(A) A Community Corrections Fund has previously been established pursuant to I.C. 11-12-2-12 in Dearborn County and by this chapter, Dearborn County hereby reaffirms the establishment of this Fund. The Fund shall be administered by the Southeast Regional Corrections Advisory Board in accordance with rules adopted by the Department under I.C. 11-12-2-12(c). The expenses of administering the Fund shall be paid from money in the Fund. Money in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to any other fund. The Fund consists of fees deposited under § 39.35(B). Money in the Fund may be used only for the provision of community corrections program services, including services allowed under I.C. 11-12-2-5(b)(3).
(B) In addition to user fees collected under I.C. 35-38-2-1, or any other user fee collected from a participant in a community corrections program by an agency or program, the Southeast Regional Community Corrections Program may collect from a participant a user fee assessed in accordance with rules adopted under I.C. 11-12-2-12(c). Community corrections user fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the Community Corrections Fund established by this section.
(C) The Department shall adopt rules under I.C. 4-22-2 governing the following:
(1) The maximum amount that a community corrections program or a court may assess as a user fee under I.C. 1l-12-2-12(b) or I.C. 35-38-2.5-6; and
(2) Administration by Community Correction Advisory Boards of Community Corrections Funds and the Community Corrections Home Detention Fund, including criteria for expenditures from the Funds.
(BC Ord. 2013-004, passed 2-2-13)