Section 622:53 Definitions.
In this subdivision:
I. ""Commissioner'' means the commissioner of the department of corrections.
II. ""Cost of care'' means the cost to the department for providing room, board, clothing, medical care, and other living expenses excluding capital costs for an inmate confined to a correctional facility, or any costs associated with maintaining an inmate in a home detention program incurred by the department of corrections.
III. ""Department'' means the department of corrections.
IV. ""Estate'' means any tangible or intangible properties, real or personal, belonging to or due an inmate, including income or payments to such inmate from previously earned salary or wages, bonuses, annuities, pensions, or retirement benefits, or any source whatsoever.
V. ""Inmate'' means a person confined to a correctional facility as the result of conviction of a crime or violation of parole or probation, or an offender sentenced to a home detention program.
VI. ""Inmate's account'' means the moneys belonging to an inmate which are held in the department of corrections trust fund.
Source. 1995, 296:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.