§ 21-13-12-6 — County deputy prosecuting attorney and public defender scholarship fund established; funding sources and administration

Indiana § 21-13-12-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 21: HIGHER EDUCATION
• Art. 13: OCCUPATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND
• Ch. 12: County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and Public

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(a) The county deputy prosecuting attorney
and public defender scholarship fund is established for the purpose of
providing scholarships to attract and retain eligible applicants to
full-time deputy prosecuting attorney and full-time public defender
positions.
(b) The fund consists of gifts, grants, devises, or bequests made to
the commission to achieve the purposes of the fund.
(c) The commission shall administer the fund.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
money in the fund.
(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues
from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund but remains available to be used for the
purposes of this chapter.
(g) No state funds may be:
(1) appropriated or transferred to the fund; or
(2) used to award scholarships under the scholarship program.
Any gifts, grants, devises or bequests made to the commission to
achieve the purposes of the fund may be used to award scholarships
under the scholarship program.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.232-2025, SEC.24.