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HOUSE BILL No. 1492

Citations Affected: IC 5-2-8-2.5.

Synopsis: Law enforcement continuing education funds. Provides that money in a county fund that was designated to provide continuing education to law enforcement officers employed by a county or a city or town law enforcement agency located in the county and cannot be distributed to any law enforcement agency using existing provisions in the Indiana Code shall be distributed as follows before July 1, 2012: (1) Each city or town law enforcement agency located in the county shall receive a percentage of money from the fund that is equal to the percentage of the total population in the county that resides within the jurisdiction of the city or town law enforcement agency as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census. (2) The county law enforcement agency in the county shall receive any money remaining in the fund after distributions are made from the fund to each city or town law enforcement agency in the county.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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    January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

SOURCE: IC 5-2-8-2.5; (11)IN1492.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 5-2-8-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 2.5. (a) Any money in a county fund that:
        (1) is in existence on July 1, 2011;
        (2) was established under state law;
        (3) was designated to provide law enforcement continuing education to law enforcement officers employed by a:
            (A) county law enforcement agency; or
            (B) city or town law enforcement agency;
        located in the county; and
        (4) cannot be distributed to a:
            (A) county law enforcement agency using the procedures described in section 1 of this chapter because it is not possible to attribute the collection of fees deposited in the fund to a specific law enforcement agency as required in section 1(f) of this chapter; or
            (B) city or town law enforcement agency using the

procedures described in section 2 of this chapter because it is not possible to attribute the collection of fees deposited in the fund to a specific law enforcement agency as required in section 2(e) of this chapter;
shall be distributed as described in subsections (b) and (c) to law enforcement agencies in the county to provide law enforcement continuing education to law enforcement officers employed by the agencies.
    (b) In each county that has a county fund described in subsection (a):
        (1) each city or town law enforcement agency located in the county shall receive a percentage of money from the fund that is equal to the percentage of the total population in the county:
            (A) that resides within the jurisdiction of the city or town law enforcement agency; and
            (B) as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census; and
        (2) the county law enforcement agency in the county shall receive any money remaining in the fund after distributions are made from the fund as provided in subdivision (1).
    (c) The county fiscal body of a county described in subsection (b) shall transfer money in the county fund to the appropriate:
        (1) city or town law enforcement agency; and
        (2) county law enforcement agency;
as provided in subsection (b) before July 1, 2012.
    (d) This section expires July 1, 2013.