C.__The confinement ordered under this subsection must be nonconcurrent with any judgment of conviction involving a term of imprisonment.

If an offender is sentenced to pay a reimbursement fee, the court may grant permission for the payment to be made within a specified time or in specified installments. If no such permission is embodied in the sentence, the reimbursement fee shall be payable forthwith.

An offender who has been sentenced to pay a reimbursement fee and who has defaulted in payment of the fee shall be returned to court for further disposition.

SUMMARY

This bill provides for the issuance of a bench warrant in the event that a defendant does not appear for a hearing on a motion to enforce payment of a jail reimbursement fee. Presently, judges perceive an ambiguity as to whether the authority exists to issue a warrant upon nonappearance. This bill conforms the language regarding jail reimbursement fees with the language regarding unpaid fines and unpaid restitution.