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IN SB0238
Bill
AI Summary
- Expands Indiana Criminal Justice Institute grant eligibility to include nonprofit organizations and government agencies meeting funding criteria, not just county or state governments
- Transfers responsibility for maintaining the illegal drug manufacturing property web site from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to the State Police Department
- Abolishes several institute programs: the meth watch program, gang crime witness protection program and fund, methamphetamine abuse reporting guidelines, and the sexual assault victim advocate standards and certification board
- Changes institute's role from directly administering sexual offense services, domestic violence programs, and human trafficking victim assistance to administering funds that support these programs
- Requires the institute to designate 10% of annual appropriations to the statewide nonprofit sexual assault coalition (designated by the CDC) for program administration
Legislative Description
Indiana criminal justice institute. Expands the possible recipients of grants from the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) beyond a county government or the state government. Changes the institute's responsibility from administering sexual offense services, domestic violence programs, and assistance to victims of human sexual trafficking to administering funds to support those programs and services. Requires the state police department to establish, maintain, and operate an Internet web site containing a list of properties that have been used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance. Abolishes the institute's: (1) meth watch program; (2) responsibility for developing guidelines concerning reporting of methamphetamine abuse; (3) gang crime witness protection program; (4) gang crime witness protection fund; and (5) sexual assault victim advocate standards and certification board. Requires the institute to distribute certain funds to the statewide nonprofit sexual assault coalition as designated by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
Public Law 30
4/18/2019