First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1087
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning corrections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 11-10-12-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 2. (a) When a
committed criminal offender is released on parole or probation or is
discharged, the department, at the discretion of the department and
subject to subsection (c), shall:
(1) either:
(A) procure transportation for him the released offender to
his the released offender's designated place of residence;
(B) procure public transportation for the released offender to
the Indiana city or town that is nearest to the released
offender's designated place of residence; or
(C) upon request of the released offender, provide
transportation for the released offender to any other place in
Indiana as the commissioner may designate; and
(2) provide him the released offender with an amount of money
to be determined by the department in accordance with
procedures approved by the budget agency to enable him the
released offender to meet his the released offender's immediate
needs.
Except as provided in subdivision (2), a criminal released offender is
not entitled to receive a payment in lieu of transportation under this
subsection.
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(b) The department shall establish standards for use in determining
the amount of money to be paid under subsection (a)(2) to a criminal
released offender upon release on parole or probation or upon
discharge. These standards:
(1) must be consistently applied to each criminal released
offender upon release or discharge;
(2) must take into account amounts earned by a criminal
offenders released offender through a work release programs
program before release or discharge; and
(3) may allow for no payment to criminal offenders a released
offender who are is determined by the department to have
accumulated a sufficient amount of money to meet the criminal
released offender's immediate needs upon release or discharge.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the department may
not provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public
transportation to, a county other than the released offender's
county of residence at the time of conviction.
(d) The department may provide transportation to, or procure
transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the
released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction if
the released offender:
(1) has been ordered by a court to serve home detention,
probation, or community corrections in a county other than
the released offender's county of residence; or
(2) provides written proof that:
(A) the released offender has been accepted into a reentry
program offered or approved by a:
(i) court;
(ii) state agency; or
(iii) local county or municipal agency; and
(B) the:
(i) released offender has employment; or
(ii) reentry program plan includes a housing plan that
has been approved or established by an entity described
in clause (A)(i) through (A)(iii). For purposes of this
item, a housing plan does not include housing provided
by a homeless shelter.
HEA 1087 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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