(65 ILCS 5/11-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-3-1)
Sec. 11-3-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish
and erect correctional and penal institutions for the reformation or
confinement of all persons convicted of violating any municipal ordinance,
to make rules and regulations for the government of these institutions, and
may provide for the appointment of the necessary officers and assistants to
operate them.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may require convicted
persons committed to its correctional and penal institutions to reimburse
the municipality for the expenses incurred by their confinement to the extent
of the ability of such persons to pay for such expenses. The municipal
attorney or corporation counsel, may, if authorized by the corporate authorities,
institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which the
correctional and penal institutions are located to recover from such confined
convicted persons the expenses incurred by their confinement. Such expenses
recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury.
(Source: P.A. 82-717.)
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