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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1593 By: Brooks
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code ;
66	66	amending 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -7-504, which
67	67	relates to the retention of custody, jurisdiction,
68	68	and the discharge of delinquent children; increasing
69	69	the age for which the Office of J uvenile Affairs may
70	70	retain custody of delinquent children; and providing
71	71	an effective date.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -7-504, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	Section 2-7-504. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, all
81	81	children adjudicated delinquent an d committed to the Office of
82	82	Juvenile Affairs shal l be discharged at such t ime as the Office
83	83	determines there is a reas onable probability that it is no longer
84	84	necessary, either for the rehab ilitation and treatment of the child,
85	85	or for the protection of the public, that the Office retain legal
86	86	custody. Following a hearing, the co urt may also order that a child
87	87	adjudged delinquent and committed to the Office shall be discharged
88	88	by the Office provided the child is on parole status and the court
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140	140	deems the discharge in the best interest of the child and public .
141	141	The Office shall give a fifteen-day notice to the court and the
142	142	district attorney before discharging from legal custody any child
143	143	committed and confined in a secure facility.
144	144	B. Except as otherwise prov ided by law, all children adjudged
145	145	delinquent and committed to the Office o f Juvenile Affairs and not
146	146	discharged under subsection A of this section shall be discharged
147	147	when the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age, unless the Office
148	148	is authorized by the court to retain custody of the child until
149	149	nineteen (19) twenty (20) years of age. Upon the court’s own motion
150	150	or motion of the Office or the district attorney, which must be
151	151	filed prior to the date the child becomes eighteen (18) years of
152	152	age, the court, after notice to the delinquent child and to the
153	153	parents and attorney of the child, may authorize the Office to
154	154	retain custody of the child until the child reaches nineteen (19)
155	155	twenty (20) years of age in order for the child to complete the
156	156	previously adopted plan of rehabilitation or achieve reasonabl e
157	157	treatment objectives. If the court sustains a motion to retain
158	158	custody, the delinquent child during the extended period shall be
159	159	considered as a child for purposes of receiving services from the
160	160	Office and for the purposes of secure detention. If a chi ld is in a
161	161	juvenile detention facility pending pl acement and the cour t has
162	162	ordered or the Office has requested that the Office retain custod y
163	163	of the child until the child reaches nineteen (19) twenty (20) years
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215	215	of age, the Office shall notify the juvenile detention facility at
216	216	least five (5) days prior to the child ’s eighteenth birthday that
217	217	the child will be remaining in the juvenile detentio n facility
218	218	pending placement. If a criminal offense is committed by the
219	219	individual during the extended period, the offense shall be
220	220	considered as having been committed by an ad ult. Except to the
221	221	extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section , an
222	222	individual after age eighteen (18) years is considered an adu lt for
223	223	purposes of other applicable law.
224	224	C. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not place a child under
225	225	ten (10) years of age in an institution maintained for delinquent
226	226	children.
227	227	D. The court may retain jurisdiction over a child adjudged
228	228	delinquent beyond the age of eighteen (18) years to the extent
229	229	necessary for the child to complete payment of court costs. T he
230	230	court may institute contempt proceedings pursuant to Sections 565
231	231	through 567 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes against any person
232	232	adjudged delinquent and ordered to pay court costs who neg lects or
233	233	refuses to pay such court costs. Any child referred to in this
234	234	subsection over whom the court retains jurisdiction solely for
235	235	payment of court costs shall not be considered to be in the custody
236	236	of or under the supervision of the Office of Juvenil e Affairs.
237	237	E. Following a hearing, the court may order that any child
238	238	shall be discharged by the Office of Juvenile Affairs provided the
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290	290	child is on parole status and the court deems the discharge in the
291	291	best interest of the child and public. The Office of Juvenile
292	292	Affairs shall give a fifteen -day notice to the di strict attorney
293	293	before discharging from legal custody any child committed and
294	294	confined in a secure facility.
295	295	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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