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6 | 36 | BILL NO. 1099 By: Bergstrom of the Senate | |
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15 | 47 | An Act relating to prisons and reformatori es; | |
16 | 48 | amending 57 O.S. 2021, Section 510, which relates to | |
17 | 49 | powers of the Director of the Department of | |
18 | 50 | Corrections; authorizing Director to allow certain | |
19 | 51 | employees to maintain correctional peace officer | |
20 | 52 | status; updating statutory language; and providing an | |
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26 | - | SUBJECT: Correctional peace officer status | |
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28 | 59 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA: | |
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30 | 60 | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 510, is | |
31 | 61 | amended to read as follows: | |
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33 | 62 | Section 510. A. The Director of the D epartment of Corrections | |
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37 | 65 | 1. To appoint, subjec t to the approval of the State Board of | |
38 | 66 | Corrections, a warden for each penal institution; | |
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40 | 94 | 2. To fix the duties of the wa rdens and to appoint and fix the | |
41 | 95 | duties and compensation of such other personnel for each penal | |
42 | 96 | institution as may be necessary for the proper operation thereof. | |
43 | 97 | However, correctional of ficers hired after November 1, 1995, shall | |
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48 | 99 | a. the minimum age for service shall be twenty (20) years | |
49 | 100 | of age. The Directo r shall have the authority to | |
50 | 101 | establish the maximum age for correctional officers | |
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53 | 103 | b. possession of a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours | |
54 | 104 | from an accredited college or university, or | |
55 | 105 | possession of a high school diploma acquired from an | |
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59 | 108 | c. satisfactory completion of mini mum testing or | |
60 | 109 | professional evaluation through the Merit System of | |
61 | 110 | Personnel Administration to determine the fitness of | |
62 | 111 | the individual to serve in the position. All written | |
63 | 112 | evaluations shall be submitted to the Department of | |
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66 | 114 | d. satisfactory completion of a physical in keeping with | |
67 | 115 | the conditions of the job description on an annual | |
68 | 116 | basis and along the gu idelines as established by the | |
69 | 117 | Department of Corrections; | |
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71 | 145 | 3. The Director shall design ate as correctional peace officers, | |
72 | 146 | correctional officers who are employed in job classifications of | |
73 | 147 | correctional securit y officer, correctional security manager, | |
74 | 148 | correctional chief of security and chief of security u pon | |
75 | 149 | satisfactory completion of a basic course of instruction for | |
76 | 150 | correctional officers, as provided for in paragraph 4 of this | |
77 | 151 | subsection. The peace officer au thority of employees designated as | |
78 | 152 | correctional peace officers shall be limited to: maintaining | |
79 | 153 | custody of prisoners; preventing attem pted escapes; pursuing, | |
80 | 154 | recapturing and incarceratin g escapees and parole or probation | |
81 | 155 | violators and arresting such escap ees, parole or probation | |
82 | 156 | violators; serving warr ants; carrying firearms; preventing | |
83 | 157 | contraband from entering any penal institutions institution; | |
84 | 158 | arresting individuals who commit crimes at any penal i nstitution; | |
85 | 159 | and performing any duties specifically required for the j ob | |
86 | 160 | descriptions. Such powers and du ties of correctional peace officers | |
87 | 161 | may be exercised for the purpose of maintaining cust ody, security, | |
88 | 162 | and control of any prisoner being transported in side and outside | |
89 | 163 | this state as authorized by the Uniform Criminal Ext radition Act and | |
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92 | 164 | the Interstate Corrections Compact. The Dire ctor may implement | |
93 | 165 | policies that place additional limitations on the authority of | |
94 | 166 | correctional peace officers. The Director shall issue an | |
95 | 167 | identification card to each correctional peace officer that | |
96 | 168 | identifies the person as a cor rectional peace officer an d grants the | |
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97 | 196 | person the authority to carry a firearm and make arrests pursuant to | |
98 | 197 | this paragraph. Should a correctional peac e officer terminate | |
99 | 198 | employment for any reason, fail to remain qualifi ed as a | |
100 | 199 | correctional peace officer o r for reasons stated in po licies of the | |
101 | 200 | Department, the correctional peace officer shall return the | |
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103 | 202 | officer immediately; | |
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105 | 203 | 4. To develop and implement, upon approval of the State Board | |
106 | 204 | of Corrections, a basic course of instruction for correc tional | |
107 | 205 | officers that consists of a train ing academy that provides not less | |
108 | 206 | than two hundred (200) hours of core curriculum instruction and a | |
109 | 207 | firearms training program that provides not less than twenty (20) | |
