196.700 Definitions for KRS 196.700 to 196.735. - Kentucky Statutes

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196.700 Definitions for KRS 196.700 to 196.735. As 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) "Judicial circuit" means the circuits prescribed by KRS 23A.020; and
(6) "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 or a minimum period of incarceration not to exceed one (1) year. Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 7, effective June 24, 2003. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992.