Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3497 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/12/2024

                             
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 3497 	By: West (Tammy) of the House 
 
   and 
 
  Gollihare of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[ criminal procedure - sentencing powers of the court 
- district attorney's supervision fee - deferred 
sentences - effective date ] 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     22 O.S. 2 021, Section 991a, as 
amended by Section 4, Chapter 310, O .S.L. 2023 (22 O.S. Supp. 2023, 
Section 991a), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 991a. A.  Except as otherwise provided in the Elderly 
and Incapacitated Victim's Protection Program, when a def endant is 
convicted of a crime and no death sentence is im posed, the court 
shall either: 
1.  Suspend the execution of sentence in whole or in pa rt, with 
or without probation.  The court, in addition , may order the 
convicted defendant at the time of sentenc ing or at any time during 
the suspended sentence to do one or more of the following:   
 
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a. to provide restitution to the victim as provided by 
Section 991f et seq. of this title or according to a 
schedule of payments established by the sentencing 
court, together with interest upon any pecuniary sum 
at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, if the 
defendant agrees to pay such restitution or, in t he 
opinion of the court, if the defendant is able to pay 
such restitution without imposing manifest hardship on 
the defendant or the immediate family and if the 
extent of the damage to the victim is determinable 
with reasonable certainty, 
b. to reimburse any state agency for amounts paid by the 
state agency for hospital and medical expenses 
incurred by the victim or victims, as a result of the 
criminal act for which such p erson was convicted, 
which reimbursement shall be made directly to the 
state agency, with interest accruing thereon at the 
rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, 
c. to engage in a term of community service without 
compensation, according to a schedule con sistent with 
the employment and family responsibilities of the 
person convicted, 
d. to pay a reasonable s um into any trust fund 
established pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176   
 
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through 180.4 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes and 
which provides restitution payments by convicted 
defendants to victims of crimes committed within this 
state wherein such victim has incurred a financial 
loss, 
e. to confinement in the county jail for a period not to 
exceed six (6) months, 
f. to confinement as provided by l aw together with a term 
of post-imprisonment community supervision for not 
less than three (3) years of t he total term allowed by 
law for imprisonment, wit h or without restitution; 
provided, however, the authority of this provision is 
limited to Section 84 3.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes when the offense involved sexual abuse or 
sexual exploitation; Sections 681, 741 and 843.1 of 
Title 21 of the Okla homa Statutes when the offense 
involved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation; and 
Sections 865 et seq. , 885, 886, 888, 891, 1021, 
1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088, 1111.1, 1115 and 
1123 of Title 21 of th e Oklahoma Statutes, 
g. to repay the reward or par t of the reward paid by a 
local certified crime stoppers program and the 
Oklahoma Reward System.  In determining whether the 
defendant shall repay the reward or part of the   
 
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reward, the court shall consider the ability of the 
defendant to make the payment, the financial hardship 
on the defendant to make the required payment and the 
importance of the inform ation to the prosecution of 
the defendant as provided by the arresting officer or 
the district attorney w ith due regard for the 
confidentiality of the reco rds of the local certified 
crime stoppers program and the Oklahoma Reward System.  
The court shall assess this repayment against the 
defendant as a cost of prosecution.  The term 
"certified" means crime stoppers organizations that 
annually meet the certifi cation standards for crime 
stoppers programs established by the Oklahoma Crime 
Stoppers Association t o the extent those standards do 
not conflict with state statutes.  The term "court" 
refers to all municip al and district courts withi n 
this state.  The "Oklahoma Reward System " means the 
reward program established by Section 150.18 of Title 
74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
h. to reimburse the Oklahoma State Bureau of 
Investigation for costs inc urred by that agency during 
its investigation of the crime for which the defendant 
pleaded guilty, nolo contende re or was convicted 
including compensation for laboratory, technical or   
 
