Sec. 12. (a) A community corrections fund is established in each community having a community corrections program. The fund shall be administered by the community corrections advisory board in accordance with rules adopted by the department under subsection (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 subsection (b). Money in the fund may be used only for the provision of community corrections program services, including services allowed under IC 11-12-2-5(b)(3).

(b) In addition to user fees collected under IC 31-40, IC 35-38-2-1, or any other user fee collected from a participant in a community corrections program by an agency or program, a community corrections program may collect from a participant a user fee assessed in accordance with rules adopted under subsection (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 IC 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 subsection (b) or IC 35-38-2.5-6.

(2) Administration by community corrections advisory boards of community corrections funds and the community corrections home detention fund, including criteria for expenditures from the funds.

As added by P.L.136-1989, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.66; P.L.1-1997, SEC.47; P.L.253-1997(ss), SEC.8.