Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1123
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 5-2-6-10.7.
Synopsis: Funding for programs to assist victims of crime.
Appropriates money to the Indiana criminal justice institute for the
institute to disburse to entities eligible to receive victim assistance
grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act for the provision of
victim assistance services.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Olthoff
January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1123
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
and local administration and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 5-2-6-10.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]: Sec. 10.7. (a) The Indiana crime victims fund is
4 established to provide funds for entitlement jurisdictions, eligible
5 entities, or local governmental entities that are eligible for victim
6 assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act (Public
7 Law 98-473) and related regulations.
8 (b) The fund consists of:
9 (1) appropriations made by the general assembly;
10 (2) gifts, grants, contributions, or other donations from any
11 public or private source; and
12 (3) interest deposited under subsection (d).
13 (c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
14 money in the fund.
15 (d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
16 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
17 manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that
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1 accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
2 (e) The institute shall administer the fund and shall disburse
3 money in the fund to entitlement jurisdictions, eligible entities, or
4 local governmental entities in accordance with section 10 of this
5 chapter, and in the same manner as the institute disburses victim
6 assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act (Public
7 Law 98-473) and related regulations.
8 (f) The institute shall require that an entitlement jurisdiction,
9 eligible entity, or local governmental entity that receives funds
10 under this section must use the funds for the same purposes as an
11 entitlement jurisdiction, eligible entity, or local governmental
12 entity may use victim assistance grants under the federal Victims
13 of Crime Act (Public Law 98-473) and related regulations.
14 (g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
15 revert to the state general fund.
16 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025] (a) As used in this
17 SECTION, "fund" means the Indiana crime victims fund
18 established by IC 5-2-6-10.7, as added by this act.
19 (b) As used in this SECTION, "institute" means the Indiana
20 criminal justice institute established under IC 5-2-6.
21 (c) The following amounts are appropriated from the state
22 general fund to the institute for deposit in the fund for the purposes
23 set forth in IC 5-2-6-10.7, as added by this act:
24 (1) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for the state fiscal
25 year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
26 (2) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for the state fiscal
27 year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.
28 (d) This SECTION expires July 1, 2027.
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