Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1279
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 11-10-12-2.
Synopsis: Release of offender to county of residence. Requires the
department of correction to transport a released offender to the county
of residence at the time of the conviction unless certain criteria are met.
Effective: July 1, 2022.
Moed
January 10, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
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Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1279
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
corrections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 11-10-12-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
2 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 2. (a) When a
3 committed criminal offender is released on parole or probation or is
4 discharged, the department, at the discretion of the department and
5 subject to subsection (b), shall:
6 (1) either:
7 (A) procure transportation for him the released offender to
8 his the released offender's designated place of residence;
9 (B) procure public transportation for the released offender to
10 the Indiana city or town that is nearest to the released
11 offender's designated place of residence; or
12 (C) upon request of the offender, provide transportation for the
13 released offender to any other place in Indiana as the
14 commissioner may designate; and
15 (2) provide him the released offender with an amount of money
16 to be determined by the department in accordance with
17 procedures approved by the budget agency to enable him the
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1 released offender to meet his the released offender's immediate
2 needs.
3 Except as provided in subdivision (2), a criminal offender is not
4 entitled to receive a payment in lieu of transportation under this
5 subsection.
6 (b) The department may not provide or procure transportation
7 to a county other than the released offender's county of residence
8 at the time of the conviction, unless the department has the
9 permission of:
10 (1) the community corrections advisory board; or
11 (2) a court exercising criminal jurisdiction;
12 in the other county.
13 (b) (c) The department shall establish standards for use in
14 determining the amount of money to be paid under subsection (a)(2) to
15 a criminal an offender upon release on parole or probation or upon
16 discharge. These standards:
17 (1) must be consistently applied to each criminal offender upon
18 release or discharge;
19 (2) must take into account amounts earned by criminal offenders
20 through work release programs before release or discharge; and
21 (3) may allow for no payment to criminal offenders who are
22 determined by the department to have accumulated a sufficient
23 amount of money to meet the criminal offender's immediate needs
24 upon release or discharge.
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