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investigation services performed by the Bureau if, in 
the opinion of the court, the defenda nt is able to pay 
without imposing manifest hardsh ip on the defendant, 
and if the costs incur red by the Bureau during the 
investigation of the defendan t's case may be 
determined with reasonable certainty, 
i. to reimburse the Oklahoma Sta te Bureau of 
Investigation and any authorized law enforcement 
agency for all costs incurred by that agency for 
cleaning up an illegal drug laboratory site for which 
the defendant pleaded guilty, nolo contendere or was 
convicted.  The court clerk shall collect the amount 
and may retain five percent (5 %) of such monies to be 
deposited in the Court Clerk 's Revolving Fund to cover 
administrative costs and shall remit the remai nder to 
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be 
deposited in the OSBI Revolvi ng Fund established by 
Section 150.19a of Tit le 74 of the Oklahoma St atutes 
or to the general fund wherein the o ther law 
enforcement agency is located, 
j. to pay a reasonable sum to the Crime Victims 
Compensation Board, created by Section 142.2 et seq. 
of Title 21 of the Okl ahoma Statutes, for the b enefit 
of crime victims,   
 
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k. to reimburse the court fund for amounts paid to court-
appointed attorneys for representing the def endant in 
the case in which the person is being sentenced, 
l. to participate in an ass essment and evaluation by an 
assessment agency or assessment personne l certified by 
the Department of Mental Hea lth and Substance Abuse 
Services pursuant to Section 3 -460 of Title 43A of the 
Oklahoma Statutes and, as determined by the 
assessment, participate in an alcohol an d drug 
substance abuse course or treatment program or both, 
pursuant to Sections 3 -452 and 3-453 of Title 43A of 
the Oklahoma Statutes, or as ordered b y the court, 
m. to be placed in a victims impact panel program, as 
defined in subsection H of this section, or 
victim/offender reconciliation program and p ayment of 
a fee to the program of Seventy -five Dollars ($75.00) 
as set by the governing authority of the program to 
offset the cost of participation by the defendant .  
Provided, each victim/offender reconci liation program 
shall be required to obtain a writ ten consent form 
voluntarily signed by the victim and defendant that 
specifies the methods to be used to resolve the 
issues, the obligations and rights of each perso n and 
the confidentiality of the proceedings.  Volunteer   
 
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mediators and employees of a victi m/offender 
reconciliation program shall be immune from liability 
and have rights of confidentiality a s provided in 
Section 1805 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
n. to install, at the expense of the def endant, an 
ignition interlock device approved by t he Board of 
Tests for Alcohol and Drug Infl uence.  The device 
shall be installed upon every motor veh icle operated 
by the defendant, and the court shall require tha t a 
notation of this restriction be affixed to the 
defendant's driver license.  The restrict ion shall 
remain on the driver license not exceeding two (2) 
years to be determined by the court.  Th e restriction 
may be modified or removed only by order of the c ourt 
and notice of any modification order shall be given to 
Service Oklahoma.  Upon the expi ration of the period 
for the restriction, S ervice Oklahoma shall remove the 
restriction without furth er court order.  Failure to 
comply with the order to install an ignition interlock 
device or operating any vehicle without a device 
during the period of re striction shall be a violation 
of the sentence and may be punished as deemed proper 
by the sentencing court.  As used in this paragraph, 
"ignition interlock device " means a device that,   
 
