Sec. 2. (a) The community dispute resolution centers program is established.
(b) The chief justice of Indiana shall do the following to the extent that sufficient funds are available:
(1) Administer and supervise the program.
(2) Select centers to receive funding from applications that are submitted under this chapter.
(3) Distribute funds for the establishment and continuance of centers on the basis of need in the community.
(4) Adopt rules that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and IC 34-57-4.
(c) The chief justice of Indiana, subject to the approval of the budget agency, may hire the personnel necessary to administer the program.
(d) The Indiana supreme court may collect an annual voluntary contribution in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) from each attorney admitted to practice before the Indiana supreme court. The money collected from the voluntary contributions shall be used for the program.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-2.5-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.53.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 57. Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 3. Community Dispute Resolution
34-57-3-1. Applicability of Chapter
34-57-3-3. Applications for Funding; Required Information
34-57-3-4. Eligibility of Centers for Funds; Requirements
34-57-3-5. Operation of Center Receiving Funds; Requisites
34-57-3-6. Allocation of Funds to Centers for Services Provided
34-57-3-7. Administration of Funds
34-57-3-8. Acceptance of Public or Private Funds by Grant Recipient; Audit; Facilities
34-57-3-9. Center Not a State Agency
34-57-3-10. Applicability of Ic 34-57-2
34-57-3-11. Subpoena or Discovery Powers or Admissible Evidence in Proceedings; Limitations
34-57-3-12. Reporting by Center to Chief Justice
34-57-3-13. Annual Report to Governor and General Assembly
34-57-3-14. Trial De Novo; Filing of Motion With Referring Court