5149.06 Duties of field services section.

(A) One of the primary duties of the field services section is to assist the counties in developing their own probation services on either a single-county or multiple-county basis. The section, within limits of available personnel and funds, may supervise selected probationers from local courts.

(B) The adult parole authority probation services fund shall be created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all moneys that are paid to the treasurer of any county under section 2951.021 of the Revised Code for deposit into the county’s probation services fund established under division (A)(1) of section 321.44 of the Revised Code and that subsequently are appropriated and transferred to the adult parole authority probation services fund under division (A)(2) of that section. The chief of the adult parole authority, with the approval of the director of the department of rehabilitation and correction, shall use the money contained in the adult parole authority probation services fund for probation-related expenses in the counties for which the authority provides probation services. Probation-related expenses may include specialized staff, purchase of equipment, purchase of services, reconciliation programs for victims and offenders, other treatment programs, including alcohol and drug addiction programs certified under section 3793.06 of the Revised Code, determined to be appropriate by the chief of the authority, and other similar probation-related expenses.

Effective Date: 03-31-2004