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without tampering or intervention by another person, 
would prevent the defendant from operating a motor 
vehicle if the defendant has a blood or breath alcohol 
concentration of two-hundredths (0.02) or greater, 
o. to be confined by el ectronic monitoring admi nistered 
and supervised by the Department of Corrections or a 
community sentence provider, and payment of a 
monitoring fee to the supervising authority, not to 
exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month.  Any 
fees collected pursuant to this subparagraph shall be 
deposited with the appropriate supervising authority.  
Any willful violation of an order of the cou rt for the 
payment of the monitoring fee shall be a violat ion of 
the sentence and may be punished as deemed proper by 
the sentencing court.  As used in this paragraph, 
"electronic monitoring " means confinement of the 
defendant within a specified location o r locations 
with supervision by means of an electronic dev ice 
approved by the Department of Corrections which is 
designed to detect if the defendant is in the cour t-
ordered location at the required times and which 
records violations for investigation by a qualified 
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p. to perform one or more courses of treatment, education 
or rehabilitation for any conditions, behavior s, 
deficiencies or disorders which may contribute to 
criminal conduct including but not limited to alcohol 
and substance abuse, mental health, emotional health, 
physical health, propensity for violence, antisocial 
behavior, personality or attitudes, deviant sexual 
behavior, child development, parenting assistance, job 
skills, vocational-technical skills, domestic 
relations, literacy, education or any other 
identifiable deficiency which may be treated 
appropriately in the community a nd for which a 
certified provider or a program recognized by the 
court as having significant p ositive impact exists in 
the community.  Any treatment, education or 
rehabilitation provider required to be certified 
pursuant to law or rule shall be certified b y the 
appropriate state agency or a national organization, 
q. to submit to periodic testing fo r alcohol, 
intoxicating substance or contro lled dangerous 
substances by a qualified laboratory, 
r. to pay a fee or costs for treatment, education, 
supervision, participation in a program or any   
 
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combination thereof as determined by the court, based 
upon the defendant's ability to pay the fees or cos ts, 
s. to be supervised by a Department of Corrections 
employee, a private supervision provider or other 
person designated by the court, 
t. to obtain positive beha vior modeling by a trained 
mentor, 
u. to serve a term of confinement in a restrictive 
housing facility available in the community, 
v. to serve a term of confinement in the county jail at 
night or during weekends pursuant to Section 991a -2 of 
this title or for work release, 
w. to obtain employment or parti cipate in employment -
related activities, 
x. to participate in mandatory day reporting to 
facilities or persons for services, payments, duties 
or person-to-person contacts as specified by the 
court, 
y. to pay day fines not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of 
the net wages earned.  For purposes of this paragraph, 
"day fine" means the offender is ordered to pay an 
amount calculated as a percentage of net daily wages 
earned.  The day fine shall b e paid to the local 
community sentencing system as reparation to the   
 
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community.  Day fines shall be used to supp ort the 
local system, 
z. to submit to blood or saliva test ing as required by 
subsection I of this section, 
aa. to repair or restore property damaged by the 
defendant's conduct, if the court determines the 
defendant possesses sufficient skill to repair or 
restore the property and the victim consents to the 
repairing or restoring of the property, 
bb. to restore damaged property in kind or payment of out-
of-pocket expenses to the victim, if the court is able 
to determine the actual out-of-pocket expenses 
suffered by the victim, 
cc. to attend a victim-offender reconciliation program if 
the victim agrees to participate and the offender is 
deemed appropriate for participat ion, 
dd. in the case of a person convicted of pros titution 
pursuant to Section 1029 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes, require such person to receiv e counseling 
for the behavior which may have caused such person to 
engage in prostitution activities.  Such person may be 
required to receive counseling in areas including but 
not limited to alcohol and substance abuse, sexual   
 
