1. A. No transitional living facility shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private elementary or secondary school, state training school, or residential neighborhood. Prior to the establishment of any transitional living facility, the proposed operator shall obtain written authorization to establish and operate the facility from the governing body of the municipality in which the center is to be located or, if the facility is not to be located within the incorporated limits of a municipality, from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is to be located. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any transitional living facility established prior to the effective date of this act.
2. B. For purposes of this section, "transitional living facility" means those facilities that do not have a contract with the Department of Corrections or another agency of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, to provide living space for persons who are under the custody of the Department of Corrections and whose primary function is to provide housing assistance and related social services for individuals who are transitioning from previous incarceration in a county jail, state, or federal facility to the community or are otherwise in need of temporary housing assistance.

Laws 2005, HB 1944, c. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2005.