Branch parole offices - acquisition - duty to inform public

(1) (a) The director of the division of adult parole shall contemporaneously send written notice to the chief executive officer of the municipality and the city council or board of trustees of the municipality in which the division intends to operate the branch parole office. (b) If the site of the branch parole office that the division intends to operate is not located within a municipality, the director of the division shall send written notice to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the division intends to operate the branch parole office. (c) For purposes of this section: (I) "Actual acquisition" means the legal process necessary to vest the department of corrections with fee title or a new leasehold interest in real estate that the division of adult parole intends to operate as a branch parole office in a new location. (II) "Branch parole office" means any real estate in this state that the division of adult parole, on behalf of the department of corrections, may acquire by purchase, leasehold, or other method for the purpose of operating an office to perform any function required or permitted by this title concerning parolee interview, reporting, testing, screening, and supervision. (2) A municipality or county notified pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may notify its residents and invite public review and comment on the division's selection of the branch parole office site through public meeting, public hearing, or any other public forum deemed appropriate by the municipality or county. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to hinder or prohibit the department of corrections, division of adult parole, from engaging in the selection or the actual acquisition of any site to operate as a branch parole office that the department or division determines will best enable the division to perform and exercise its duties and powers under this title.