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behavior problems or domestic abuse or child abuse 
problems, 
ee. in the case of a sex offender sentenced after November 
1, 1989, and required by law to register pursuant to 
the Sex Offender Registration Act, the court shall 
require the person to comply with sex offender 
specific rules and conditions of supervision 
established by the Department of Corrections and 
require the person to participate in a treatment 
program designed for the t reatment of sex offenders 
during the period of time while the offender is 
subject to supervision by t he Department of 
Corrections.  The treatment program shall include 
polygraph examinations specifically de signed for use 
with sex offenders for purposes of supervision and 
treatment compliance, and s hall be administered not 
less than each six (6) months dur ing the period of 
supervision.  The examination shall be administered by 
a certified licensed polygraph examiner.  The 
treatment program must be approved b y the Department 
of Corrections or the Depa rtment of Mental Health and 
Substance Abuse Services.  Suc h treatment shall be at 
the expense of the defendant based on the defendant 's 
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ff. in addition to other sentencing powers of the court, 
the court in the case of a defendant being sent enced 
for a felony conviction for a violation of Section 2 -
402 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes which 
involves marijuana may require the per son to 
participate in a drug court program, if available.  If 
a drug court program is not available, the defenda nt 
may be required to participate in a community 
sanctions program, if available, 
gg. in the case of a person convicted of any false or 
bogus check violation, as d efined in Section 1541.4 of 
Title 21 of the Oklaho ma Statutes, impose a fee of 
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to the victim for each 
check, and impose a bogus check fee to be paid to the 
district attorney.  The bogus check fee paid to the 
district attorney shall be equal to the amount 
assessed as court cost s plus Twenty-five Dollars 
($25.00) for each check upon filing of the case in 
district court.  This m oney shall be deposited in the 
Bogus Check Restitution Program Fund as established in 
subsection B of Section 114 of this title.  
Additionally, the court m ay require the offender to 
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bogus check or checks th at have been submitted to the 
Bogus Check Restitution Program, and 
hh. any other provision specifically ordered by the court. 
However, any such order for r estitution, community service, 
payment to a local certified crime stoppers program, payment to the 
Oklahoma Reward System or confinement in the county jail, or a 
combination thereof, shall be made in conjun ction with probation and 
shall be made a condition of the suspended sentence . 
However, unless under the supervision of the district attorney, 
the offender shall be required to pay Forty Dollars ($40.00) per 
month to the district attorney during the first two (2) years of 
probation to compensate the distri ct attorney for the costs in curred 
during the prosecution of the offender and for the additional work 
of verifying the compliance of the offender with the rules and 
conditions of his or her probation.  The district attorney may waive 
any part of this requi rement in the best interests of justice.  The 
court shall not waive, suspend, defer or dismiss the costs of 
prosecution in its entirety.  However, if the court determines that 
a reduction in the fine, costs and costs of prosecution is 
warranted, the court shall equally apply the same percentage 
reduction to the fine, costs and costs of prosecution owed by the 
offender; 
2.  Impose a fine prescribed by law for the offense, with or 
without probation or commitme nt and with or without restitution or   
 
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service as provided for in this section , Section 991a-4.1 of this 
title or Section 227 of Title 57 of the Oklahom a Statutes; 
3.  Commit such person for confinement provided for by law with 
or without restitution as provided for in this section; 
4.  Order the defendant to reimburse the Oklahom a State Bureau 
of Investigation for costs incurred by that agency during its 
investigation of the crime for which the defendant pleaded guilty, 
nolo contendere or was convicted incl uding compensation for 
laboratory, technical or in vestigation services perf ormed by the 
Bureau if, in the opinion of the court, the defendant is able t o pay 
without imposing manifest hardship on the defendant, and if the 
costs incurred by the Bureau during the investigation of the 
defendant's case may be determined with reasonabl e certainty; 
5.  Order the defendant to reimburse the Oklahoma State Bureau 
of Investigation for all costs incurred by that agency for cleaning 
up an illegal drug laboratory site fo r which the defendant pleaded 
guilty, nolo contend ere or was convicted.  T he court clerk shall 
collect the amount and may retain five percent (5%) of s uch monies 
to be deposited in the Court Clerk 's Revolving Fund to cover 
administrative costs and shall remit the remainder to the Oklahoma 
State Bureau of Investigation to be depo sited in the OSBI Revolving 
Fund established by Section 150.19a of Title 74 o f the Oklahoma 
Statutes;   
 
