assessed pursuant to this section at the time the inmate is released from custody shall remain due and payable as a charge to the inmate. However, the inmate shall have the option of deferring payment for those fees for a period not to exceed two years from the date of release. If the inmate is not incarcerated within two years of his or her release from custody, this debt shall be forgiven.
(d) Each sheriff, chief or director of corrections, or chief or police that assesses fees upon inmates pursuant to this section shall adopt regulations for the implementation of this section.
(e) For purposes of this section, “discretionary services” shall not include services for medical care provided pursuant to Section 4011.2 or services otherwise required by the constitution, statute, or applicable case law.
(f) All moneys received by a sheriff, chief or director of corrections, or chief of police pursuant to this section shall be expended, upon approval by the governing board of the city, county, or city and county with jurisdiction, to reimburse the facility providing discretionary services, or room and board, or both, for the provision of those services.