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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2477 By: Hill of the House
and
Daniels of the Senate
[ prisons and reformatories - Department of
Corrections - Pardon and Parole Board - termination
dates - effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 512, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 512. Any inmate in a state penal in stitution who has
been granted a parole sha ll be released from the institution upon
the following conditions:
1. That he the inmate comply with specified requirements of the
Division of Community Services of the Department of Corrections
under the active supervision of a Probation and Parole Offic er.
Such active supervision shall be for a p eriod not to exceed three
(3) years, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this section. When
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an inmate completes his or her term of active supervisi on, the
Department may terminate the supervision of the inmate or may place
the inmate on inactive supervis ion; or
2. That he the inmate be actively supervised by a Probation and
Parole Officer for an extended period not to exceed the expiration
of the maximum term or terms fo r which he the inmate was sentenced
if convicted of a sex offense or up on the determination by the
Division of Community Services that the best interests of the public
and the parolee will be served by such an extended period of
supervision.
Provided, for the purposes of this section, the term " sex
offense" shall not include a violation of paragraph 1 of subse ction
A of Section 1021 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
The Probation and Parole Officer, upon information sufficient to
give him or her reasonable grounds to believe that the parolee has
violated the terms of and conditio ns of his or her parole, shall
notify the Deputy Director of the Division of Community Services in
accordance with Section 516 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes
this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate