An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1992 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Talley
of the House
and
Kidd of the Senate
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code;
amending Section 3, Chapter 337, O.S.L. 2017 (10A
O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 2 -7-620), which relates t o
juvenile centers; requiring the Office of Juvenile
Affairs to provide certain report; authorizing the
Office of Juvenile Affairs to enter into certain
contracts; updating statutory reference; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Juvenile Code
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 337, O.S.L.
2017 (10A O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 2 -7-620), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 2-7-620. A. Concurrent with the Office of Juvenile
Affairs (OJA) campus consolidation process as contemplated by this
act Section 2-7-618 et seq. of this title , OJA is directed to
develop, in collaboration with other executive branch agencies and
such other entities as OJA deems necessary in furtherance of the
requirements of this act Section 2-7-618 of this title, plans for
the repurposing of the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center and the
Oklahoma Juvenile Center for Girls campuses. The agency shall
provide a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House
of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma
State Senate on recommendations for future use of those facilities
not later than March 31, 2018, or one hundred eighty (180) days from ENR. H. B. NO. 1992 Page 2
such date if the provisions of this act Section 2-7-618 et seq. of
this title become effective as law later than July 1, 2017.
B. No later than October 1, 2021, the OJA shall provide a
report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the feasibility of
entering into a contract for or operating group homes of any level
at the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center campus located in Manitou,
Oklahoma.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of May, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 21st day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this ___ ______
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________