"Criminal justice agency"

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this chapter, "criminal justice agency" means any agency or department of any level of government whose principal function is:

(1) the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, probation, rehabilitation, or representation of criminal offenders;

(2) the location of parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653;

(3) the licensing and regulating of riverboat gambling operations; or

(4) the licensing and regulating of pari-mutuel horse racing operations.

(b) The term includes the following:

(1) The office of the attorney general.

(2) The Medicaid fraud control unit, for the purpose of investigating offenses involving Medicaid.

(3) A nongovernmental entity that performs as its principal function the:

(A) apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders;

(B) location of parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653;

(C) licensing and regulating of riverboat gambling operations; or

(D) licensing and regulating of pari-mutuel horse racing operations;

under a contract with an agency or department of any level of government.

[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-1(7).]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.70-2004, SEC.1; P.L.234-2005, SEC.6.