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