1. A board of county commissioners or the governing body of an incorporated city may seek reimbursement from a nonindigent prisoner for expenses incurred by the county or city for:
(a) The maintenance and support of the prisoner in a county or city jail or detention facility to which the prisoner has been assigned, including expenses incurred during a period of pretrial detention if time served during the pretrial detention is credited by the court against any sentence imposed; or
(b) The administration of an alternative program to which the prisoner has been assigned, including, without limitation, the costs of supervising the prisoner in the program.
2. The amount of reimbursement sought by a county or city pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must not exceed the actual cost per day for the maintenance and support of the prisoner and may include, without limitation, the costs of providing heating, air-conditioning, food, clothing, bedding and medical care to a prisoner.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 837; A 1999, 121)
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