Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an Indiana offender or delinquent child on probation or parole who applies to be transferred out of state under the interstate compact for adult supervision or the interstate compact for juveniles shall pay an application fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The application fee shall be used to cover the costs of administering the interstate compact for adult offender supervision and the interstate compact for juveniles.

     (b) An offender or delinquent child who has been found indigent by a trial court at the time the offender applies to be transferred out of state under the interstate compact for adult supervision or the interstate compact for juveniles may, at the court’s discretion, be required to pay a lesser amount of the cost of the application fee under subsection (a).

     (c) An Indiana offender or delinquent child who is on probation shall pay the application fee to the county probation department.

     (d) An Indiana offender or delinquent child who is on parole shall pay the application fee to the department of correction.

     (e) The application fee paid by an Indiana offender or delinquent child who is on probation shall be transferred to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall deposit fifty percent (50%) of the money collected under this subsection into the county offender transportation fund and shall transmit the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the money collected under this subsection to the Indiana supreme court for deposit in the general fund, to be used to cover the cost of administering the interstate compact for adult offender supervision and the interstate compact for juveniles.

     (f) The chief administrative officer or designee of the office of judicial administration shall submit a proposed budget for expenditure of the money deposited in the general fund under this section to the budget agency in accordance with IC 4-12-1.

     (g) The application fee paid by an Indiana offender or delinquent child who is on parole shall be deposited into the general fund to be used to cover the cost of administering the interstate compact for adult offender supervision and the interstate compact for juveniles.

     (h) The commissioner of the department of correction shall submit a proposed budget for expenditure of the money deposited in the general fund under this section to the budget agency in accordance with IC 4-12-1.

     (i) The office of judicial administration and the department of correction shall develop a process to ensure that a sex or violent offender who transfers to or out of Indiana under the compact will be registered appropriately.

As added by P.L.110-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.32; P.L.137-2011, SEC.4; P.L.161-2018, SEC.27.