Home detention
Sec. 5.5. (a) A court may not place an offender who resides in a
different county on home detention 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 an offender is:
(1) currently serving home detention in a county that operates
a home detention program; and
(2) being supervised by a probation department or community
corrections program located in a different county;
the court shall order that supervision of the offender be transferred
to the probation department or community corrections program
located in the county where the offender resides.
(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.
As added by P.L.137-2001, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 24, 2006