Section 196.700 - Definitions for KRS 196.700 to 196.735As used in KRS 196.700 to 196.735, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Commission" means the Kentucky State Corrections Commission created in KRS 196.701;(2) "Community corrections program" means a local government agency, private nonprofit, or charitable organization within the judicial circuit which shall perform one (1) or more of the following: (a) Prepare community penalties plans;(b) Directly provide, arrange, or contract with public and private agencies for sentencing services for offenders; and(c) Monitor the progress of offenders placed on community penalty plans or who receive sentencing services through provisions of KRS 196.700 to 196.735;(3) "Community corrections programs plan" means a written plan for the development, implementation, operation, and improvement of a community corrections program;(4) "Community penalties plan" means a plan presented in writing to the sentencing judge which provides a detailed description of and rationale for the targeted offender's proposed sentence to a community corrections program or to one (1) or more special programs, conditions of probation, community punishments, or sanctions in lieu of lengthy incarceration;(5) "Conditions of supervision" means conditions of probation, parole, mandatory reentry supervision, or other form of post-prison supervision;(6) "Judicial circuit" means the circuits prescribed by KRS 23A.020;(7) "Supervised individual" means an individual placed on probation by a court or serving a period of parole or other form of post-release supervision; and(8) "Targeted offenders" means persons charged with or convicted of one (1) or more felonies who under application of law are eligible for probation or suspension of sentence.Effective:6/8/2011
Amended 2011, Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 70, effective6/8/2011. -- Amended 2003, Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 7, effective 6/24/2003. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 2, effective 7/14/1992.