The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee heard SB 317 on interstate compact transportation fund. The bill is authored by Sen. Sandlin and allows a community corrections agency to access funds from the county offender transportation fund to defray the cost of transporting offenders and delinquent children as requested by a court, a probation department, a community corrections agency, or a county sheriff.
Indiana Office of Court Services Executive Director Mary Kay Hudson testified in support of the bill, which passed 9-0. The bill is effective upon passage.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/317