(A) A County Misdemeanant Fund has previously been established pursuant to I.C. 11-12-6 in Dearborn County and by this chapter. Dearborn County hereby reaffirms the establishment of this Fund.
(B) The Dearborn County Council shall receive deposits and administer the County Misdemeanant Fund. The Fund consists of deposits made by the Department under § 39.37(C) of this chapter.
(C) Before September 1 of each year after 1998, the Department shall deposit in the County Misdemeanant Fund of Dearborn County the greatest of the following:
(1) The sum determined by multiplying the total amount appropriated the County Misdemeanant Fund (35,000) by Dearborn County’s multiplier (.0077);
(2) The minimum allocation amount assigned to Dearborn County under state statute; or
(3) After state fiscal year 1999, the amount deposited by the Department into the County Misdemeanant Fund for Dearborn County in state fiscal year 1999.
(D) The County Misdemeanant Fund shall be used only for funding the operation of the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center, jail programs, or other local correctional facilities or community based programs. Any money remaining in the County Misdemeanant Fund at the end of the year does not revert to any other fund, but remains in the County Misdemeanant Fund.
(BC Ord. 2013-004, passed 2-2-13)
Cross-references:
See also § 34.11
Editor’s note:
I.C. 11-12-6 was repealed by P.L. 179-2015, sec. 7.