Sec. 12. (a) A community corrections fund is established in each community having a community corrections program. The fund shall be administered by the community corrections advisory board in accordance with rules adopted by the department under subsection (c). The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to any other fund. The fund consists of fees deposited under subsection (b). Money in the fund may be used only for the provision of community corrections program services, including services allowed under IC 11-12-2-5(b)(3).

     (b) In addition to user fees collected under IC 31-40, IC 35-38-2-1, or any other user fee collected from a participant in a community corrections program by an agency or program, a community corrections program may collect from a participant a user fee assessed in accordance with rules adopted under subsection (c). Community corrections user fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the community corrections fund established by this section.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 11-12-2-12

  • community corrections program: means a community based program that provides preventive services, services to offenders, services to persons charged with a crime or an act of delinquency, services to persons diverted from the criminal or delinquency process, services to persons sentenced to imprisonment, or services to victims of crime or delinquency, and is operated under a community corrections plan of a county and funded at least in part by the state subsidy provided in IC 11-12-2. See Indiana Code 11-12-1-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
     (c) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 governing the following:

(1) The maximum amount that a community corrections program or a court may assess as a user fee under subsection (b) or IC 35-38-2.5-6.

(2) Administration by community corrections advisory boards of community corrections funds and the community corrections home detention fund, including criteria for expenditures from the funds.

As added by P.L.136-1989, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.66; P.L.1-1997, SEC.47; P.L.253-1997(ss), SEC.8.

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