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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3291 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to prisons and reformatories;
creating the Oklahoma Community Corrections
Modernization Council; stating duties and purpose of
the Council; stating membership of the Council;
requiring organizational meeting to be held by
certain date; providing for the selection of a chair
and vice-chair; providing meeting requirements;
stating what constitutes a quorum; making meetings
subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; providing
for travel reimbursement; providing ad ministrative
support for the Council; directing the Council to
submit report to certain state officials; providing
for codification; and provi ding an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1801 of Title 22, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Community Corrections
Modernization Council, hereinafter referred to as the "Council".
The Council shall:
1. Study and identify appropriate individuals to be placed in
community corrections programs;
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2. Review current processes and assessment instruments
currently in use;
3. Study and make recom mendations for establishing a community
corrections program in each judicial district of the state;
4. Study and make recommendations for establ ishing community
corrections boards within each judicial district of the state;
5. Study and identify respo nsibilities of community corrections
programs which shall include, but not be limited to, oversight of
felony supervision, alternative court programs , workforce
evaluations, assessments, and drug-testing procedures;
6. Study and make recom mendations regarding the collection of
supervision fees by district attorneys; and
7. Study, identify, and make recommendations on establishing,
developing, and improving community corrections programs with the
cooperation and assistance of state and local agencies.
B. The Council shall be comprised of thirteen (13) members, to
be selected as follows:
1. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, or
designee;
2. A district attorney for a county or d istrict with a
population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or more as deter mined
by the latest Federal Decennial Census, to be selected by the
Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, or designee;
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3. A district attorney f or a county or district with a
population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or less as determined
by the latest Federal Decennial Census, to be selected by the
Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, or designee;
4. A chief of police of a municipality with a population of
three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) or more as determined by the
latest Federal Decennial Cens us, to be selected by the Oklahoma
Association of Chiefs of Police, or designee;
5. A chief of police of a municipality with a population of
three hundred fifty thousand (350,00 0) or less as determined by the
latest Federal Decennial Census, to be selecte d by the Oklahoma
Association of Chiefs of Police, or designee;
6. A sheriff of a county with a population of fifty thousand
(50,000) or more as determined by the latest Federal Decennial
Census, to be selected by the Oklahoma Sheriffs ' Association, or
designee;
7. A sheriff of a county with a population of fifty thousand
(50,000) or less as determined by the latest Federal Decennial
Census, to be selected by the Oklahoma Sherif fs' Association, or
designee;
8. A public defender of a county with a population o f three
hundred fifty thousand (350,000) or more as determined by the latest
Federal Decennial Census, to be selected by the Administrativ e
Director of the Courts, or design ee;
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9. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense
System, or designee;
10. Two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives , to be
appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
and
11. Two members of the Oklahoma Stat e Senate, to be appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.
D. The Council shall hold an organizational meeting not later
than December 1, 2022, and shall select from its membership a chair
and vice-chair. The Council shall elect any other officers during
the first meeting and upon a vac ancy in any office.
E. The chair shall call the first meeting and all subsequent
meetings shall be made at the call of the chair. The Council may
meet as often as may be required in order to perf orm the duties
imposed upon it.
F. A quorum of the Council shall be required to approve any
final action and recommendation of the Council. For purposes of
this section, seven members of the Council shall constitute a
quorum.
G. The meetings of the Coun cil shall be subject to the Oklahoma
Open Meeting Act.
H. The members of the Council shall receive no compensation,
but travel reimbursement may be provided by their respective
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organizations within the limits provided for state employees in the
State Travel Reimbursement Act.
I. Administrative support for the Council shall be provided by
the Department of Corrections .
J. The Council shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations annually by December 31, 20 23, and the same day each
year thereafter to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8739 GRS 01/14/22