ID S1097

Requires courts to order defendants to pay a portion of presentence investigation costs, not to exceed $100 per investigation, when a presentence investigation is ordered.

Directs the Department of Correction to determine the specific payment amount based on the defendant's ability to pay, considering factors such as income, property owned, outstanding obligations, and number and ages of dependents.

Mandates that defendant payments be made to the Department of Correction and deposited into the probation and parole receipts account to reimburse costs of conducting presentence investigations and preparing reports.

Specifies that moneys in the probation and parole receipts account may only be expended after appropriation by the legislature.