Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 1.20 PRISONERS*
1.20.010 Work required--Remuneration when--Fine payment.
Every person committed to the city jail, and every person
committed to the county jail for violation of any provision of this code or any
city ordinance, shall be required to work for the city under the supervision of
the chief of police during the hours between nine a.m. and four p.m., except on
Sundays and legal holidays. Persons committed for a term of days shall work
without pay or remuneration. Persons committed for failure to pay a fine shall
be allowed ten dollars per day for each day’s work, to be applied toward
the payment of the fine. (Ord. 1129-79 § 3, 1979: prior code §
1-5).
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