110 | 208 | hours of instruction. The basic course of instru ction shall be | |
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113 | 210 | a. the minimum qualifying score that must be shot to pass | |
114 | 211 | the firearms training program shall be equal to the | |
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116 | 213 | Law Enforcement Education and T raining for peace | |
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119 | 215 | b. the Director may waive any number of hours or courses | |
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121 | 217 | for any person who, in the opinion of the Director, | |
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124 | 247 | or duplicative; however, completion of the firearms | |
125 | 248 | training program shall not be waived; | |
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127 | 249 | 5. To develop and implement annual in -service training for | |
128 | 250 | correctional officers that consists o f at least forty (40) hour s of | |
129 | 251 | continued corrections education and annual recertificatio n of | |
130 | 252 | firearms proficiency. The minimum qualifying score that m ust be | |
131 | 253 | shot to requalify for recertification of firearms proficiency shall | |
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135 | 255 | Law Enforcement Education and Training for the req ualification of | |
136 | 256 | peace officers; | |
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138 | 257 | 6. To require any person emplo yed as a correctional security | |
139 | 258 | officer, correctional security manager , correctional chief of | |
140 | 259 | security, and chief of security to rema in qualified as a | |
141 | 260 | correctional peace officer. Any correction al peace officer who is | |
142 | 261 | unable to remain qualified as a correcti onal peace officer may be | |
143 | 262 | offered an available position within the De partment in the same or | |
144 | 263 | lesser pay grade for which the employe e is eligible, or the employee | |
145 | 264 | may be terminated. When an employee who is commissioned as a | |
146 | 265 | correctional peace officer by the Department voluntarily moves into | |
147 | 266 | a position which does not require correctional peace officer status, | |
148 | 267 | the Director may allow the employee to maintain his or her | |
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151 | 269 | 7. To authorize other employees of the Department to car ry | |
152 | 270 | firearms anywhere in the state to use for self -defense pursuant to | |
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153 | 298 | and consistent with policies devel oped by the Department upon | |
154 | 299 | satisfactory complet ion of the firearms training program pro vided | |
155 | 300 | for in paragraph 4 of this subsection. The Director shall issue an | |
156 | 301 | identification card to each authorized employee that grants the | |
157 | 302 | employee the authority to carr y a firearm pursuant to the provisions | |
158 | 303 | of this paragraph. Should an authorized employee terminate | |
159 | 304 | employment for any reason, fail to remain qualified t o carry a | |
160 | 305 | firearm, or for reasons stated in the policies of the Department, | |
161 | 306 | the authorized employee shal l immediately return the id entification | |
162 | 307 | card to the supervisor of the employee and shall no longer be | |
163 | 308 | authorized to carry firearms under the authority o f this paragraph; | |
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165 | 309 | 8. To maintain such industries, factories, plants, shops, | |
166 | 310 | farms, and other enterprise s and operations, hereinaft er referred to | |
167 | 311 | as prison industries, at each penal institutio n as the State Board | |
168 | 312 | of Corrections deems necessary or appropria te to employ the | |
169 | 313 | prisoners or teach skills, or to sustain the penal institution; and | |
170 | 314 | as provided for by policies established by the State Board of | |
171 | 315 | Corrections, to allow compensation for the wo rk of the prisoners, | |
172 | 316 | and to provide for apportionment of inmate wages, the amounts thus | |
173 | 317 | allowed to be kept in accounts by the Board for the prisoners and | |
174 | 318 | given to the inmates upon discharge from the penal institution , or, | |
175 | 319 | upon an order, paid to their families or dependents or used for the | |
176 | 320 | personal needs of the prisoners. Any industry that employs | |
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180 | 349 | are paid from state funds includin g the proceeds of goods sold as | |
181 | 350 | authorized by Section 123f of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | |
182 | 351 | Any industry in which wages of prisoners are paid by a | |
183 | 352 | nongovernmental person, group, or corporation, except those | |
184 | 353 | industries employing prisoners in work-release centers under the | |
185 | 354 | authority of the Department of Correc tions, shall be deemed a | |
186 | 355 | “Private Prison Industry ”; | |
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188 | 356 | 9. To assign residences at each penal institution to penal | |
189 | 357 | institutional personnel and their families; | |
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191 | 358 | 10. To provide for the education, traini ng, vocational | |
192 | 359 | education, rehabilitation, and recreation of prisoners; | |
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196 | 361 | 12. To prescribe rules for the conduct, management, and | |
197 | 362 | operation of each penal institution , including rules for the | |
