Indiana § 11-9-1-2 Powers and duties

Indiana Statutes

§ 11-9-1-2 — Powers and duties

Indiana·Art. 9 PAROLE BOARD·Ch. 1 Organization, Powers, and Duties

(a)The parole board shall:

(1)organize the division and employ personnel as are needed to properly discharge the functions of the board;

(2)make parole release and revocation decisions under IC 11-13-3 and IC 35-50-6-1;

(3)make pardon, clemency, reprieve, and remission recommendations to the governor under IC 11-9-2;

(4)collect, develop, and maintain statistical information concerning its services and decisions;

(5)keep records of its official actions and make them accessible according to law;

(6)review and approve policies created by the department under IC 11-8-2-12.4(6) that provide for a schedule of progressive parole incentives and violation sanctions, including judicial review procedures;

(7)cooperate with public and private agencies, local communities, and private groups and

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(a) The parole board shall:
(1) organize the division and employ personnel as are needed to
properly discharge the functions of the board;
(2) make parole release and revocation decisions under IC 11-13-3 and IC 35-50-6-1;
(3) make pardon, clemency, reprieve, and remission
recommendations to the governor under IC 11-9-2;
(4) collect, develop, and maintain statistical information
concerning its services and decisions;
(5) keep records of its official actions and make them accessible
according to law;
(6) review and approve policies created by the department under
IC 11-8-2-12.4(6) that provide for a schedule of progressive
parole incentives and violation sanctions, including judicial
review procedures;
(7) cooperate with public and private agencies, local
communities, and private groups and individuals for the
development and improvement of its services;
(8) explain its functions to the public; and
(9) make an annual report to the governor by September 1 of each
year containing a description of its operations for the preceding
fiscal year ending June 30, an evaluation of its effectiveness, any
recommendations for statutory, budgetary, or other changes
considered necessary to improve its effectiveness, and any other
information required by law.
(b) The parole board may:
(1) conduct inquiries, investigations, and reviews and hold
hearings to properly discharge its functions;
(2) issue subpoenas, enforceable by action in circuit and superior
courts, to compel any person to appear, give sworn testimony, or
produce documentary evidence relating to any matter under
inquiry, investigation, hearing, or review;
(3) administer oaths and take testimony of persons under oath;
(4) request from any public agency assistance, services, and
information that will enable it to properly discharge its functions;
(5) enter, without notice, premises within the department's
control, to confer with any committed person;
(6) adopt, under IC 4-22-2, rules to properly discharge its
functions; and
(7) exercise any other power necessary in discharging its duties
and powers.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.2. Amended by
P.L.179-2014, SEC.2.