Indiana § 36-1-8-19 Feasibility study and public hearing before construction or
reconstruction of a county jail or submission of final plans and
specification to the department of correction; exceptions

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-1-8-19 — Feasibility study and public hearing before construction or reconstruction of a county jail or submission of final plans and specification to the department of correction; exceptions

Indiana § 36-1-8-19

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 8Miscellaneous Fiscal and Administrative Provisions

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Ind. Code § 36-1-8-19 (2026).

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(a)In addition to any other requirements and except as provided in subsection (b), after June 30, 2018, a county may not begin the construction or reconstruction of a county jail or submit final plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction of a county jail to the department of correction under IC 11-12-4-5, unless the county executive first:

(1)prepares or causes to be prepared a feasibility study of possible alternatives to the construction or reconstruction of the county jail; and

(2)holds a public hearing on the feasibility study.

(b)The feasibility study and public hearing under subsection (a) are not required for the construction or reconstruction of a county jail in the case of a county in which the county executive before July 1, 2018, has voted on or otherwis

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(a) In addition to any other requirements and
except as provided in subsection (b), after June 30, 2018, a county may
not begin the construction or reconstruction of a county jail or submit
final plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction of
a county jail to the department of correction under IC 11-12-4-5, unless
the county executive first:
(1) prepares or causes to be prepared a feasibility study of
possible alternatives to the construction or reconstruction of the
county jail; and
(2) holds a public hearing on the feasibility study.
(b) The feasibility study and public hearing under subsection (a) are
not required for the construction or reconstruction of a county jail in
the case of a county in which the county executive before July 1, 2018,
has voted on or otherwise approved a proposal or contract concerning
the construction or reconstruction of the county jail.
(c) The feasibility study required by subsection (a)(1) must include
the following information:
(1) The feasibility of housing inmates in the county jail of another
county or in a multicounty jail established by two (2) or more
counties.
(2) A projection of the county's future jail needs and an estimate
of the number and characteristics of future inmates.
(3) An estimate of the costs, tax rates, and debt service amounts
that would result from each of the alternatives addressed by the
feasibility study.
(d) The county executive shall allow the public to testify at the
public hearing on the feasibility study required by subsection (a)(1).
Notice of the public hearing must be given in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must state that on the given day, time, and place, the
county executive will meet to discuss the feasibility study and hear
testimony from the public regarding the feasibility study.