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206 | 369 | 14. To establish procedures that e nsure inmates are educated | |
207 | 370 | and provided with the opportunity to ex ecute advance directives for | |
208 | 371 | health care in compliance with Section 3101.2 of Title 63 of the | |
209 | 372 | Oklahoma Statutes. The procedures sh all ensure that any inmate | |
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210 | 400 | executing an advance directive f or health care is competent and | |
211 | 401 | executes the directive with inform ed consent; | |
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219 | 406 | of all funds and accounts of each penal institution and the funds of | |
220 | 407 | each prisoner; | |
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224 | 408 | 18. To provide, subject to rules established by the Stat e Board | |
225 | 409 | of Corrections, for t he utilization of inmate labor for any agency | |
226 | 410 | of the state, city, town, or subdivision of this state, upon the | |
227 | 411 | duly authorized request for such labor by the agency. The inmate | |
228 | 412 | labor shall not be used to reduce employees or rep lace regular | |
229 | 413 | maintenance or operations of the agency. The inmate labor shall be | |
230 | 414 | used solely for public or state purposes. No inmate labor shall be | |
231 | 415 | used for private use or purpose. Insofar as it is practicable, all | |
232 | 416 | inmate labor shall be of such a nature and designed to assist and | |
233 | 417 | aid in the rehabilitation of inmates performing the labor; | |
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235 | 418 | 19. To provide clerical services for, and keep and preserve the | |
236 | 419 | files and records of, the Pardon and Parole Board; make | |
237 | 420 | investigations and inquiries as to prisoners at t he penal | |
238 | 421 | institutions who are to be, or who might be, considered for parole | |
239 | 422 | or other clemency; assist prisoners who are to be, or who might be, | |
240 | 423 | considered for parole or discharge in obtaining suitable employment | |
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241 | 451 | in the event of parole or discharge; report to the Pardon and Parole | |
242 | 452 | Board, for recommendation to the Governor, violations of terms and | |
243 | 453 | conditions of paroles; upon request of the Governor, make | |
244 | 454 | investigations and inquiries as to persons who are to be, or who | |
245 | 455 | might be, considered for reprieves or lea ves of absence; report to | |
246 | 456 | the Pardon and Parole Board, for recommendation to the Governo r, | |
247 | 457 | whether a parolee is entitled to a pardon, when the terms and | |
248 | 458 | conditions of the parole have been completed; make presentence | |
249 | 459 | investigations for, and make reports the reof to, trial judges in | |
250 | 460 | criminal cases consistent with other laws of the state; supervi se | |
251 | 461 | persons on felony probation or parole; and develop and operate, | |
252 | 462 | subject to the policies and guidelines of the Board, work -release | |
253 | 463 | centers, community treatment facili ties or prerelease programs a t | |
254 | 464 | appropriate sites throughout this state; | |
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256 | 465 | 20. To establish an employee tuition assistance program and | |
257 | 466 | promulgate rules in a ccordance with the Administrative Procedures | |
258 | 467 | Act for the operation of the program. The rules shall in clude, but | |
259 | 468 | not be limited to, program purposes, eligibility requirements, use | |
260 | 469 | of tuition assistance, service commitment to the Department, | |
261 | 470 | reimbursement of tuition assistance funds for failure to complete | |
262 | 471 | course work or service commitment, amounts of tuiti on assistance and | |
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267 | 473 | 21. To establish an employee recruit ment and referral incentive | |
268 | 474 | program and promulgate rules in accord ance with the Administrative | |
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269 | 502 | Procedures Act for the operation of the program. The rules shall | |
270 | 503 | include, but not be limited to, prog ram purposes, pay incentives for | |
271 | 504 | employees, eligibility req uirements, payment conditions and amounts, | |
272 | 505 | payment methods, and re cord keeping; | |
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274 | 506 | 22. To provide reintegration referral services to any person | |
275 | 507 | discharged from the state custody who has volunteered t o receive | |
276 | 508 | reintegration referral services. The Director ma y assign staff to | |
277 | 509 | refer persons discharged from state custody to s ervices. The | |
278 | 510 | Director shall promulgate rules for the referral process. All | |
279 | 511 | reintegration referral se rvices shall be subject to th e availability | |
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282 | 513 | 23. To conduct continual planning and research and periodically | |
283 | 514 | evaluate the effectiveness of the v arious correctional programs | |
284 | 515 | instituted by the Department; manage the designing, building, and | |
285 | 516 | maintaining of all the capital impro vements of the Department; | |
286 | 517 | establish and maintain current a nd efficient business, bookkeeping, | |
287 | 518 | and accounting practices and p rocedures for the operations of all | |
288 | 519 | penal institutions and facilities, and for the Department ’s fiscal | |
289 | 520 | affairs; conduct initial ori entation and continuing in-service | |
290 | 521 | training for the Departm ent employees; provide public information | |
