[§353G-10]  Drug testing or assessment fees. (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b), the agency responsible formonitoring a person's compliance with the terms and conditions of parole orother release from a correctional center or facility shall impose upon theperson reasonable fees to cover the cost of:

(1)  Any drug test of the person required or orderedunder this chapter; and

(2)  Any assessment of the person required or orderedunder this chapter.

The fees shall not be less than the actual and administrativecosts of a drug test or assessment.  The fees may be deducted from any income aperson has received as a result of labor performed in a correctional center orfacility or any type of work release program.

(b)  Upon a finding of indigence, the agencyresponsible for monitoring a person's compliance with the terms and conditionsof parole or other release from a correctional center or facility shall requirethe person to pay as much of the fee as is consistent with the person's abilityto pay.

(c)  All fees collected pursuant to subsection(a)(1) shall be forwarded to the agency responsible for monitoring the person'scompliance with the terms and conditions of parole or other release from acorrectional center or facility for payment of costs associated with theagency's drug testing program.

(d)  All fees collected pursuant to subsection(a)(2) shall be forwarded to the assessment program for payment of costsassociated with the provision of assessments. [L 1998, c 152, pt of §2]