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Monday, September 19, 2005
Ind. Decisions - Trial judge to rule in fight over juvenile corrections costs
Martin DeAgostino writes today in the South Bend Tribune:
INDIANAPOLIS -- A Shelby County judge has promised to resolve one facet of a county-state showdown over juvenile corrections costs by the end of the month, according to a lawyer for Marion and St. Joseph counties.Both counties, plus Clark County, have sued the state over financial responsibility for juvenile offenders in state correctional facilities. The counties, which owe millions in back payments, have claimed in legal filings that the court should relieve them of their debts because the correctional system is a state responsibility.
The case is before Shelby Superior Judge Russell J. Sanders III, who heard arguments Friday about injunctive relief that Clark and Marion counties are seeking in the case.
Sanders promised to decide that part of the case by month's end, according to Indianapolis lawyer Geoffrey Slaughter.
The injunction would block state officials from collecting the money by intercepting scheduled payments of property tax relief credits to the counties. Lawmakers authorized the interceptions in the new budget bill, which directed counties to establish payment plans with the state or face the intercepts.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 19, 2005 02:02 PM
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