January 25, 2002





SENATE BILL No. 410

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DIGEST OF SB 410 (Updated January 23, 2002 2:35 PM - DI 105)



Citations Affected: IC 4-6; IC 5-2.

Synopsis: Issues pertaining to the attorney general. Allows the attorney general to deputize an individual employed by the attorney general to act as a law enforcement officer. Specifies that the office of the attorney general is a criminal justice agency and a law enforcement agency for purposes of the law concerning criminal history information.

Effective: July 1, 2002.





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    January 10, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
    January 24, 2002, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






January 25, 2002

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


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SENATE BILL No. 410



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 4-6-2-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 12. (a) The attorney general may deputize an individual employed by the attorney general to act as a law enforcement officer (as defined in IC 5-2-1-2 (1)) if the individual has successfully completed the basic training requirements for law enforcement officers established by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1.
    (b) An employee of the attorney general deputized as a law enforcement officer under this section is not eligible for police officer pension benefits or other emoluments of law enforcement officers.

    SECTION 2. IC 5-2-5-1 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.238-2001, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.272-2001, SECTION 1, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.280-2001, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED AND CORRECTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:


        (1) "Limited criminal history" means information with respect to any arrest indictment, information, or other formal criminal charge, which must include a disposition. However, information about any arrest indictment, information, or other formal criminal charge which occurred less than one (1) year before the date of a request shall be considered a limited criminal history even if no disposition has been entered.
        (2) "Bias crime" means an offense in which the person who committed the offense knowingly or intentionally:
            (A) selected the person who was injured; or
            (B) damaged or otherwise affected property;
        by the offense because of the color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation of the injured person or of the owner or occupant of the affected property or because the injured person or owner or occupant of the affected property was associated with any other recognizable group or affiliation.
        (3) "Care" means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children less than eighteen (18) years of age.
        (4) "Council" means the security and privacy council created under section 11 of this chapter.
        (4) (5) "Criminal history data" means information collected by criminal justice agencies, the United States Department of Justice for the department's information system, or individuals. The term consists of the following:
            (A) Identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, indictments, informations, or other formal criminal charges.
            (B) Information regarding an a sex and violent offender (as defined in IC 5-2-12-4 ) obtained through sex and violent offender registration under IC 5-2-12.
            (C) Any disposition, including sentencing, and correctional system intake, transfer, and release.
        (6) "Certificated employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-7.5-1-2.
        (5) (7) "Criminal justice agency" means any agency or department of any level of government whose principal function is the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, probation, rehabilitation, or representation of criminal offenders, the location of parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653, the licensing and regulating of riverboat gambling operations, or the licensing and regulating of pari-mutuel horse racing operations. The term includes the office of the attorney general. The term

includes the Medicaid fraud control unit for the purpose of investigating offenses involving Medicaid. The term includes a nongovernmental entity that performs as its principal function the:
            (A) apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders;
            (B) location of parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653;
            (C) licensing and regulating of riverboat gambling operations; or
            (D) licensing and regulating of pari-mutuel horse racing operations;
        under a contract with an agency or department of any level of government.
        (6) (8) "Department" means the state police department.
        (7) (9) "Disposition" means information disclosing that criminal proceedings have been concluded or indefinitely postponed.
        (8) (10) "Foreign protection order" has the meaning set forth in IC 34-6-2-48.5.
        (9)
(11) "Indiana order" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-9-2.1.
        (8) (10) (12) "Inspection" means visual perusal and includes the right to make memoranda abstracts of the information.
        (9) (11) (13) "Institute" means the Indiana criminal justice institute established under IC 5-2-6.
        (10) (12) (14) "Law enforcement agency" means an agency or a department of any level of government whose principal function is the apprehension of criminal offenders. The term includes the office of the attorney general.
        (13) (15) "National criminal history background check" means the criminal history record system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or any other method of positive identification.
        (14) (16) "Noncertificated employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-7.5-1-2.
        (11) (15) (17) "Protective order" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-9-2.1.
        (16) (18) "Qualified entity" means a business or an organization, whether public, private, for-profit, nonprofit, or voluntary, that provides care or care placement services, including a business or an organization that licenses or certifies others to provide care or care placement services.
        (12) (13) (17) (19) "Release" means the furnishing of a copy, or

an edited copy, of criminal history data.
        (13) (14) (18) (20) "Reportable offenses" means all felonies and those Class A misdemeanors which the superintendent may designate.
        (14) (15) (19) (21) "Request" means the asking for release or inspection of a limited criminal history by noncriminal justice organizations or individuals in a manner which:
            (A) reasonably ensures the identification of the subject of the inquiry; and
            (B) contains a statement of the purpose for which the information is requested.
        (20) (22) "School corporation" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-10.1-1-1.
        (21) (23) "Special education cooperative" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-1-6-20.
        (15) (16) (22) (24) "Unidentified person" means a deceased or mentally incapacitated person whose identity is unknown.