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6.  In the case of nonviolent felony offenses, sentence such 
person to the Community Service Sentencing Program; 
7.  In addition to the other sentencing powers of the court, in 
the case of a person convicted of operating or being i n control of a 
motor vehicle while the person was under the influence of alcohol, 
other intoxicating substance or a combination of alcohol or another 
intoxicating substance, or convicted of operating a motor vehicle 
while the ability of the person to opera te such vehicle was impaired 
due to the consumption of alcohol, require such person: 
a. to participate in an alcohol and drug assessment and 
evaluation by an assessment agency or assessment 
personnel certified by the Department of Mental Health 
and Substance Abuse Services pursuant to Section 3 -460 
of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes and, as 
determined by the assessment, participate in an 
alcohol and drug substance abuse cours e or treatment 
program or both, pursuant to Sections 3 -452 and 3-453 
of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
b. to attend a victims impact panel program, as defined 
in subsection H of th is section, and to pay a fee of 
Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) as set b y the governing 
authority of the program and approved by the court, to 
the program to offset the cost of participation by the   
 
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defendant, if in the opinion of the court the 
defendant has the ability to pay such fee, 
c. to both participate in the alcohol and drug substance 
abuse course or treatment program, pursuant to 
subparagraph a of this paragraph and attend a victims 
impact panel program, pursuant to subparagraph b of 
this paragraph, 
d. to install, at the expense of the person, an ign ition 
interlock device approved by the Board of Tests for 
Alcohol and Drug Influence, upon every moto r vehicle 
operated by such person and to require that a notation 
of this restriction b e affixed to the person's driver 
license at the time of reinstatement of the license.  
The restriction shal l remain on the driver license for 
such period as the court sha ll determine.  The 
restriction may be modified or removed by order of the 
court and notice of the order s hall be given to 
Service Oklahoma.  Upon the expir ation of the period 
for the restriction, Service Oklahoma shall remove the 
restriction without furthe r court order.  Failure to 
comply with the order to install an ignition interlock 
device or operating any vehicle without such device 
during the period of restriction shall be a violation   
 
