Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1227 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1227
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 36-8-10-21.
7	7	Synopsis: Jail commissary fund reporting. Requires a sheriff to
8	8	provide a copy of a jail commissary fund's receipts and disbursements
9	9	to the county fiscal body on a monthly basis, due not later than the fifth
10	10	day of the following month. (Under current law, a copy must be
11	11	provided on a semiannual basis, due on July 1 and December 31 of
12	12	each year.) Requires a sheriff to appear in person before the county
13	13	fiscal body once each year to present an annual report on a jail
14	14	commissary fund's receipts and disbursements. Makes a technical
15	15	correction.
16	16	Effective: July 1, 2025.
17	17	Dant Chesser
18	18	January 9, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
19	19	2025 IN 1227—LS 7356/DI 137 Introduced
20	20	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
21	21	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
22	22	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
23	23	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
24	24	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
25	25	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
26	26	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
27	27	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
28	28	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
29	29	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
30	30	HOUSE BILL No. 1227
31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
32	32	government.
33	33	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
34	34	1 SECTION 1. IC 36-8-10-21, AS AMENDED BY P.L.216-2007,
35	35	2 SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
36	36	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 21. (a) This section applies to any county that has
37	37	4 a jail commissary that sells merchandise to inmates.
38	38	5 (b) A jail commissary fund is established, referred to in this section
39	39	6 as "the fund". The fund is separate from the general fund, and money
40	40	7 in the fund does not revert to the general fund.
41	41	8 (c) The sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, shall deposit all money
42	42	9 from commissary sales into the fund, which the sheriff or the sheriff's
43	43	10 designee shall keep in a depository designated under IC 5-13-8.
44	44	11 (d) The sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, at the sheriff's or the
45	45	12 sheriff's designee's discretion and without appropriation by the county
46	46	13 fiscal body, may disburse money from the fund for:
47	47	14 (1) merchandise for resale to inmates through the commissary;
48	48	15 (2) expenses of operating the commissary, including, but not
49	49	16 limited to, facilities and personnel;
50	50	17 (3) special training in law enforcement for employees of the
51	51	2025 IN 1227—LS 7356/DI 137 2
52	52	1 sheriff's department;
53	53	2 (4) equipment installed in the county jail;
54	54	3 (5) equipment, including vehicles and computers, computer
55	55	4 software, communication devices, office machinery and
56	56	5 furnishings, cameras and photographic equipment, animals,
57	57	6 animal training, holding and feeding equipment and supplies, or
58	58	7 attire used by an employee of the sheriff's department in the
59	59	8 course of the employee's official duties;
60	60	9 (6) an activity provided to maintain order and discipline among
61	61	10 the inmates of the county jail;
62	62	11 (7) an activity or program of the sheriff's department intended to
63	63	12 reduce or prevent occurrences of criminal activity, including the
64	64	13 following:
65	65	14 (A) Substance abuse.
66	66	15 (B) Child abuse.
67	67	16 (C) Domestic violence.
68	68	17 (D) Drinking and driving.
69	69	18 (E) Juvenile delinquency;
70	70	19 (8) expenses related to the establishment, operation, or
71	71	20 maintenance of the sex and violent offender registry web site
72	72	21 website under IC 36-2-13-5.5; or
73	73	22 (9) any other purpose that benefits the sheriff's department that is
74	74	23 mutually agreed upon by the county fiscal body and the county
75	75	24 sheriff.
76	76	25 Money disbursed from the fund under this subsection must be
77	77	26 supplemental or in addition to, rather than a replacement for, regular
78	78	27 appropriations made to carry out the purposes listed in subdivisions (1)
79	79	28 through (8). (9).
80	80	29 (e) The sheriff shall maintain a record of the fund's receipts and
81	81	30 disbursements. The state board of accounts shall prescribe the form for
82	82	31 this record. The sheriff shall semiannually provide a copy of this record
83	83	32 of receipts and disbursements on a monthly basis to the county fiscal
84	84	33 body. The semiannual monthly reports are due on July 1 and
85	85	34 December 31 of each year. not later than the fifth day of the
86	86	35 following month. The sheriff shall appear in person before the
87	87	36 county fiscal body once each year to present an annual report on
88	88	37 the fund's receipts and disbursements.
89	89	2025 IN 1227—LS 7356/DI 137