Citations Affected: IC 33-24-6-3.
Synopsis: Domestic violence programs and Indiana protective order registry. Conference committee report for ESB 345. Transfers the administration of sexual offense services, domestic violence programs, the assistance to victims of human and sexual trafficking, the domestic violence prevention and treatment council, the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund, and the family violence and victim assistance fund to the criminal justice institute. Establishes the Indiana protective order registry (registry) and requires the division of state court administration to create, manage, and maintain the registry. Requires the division of state court administration to: (1) make the protective order registry available so that county case management systems may interface with the protective order registry by not later than December 31, 2009; (2) submit information concerning a standard protocol for county case management systems to each prosecuting attorney and court; and (3) develop standard protocols for the exchange of information by not later than December 31, 2009, between the protective order registry and county court case management systems, for certain case management systems to interface with electronic traffic tickets, and between county case management systems and the case management system developed and operated by the division of state court administration. Requires a law enforcement agency that perfects service of a protective order to enter certain information into the registry. Requires a clerk of the circuit court to enter: (1) a case concerning a petition for an order for protection; and (2) a foreign protective order that is registered; into the registry. Makes conforming changes. Repeals the current law concerning the domestic violence prevention and treatment council, the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund, and the family violence and victim assistance fund. (This conference committee report requires the division of state court administration to: (1) make the protective order registry available so that county case management systems may interface with the protective order registry by not later than December 31, 2009; (2) submit information concerning a standard protocol for county case management systems to each prosecuting attorney and court; and (3) develop standard protocols for the exchange of information by not later than December 31, 2009, between the protective order registry and county court case management systems, for certain case management systems to interface with electronic traffic tickets, and between county case management systems and the case management system developed and
operated by the division of state court administration.)
Effective: July 1, 2009.
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate
upon Engrossed House Amendments to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 345 respectfully reports
that said two committees have conferred and agreed as follows to wit:
that the Senate recede from its dissent from all House amendments and that
the Senate now concur in all House amendments to the bill and that the bill
be further amended as follows:
courts, and any city or town courts, whether having general or
special jurisdiction, court clerks, court reporters, and other
officers and employees of the courts shall, upon notice by the
executive director and in compliance with procedures prescribed
by the executive director, furnish the executive director the
information as is requested concerning the nature and volume of
judicial business. The information must include the following:
(A) The volume, condition, and type of business conducted by
the courts.
(B) The methods of procedure in the courts.
(C) The work accomplished by the courts.
(D) The receipt and expenditure of public money by and for
the operation of the courts.
(E) The methods of disposition or termination of cases.
(3) Prepare and publish reports, not less than one (1) or more than
two (2) times per year, on the nature and volume of judicial work
performed by the courts as determined by the information
required in subdivision (2).
(4) Serve the judicial nominating commission and the judicial
qualifications commission in the performance by the commissions
of their statutory and constitutional functions.
(5) Administer the civil legal aid fund as required by IC 33-24-12.
(6) Administer the judicial technology and automation project
fund established by section 12 of this chapter.
(7) Develop a standard protocol for the exchange of
information, by not later than December 31, 2009:
(A) between the protective order registry, established by
IC 5-2-9-5.5, and county court case management systems;
(B) at the option of the county prosecuting attorney, for:
(1) a prosecuting attorney's case management system;
(2) a county court case management system; and
(3) a county court case management system developed
and operated by the division of state court
administration;
to interface with the electronic traffic tickets, as defined by
IC 9-30-3-2.5; and
(C) between county court case management systems and
the case management system developed and operated by
the division of state court administration.
(b) All forms to be used in gathering data must be approved by the
supreme court and shall be distributed to all judges and clerks before
the start of each period for which reports are required.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to ESB 345 as reprinted March 31, 2009.)
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Senator BeckerRepresentative Lawson L
Chairperson
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Senator HumeRepresentative Crouch
Senate Conferees House Conferees