If a transferee runs away from a department facility or a program that is operated by a private contractor for the department and is taken into custody within thirty (30) days after running away, the transferee shall be returned to the custody of the commissioner at a facility designated by the commissioner. If a transferee runs away from the facility or program and is taken into custody more than thirty (30) days after running away, the department that initiated the transfer shall designate a facility or program at which the transferee shall be returned to the custody of the transferring department.Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 34; 1989, ch. 278, §§ 32, 33; 1996, ch. 1079, § 51; 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6.
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