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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 2851 By: Wallace of the House
and
Green of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to investigations; amending 74 O.S.
2021, Section 150.2, which relates to the powers and
duties of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigat ion;
creating the Alaunna Raffield Revolving Fund;
requiring certain fund guidelines; requiring certain
appropriations guideline s; directing utilization for
certain purposes; requiring certain scholarship
opportunities; requiring specific expenditure
guidelines; authorizing the promulgation of rules;
and providing an effective dat e.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 150.2, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 150.2 A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
shall have the power and duty to:
1. Maintain a nationally accr edited scientific laboratory to
assist all law enforcement agencies in the discovery and detection
of criminal activity;
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2. Maintain fingerprint and other identification files
including criminal history recor ds, juvenile identification files,
and DNA profiles;
3. Establish, coordinate and maintain the automated fingerpri nt
identification system (AFIS) an d the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
laboratory;
4. Operate teletype, mobile and fixed radio or other
communications systems;
5. Conduct schools and traini ng programs for the agents, peace
officers, and technicians of this state charged with the enforcement
of law and order and the investiga tion and detection of crime;
6. Assist the Director of the Oklahoma Sta te Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Cont rol, the Chief Medical Examiner,
and all law enforcement officers an d district attorneys when such
assistance is requested, in accordance with the policy determined by
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigatio n Commission established in
Section 150.3 of this title;
7. Investigate and detect criminal activity when directed to do
so by the Governor;
8. Investigate, detect, institute and mai ntain actions
involving vehicle theft pursuant to Section 150.7a of this title or
oil, gas or oil field equipment theft pursuant to Sections 152.2
through 152.9 of this title;
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9. Investigate any criminal threat made to t he physical safety
of elected or appointed officials of this state or any political
subdivision of the stat e and forward the results of that
investigation to the Department of Public Safety, and provide
security to foreign elected or appointed officials wh ile they are in
this state on official business;
10. Investigate and detect violations of the Oklahoma Com puter
Crimes Act;
11. Investigate and enforce all laws relating to any crime
listed in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes that
occurs on the turnpikes;
12. Investigate and detect criminal activity involving files,
records, assets, propertie s, buildings or employees of the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation. Nothing in this paragraph shall
limit or prevent any criminal investigation of the matter by the
sheriff of the county or any law enforcement agency of competent
jurisdiction; and
13. Contract with municipal or county law enforc ement agencies
to conduct administrative reviews of law enforcement use-of-force
investigations for co mpliance with current investigative procedures,
standards and law. All funds received as a result of the c ontract
will be deposited in the OSBI Revolving Fund. Any review of use-of-
force investigation shall be done by a certified police officer.
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B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be designated
the “Alaunna Raffield Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the Bureau from appropriations
designated for deposit in the fund. All monies accruing to the
credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be bu dgeted and
expended by the Bureau for the purpose of assisting law enforcement
partners with the cost of attending training s facilitated by the
Bureau. Scholarship opportunities shall be afforded each year to
county and municipal law enfo rcement agencies to attend accredited
trainings conducted by the Bureau. Expenditures from the fund shall
be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law wit h the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. The
Bureau is authorized to promulgate agency rules for the
administration of the fund and determination of scholarship awards.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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