Sec. 5.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a court in one (1) county may not place an offender who resides in another county on home detention in the other county unless:
(1) the offender is eligible for home detention in the county in which the person resides; and
(2) supervision of the offender will be conducted by the probation department or community corrections program located in the county in which the offender resides.
(b) If the offender described in subsection (a) resides in a county that is adjacent to the county in which the sentencing court is located, the supervision of the offender may be conducted by either the:
(1) probation department; or
(2) community corrections program;
located in the county in which the sentencing court is located.
(c) All home detention fees described in section 8 of this chapter shall be collected by the probation department or community corrections program that supervises the offender.
(d) A probation department or community corrections program that supervises an offender on home detention is responsible for the expenses of the supervision.
As added by P.L.137-2001, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.48-2008, SEC.2.
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