(1) The commission shall award grants to community corrections programs in accordance with the policies established by KRS § 196.700 to KRS § 196.735 and in accordance with any laws enacted or promulgated for that purpose, including any branch budget bill and appropriation provisions.
(2) Grants shall be awarded to community corrections programs whose community corrections program plans meet the requirements set forth in KRS § 196.720 and which, in the commission’s judgment, promise to meet the goals set forth in KRS

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 196.710

  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

196.700 to 196.735. Grants shall be awarded to encourage a range of services in each judicial circuit.
(3) Grants may be awarded only to community corrections programs which have established community corrections boards as provided in KRS § 196.725 unless the commission determines that the community corrections program is governed by a board which will serve the same functions as described in KRS § 196.700 to KRS § 196.735, and that establishment of a new or additional board as described in KRS § 196.725 would impose an administrative burden upon or pose a conflict of interest for the program.
(4) Grants shall not be awarded to programs that have failed to accomplish the goals set forth in KRS § 196.702(4) and that show no promise of doing so in the future, as determined pursuant to KRS § 196.735.
(5) Preference in funding may be given to judicial circuits in which programs and services do not exist or are largely inadequate.
Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 4, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 387, sec. 28, effective July 15, 1994. – Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
255, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992.