Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to the approval of the plans and specifications for a county jail under IC 22-15-3 if the department has failed to submit its report under section 7 of this chapter to the department of homeland security within ten (10) regular working days of the date that the department received the plans and specifications from the board of county commissioners.
(b) The department of homeland security may not issue a design release for a county jail under IC 22-15-3 until the department of homeland security receives the report of the department for that county jail under section 7 of this chapter.