§ 4-24-7-4 — Collection procedure

Indiana § 4-24-7-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 24: INSTITUTIONS─GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 7: Collection of Money Owed State by Counties for Inmate

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Accounts of state institutions described in this
chapter shall be paid as follows:
(1) All such accounts shall be signed by the superintendent or
warden of such institution, attested to by the seal of the
institution, and forwarded to the auditor of the county for payment
from which county the inmate or patient was admitted.
(2) All accounts accruing between January 1 and June 30 of each
year shall be forwarded to the county auditor on or before October
1 of such year.
(3) All accounts accruing between July 1 and December 31 of
each year shall be forwarded to the county auditor on or before
April 1 of the following year.
(4) Upon receipt of any such account, the county auditor shall
draw a warrant on the treasurer of the county for the payment of
the account, and the same shall be paid out of the funds of the
county appropriated therefor.
(5) The county council of each county of the state shall annually
appropriate sufficient funds to pay such accounts.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.165, s.4. As amended by P.L.5-1984,
SEC.197; P.L.246-2005, SEC.44; P.L.146-2008, SEC.15; P.L.67-2017,
SEC.5.