291 | 522 | services; inspect and ex amine the condition and management of state | |
292 | 523 | penal and correctional institutions; investigate complaint s | |
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294 | 552 | inmates thereof; and h ear and investigate complaints as to | |
295 | 553 | misfeasance or nonfeasance of employees of the Department; | |
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297 | 554 | 24. To authorize any division of the Department to sell | |
298 | 555 | advertising in any Department-approved publication, media production | |
299 | 556 | or other informational material pr oduced by the Department; | |
300 | 557 | provided, that such advertising shall be approved by the Director or | |
301 | 558 | designee prior to acceptance for publication. The sale of | |
302 | 559 | advertising and negotiation of rates for th e advertising shall not | |
303 | 560 | be subject to The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act or the | |
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305 | 562 | rules establishing criteria for accepting or using advertisements as | |
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310 | 564 | 25. To issue subpoenas to assist or further investigations into | |
311 | 565 | allegations of crimes committed in public or private prisons within | |
312 | 566 | the State of Oklahoma this state. Subpoenas issued by the Director | |
313 | 567 | shall be enforced by the District Cour t in Oklahoma County, | |
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316 | 569 | 26. To authorize award of the badge of an employee who dies | |
317 | 570 | while employed by the Department to the spouse or next of kin of the | |
318 | 571 | deceased employee; | |
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320 | 572 | 27. To establish, in conjunction with the Information Services | |
321 | 573 | Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, an | |
322 | 574 | emergency alert notification system for the public, capable of | |
323 | 575 | distributing notifications of facility emergenci es or prisoner | |
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324 | 603 | escapes for all facilities and each facility of the Department of | |
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327 | 605 | 28. To declare an emergency when, du e to shortage of staff, | |
328 | 606 | correctional officers at a facility are required to work more than | |
329 | 607 | two double shifts in a seven -day period. As used in this paragraph, | |
330 | 608 | “double shift” means two eight-hour shifts in a twenty -four-hour | |
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333 | 610 | 29. To enter into contracts with media or film production | |
334 | 611 | companies to allow the Department to authorize a media or film | |
335 | 612 | production company to shoot commercial films at penal institutions | |
336 | 613 | and other property under the control of the De partment. Any funds | |
337 | 614 | received pursuant to said contracts shall be deposited into the | |
338 | 615 | Department of Corrections Revolving Fund. | |
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340 | 616 | B. When an employee of the Department of Corrections has been | |
341 | 617 | charged with a violation of the rules of the Department or with a | |
342 | 618 | felony pursuant to the provisions of a s tate or federal statute, the | |
343 | 619 | Director may, in the Director’s discretion, suspend the charged | |
344 | 620 | employee, in accordance with the Oklahoma Personnel Act and/or the | |
345 | 621 | Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules, pending the hearing | |
346 | 622 | and final determination of t he charges. Notice of suspension shall | |
347 | 623 | be given by the Director, in accordance with the provisions of the | |
348 | 624 | Oklahoma Personnel Act. If after completion of the investigation of | |
349 | 625 | the charges, it is determined that such charges are without merit or | |
350 | 626 | are not sustained before the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission or | |
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354 | 655 | entitled to receive all lost pay and benefits. | |
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356 | 656 | This subsection shall in no way deprive an emp loyee of the right | |
357 | 657 | of appeal according t o the Oklahoma Personnel Act. | |
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359 | 658 | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 2. | |
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363 | - | Passed the Senate the 17th day of February, 2022. | |
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370 | - | Passed the House of Representatives the 28th day of April, 2022. | |
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377 | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR | |
378 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________ | |
379 | - | day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
380 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
381 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ | |
382 | - | day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
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384 | - | _________________________________ | |
385 | - | Governor of the State of Oklahoma | |
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388 | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STA TE | |
389 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___ | |
390 | - | day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
391 | - | By: _______________________________ __ | |
660 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS, | |
661 | + | dated 03/31/2022 - DO PASS. |