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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (202 3)
HOUSE BILL 2588 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to alternative court programs ;
directing the Administrati ve Office of the Courts to
create and implement a consolidation plan for
alternative court programs; placing alternative court
programs under the supervision and control of the
Administrative Office of the Courts; stating
requirements of consolidation; providing time
limitation; requiring collaboration with certain
state agencies, entities and program providers;
requiring submission of annual report; providing for
codification; and providing 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 3001 of Title 22, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Upon the effective date of this act, the Administrative
Office of the Courts shall create and implement a plan to
consolidate all alternative court programs in the State of Oklahoma
including, but not limited to, d rug courts as authorized pursuant to
the Oklahoma Drug Court Act, mental health courts as authorized
pursuant to the Anna McBride Act, and domestic violence courts as
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authorized pursuant to Section 61 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma
Statutes. The alternative court programs shall be placed under the
supervision and control of the Administrative Office of the Courts .
B. The alternative court structure within the Administrative
Office of the Courts shall be organized in a manner that, among
other things, provides for centralized services and combines the
administrative functions of the various alternative court programs
in order to increase efficiencies and eliminate the duplication and
overlapping of said functions.
C. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall have three (3)
years from the effective date of this act to implement and establish
the new organizational structure within the Administrative Office of
the Courts.
D. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall collaborate
with the District Attorneys Council, the various alternative court
programs, program providers, and any other state agencies deemed
necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
E. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall prepare
annually and distribute to the chair of the Criminal Justice and
Corrections Committee of the Oklahoma House of Represen tative and
the chair of the Judiciary committee of the Oklahoma State Senate a
report detailing the status of the consolidation, and the
administrative costs, if any, required to administer and fully
implement the provisions of this act.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5549 GRS 01/13/23