Bill Text: IN SB0256 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Correctional professionals assistance fund.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-06 - Signed by the Governor [SB0256 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0256-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning corrections.
(1) Organize the department and employ personnel necessary to discharge the duties and powers of the department.
(2) Administer and supervise the department, including all state owned or operated correctional facilities.
(3) Except for employees of the parole board, be the appointing authority for all positions in the department.
(4) Define the duties of a deputy commissioner and a superintendent.
(5) Accept committed persons for study, evaluation, classification, custody, care, training, and reintegration.
(6) Determine the capacity of all state owned or operated correctional facilities and programs and keep all Indiana courts having criminal or juvenile jurisdiction informed, on a quarterly basis, of the populations of those facilities and programs.
(7) Utilize state owned or operated correctional facilities and programs to accomplish the purposes of the department and acquire or establish, according to law, additional facilities and
programs whenever necessary to accomplish those purposes.
(8) Develop policies, programs, and services for committed
persons, for administration of facilities, and for conduct of
employees of the department.
(9) Administer, according to law, the money or other property of
the department and the money or other property retained by the
department for committed persons.
(10) Keep an accurate and complete record of all department
proceedings, which includes the responsibility for the custody and
preservation of all papers and documents of the department.
(11) Make an annual report to the governor according to
subsection (c).
(12) Develop, collect, and maintain information concerning
offenders, sentencing practices, and correctional treatment as the
commissioner considers useful in penological research or in
developing programs.
(13) Cooperate with and encourage public and private agencies
and other persons in the development and improvement of
correctional facilities, programs, and services.
(14) Explain correctional programs and services to the public.
(15) As required under 42 U.S.C. 15483, after January 1, 2006,
provide information to the election division to coordinate the
computerized list of voters maintained under IC 3-7-26.3 with
department records concerning individuals disfranchised under
IC 3-7-46.
(b) The commissioner may:
(1) when authorized by law, adopt departmental rules under
IC 4-22-2;
(2) delegate powers and duties conferred on the commissioner by
law to a deputy commissioner or commissioners and other
employees of the department;
(3) issue warrants for the return of escaped committed persons (an
employee of the department or any person authorized to execute
warrants may execute a warrant issued for the return of an
escaped person);
(4) appoint personnel to be sworn in as correctional police
officers; and
(5) exercise any other power reasonably necessary in discharging
the commissioner's duties and powers.
(c) The annual report of the department shall be transmitted to the
governor by September 1 of each year and must contain:
(1) a description of the operation of the department for the fiscal
year ending June 30;
(2) a description of the facilities and programs of the department;
(3) an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of those
facilities and programs considering the number and needs of
committed persons or other persons receiving services; and
(4) any other information required by law.
Recommendations for alteration, expansion, or discontinuance of
facilities or programs, for funding, or for statutory changes may be
included in the annual report.
(1) the employee or employee's family member attends a postsecondary educational institution; or
(2) the employee:
(A) suffers a loss as the result of a natural disaster;
(B) is killed or injured in the line of duty; or
(C) is suffering from other catastrophic events defined by a written protocol approved by the commissioner.
(b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) grants;
(2) donations;
(3) employee contributions; and
(4) appropriations;
made to the fund.
(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(f) Money in the fund is continually appropriated to carry out the purposes of the fund.
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