Ordinance 97-1: 1997 County Corrections Fund
WHEREAS, Indiana SEA 395 was adopted as law in 1986, and
amended in 1996 which added I.C. 11-12-6 to the Indiana Code to
provide for the establishment and funding of a county corrections
fund; and
WHEREAS, I.C. 11-12-6-6 provides that a county legislative
body may annually adopt an ordinance to elect to receive deposits
from the State Department of Correction and to establish a county
corrections fund; and
WHEREAS, the county corrections fund may be used only for
handling the operation of the county jail, jail programs, or
other local correctional facilities; and
WHEREAS, the county legislative body may elect to receive
deposits at either Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 funding; and
WHEREAS, level 2 (two) is the most appropriate level of
participation for DeKalb County;
THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
DEKALB COUNTY:
SECTION 1: The Commissioners hereby elect to receive
deposits from the Department of Corrections in accordance
with I.C. 11-12-6.
SECTION 2: The Commissioners hereby elect to receive such
deposits at Level 2 funding.
SECTION 3: The "County Corrections Fund" created
in 1996 shall continue and is established for 1997, and shall
be administered by the County Auditor. The fund shall consist
of deposits received from the Department of Correction in
accordance with I.C. 11-12-6.
SECTION 4: The County Corrections fund may be used only
for funding the operating County Jail programs, or other
local correctional facilities, subject to approval of the
DeKalb Council. Any money remaining in County Corrections
fund at the end of the calendar year does not revert to any
other fund but remains in the County Corrections fund.
SECTION 5: The county legislative body shall file two
copies of this Ordinance with the Commissioner of the
Department of Correction prior to May 1, 1997.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect upon passage.
Adopted on this day of February, 1997.
The Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County, State of IN
William C. Ort, President
Connie R. Miles, Vice-President
Don C. Kaufman, Member
ATTEST:
Mary Bowman, Auditor, DeKalb County, Indiana
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