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of the sentence and may be punished as deemed proper 
by the sentencing court, or 
e. beginning January 1, 1993, to submit to electronically 
monitored home detention administe red and supervised 
by the Department of Correction s, and to pay to the 
Department a monitoring fee, not to exceed Seventy -
five Dollars ($75.00) a month , to the Department of 
Corrections, if in the opinion of the court the 
defendant has the ability to pay such fee.  Any fees 
collected pursuant to this subp aragraph shall be 
deposited in the Dep artment of Corrections Revolving 
Fund.  Any order by the court for the payment of the 
monitoring fee, if willfully disobeyed, may be 
enforced as an indirect contempt of court; 
8.  In addition to the other sentencing po wers of the court, in 
the case of a person convicted of prostitution pursuant to Section 
1029 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, require such person to 
receive counseling for the behav ior which may have caused such 
person to engage in prostitution activ ities.  Such person may be 
required to receive counseling in areas including but not limited to 
alcohol and substance abuse, sexual behavior problems or domestic 
abuse or child abuse problems; 
9.  In addition to the other sentencing powers of the court, in 
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abuse, as defined in Section 60.1 of this title, the court may 
require the defendant to undergo the treatment or participa te in the 
counseling services necessary to bring about the cessation of 
domestic abuse against the victim. The defendant may be required to 
pay all or part of the cost o f the treatment or counseling services; 
10.  In addition to the other sentencing powers of the court, 
the court, in the case of a sex offender sentenced af ter November 1, 
1989, and required by law to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders 
Registration Act, shall require the defendant to participate in a 
treatment program designed specifical ly for the treatment of sex 
offenders, if available.  The treatment p rogram will include 
polygraph examinations specifically designed for use with sex 
offenders for the purpose of supervision and treatment compliance, 
provided the examination is administered by a c ertified licensed 
polygraph examiner.  The treatment program must be approved by the 
Department of Corrections or the Department of Mental Health and 
Substance Abuse Services.  Such treatment shall be at the expense of 
the defendant based on the a bility of the defendant to pay; 
11.  In addition to the other sentenc ing powers of the court, 
the court, in the case of a person convicted of abuse or neglect of 
a child, as defined in Section 1 -1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma 
Statutes, may require the person t o undergo treatment or to 
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to pay all or part of the cost of the treatment or counseling 
services; 
12.  In addition to the other sentencing powers of the court, 
the court, in the cas e of a person convicted of cruelty to animals 
pursuant to Section 168 5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes , may 
require the person to pay restitution to animal facilitie s for 
medical care and any boarding costs of victimized animals; 
13.  In addition to the oth er sentencing powers of the court, a 
sex offender who is habitu al or aggravated as defined by Section 584 
of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes and who is required t o register 
as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act 
shall be supervised by the Department of Corrections for the 
duration of the registration period and shall be assigne d to a 
global position monitoring device by the Department of C orrections 
for the duration of the registration period.  The cost of such 
monitoring device shall be reimbursed by the offender; 
14.  In addition to the ot her sentencing powers of the court, in 
the case of a sex offender who is required by law to register 
pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act, the court may 
prohibit the person from accessing or using any Internet social 
networking website that has t he potential or likelihood of allowing 
the sex offender to have contact with any child who is under t he age 
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15.  In addition to the other sentencing powers of the cour t, in 
the case of a sex offender who is required by law to regist er 
pursuant to the Sex Offenders Regis tration Act, the court shall 
require the person to register any electronic mail address 
information, instant message, chat or other Internet communic ation 
name or identity information that the person uses or intends to use 
while accessing the Internet or u sed for other purposes of social 
networking or other similar In ternet communication; or 
16.  In addition to the other sentencing powers of the court, 
and pursuant to the terms and conditions of a written plea 
agreement, the court may prohibit the defendant from entering, 
visiting or residing within the judicial distri ct in which the 
defendant was convicted until after completion of his or her 
sentence; provided, however, the court shall ensure that the 
defendant has access to those services or programs for which the 
defendant is required to participate as a condition o f probation.  
When seeking to enter the prohibited judicial district for personal 
business not related to his or her criminal case, the defendant 
shall be required to obtain approval by the cou rt. 
B.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who 
is found guilty of a violation of any provision of Section 761 or 
11-902 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any person pleading 
guilty or nolo contendere for a violation of any provisi on of such 
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alcohol and drug assessment and evaluation by an assessment agency 
or assessment personnel certified by the Department of Mental Health 
and Substance Abuse Services for the pur pose of evaluating the 
receptivity to treatment and prognosis o f the person.  The court 
shall order the person to reimburse the agency or assessor fo r the 
evaluation.  The fee shall be the amount provided in subsection C of 
Section 3-460 of Title 43A of th e Oklahoma Statutes.  The evaluation 
shall be conducted at a ce rtified assessment agency, the office of a 
certified assessor or at another location as ordered by the court.  
The agency or assessor shall, within seventy -two (72) hours from the 
time the person is assessed, submit a written report to the court 
for the purpose of assisting the court in its final sentencing 
determination.  No person, agency or facility operating an alcohol 
and drug substance abuse evaluation program certified by the 
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall 
solicit or refer any person evaluated pursuant to this subsection 
for any treatment program or alcoh ol and drug substance abuse 
service in which such person, agency or facility has a vested 
interest; however, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit 
the court from ordering participation in or any person from 
voluntarily utilizing a treatment p rogram or alcohol and drug 
substance abuse service offered by such pe rson, agency or facility.  
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pursuant to this subsection, the r eport shall be furnished to the 
Department of Corrections with the judgment and sentence.  Any 
evaluation report submitted to the court pursuant to this subsection 
shall be handled in a manner which will keep such report 
confidential from the general pub lic's review.  Nothing contained in 
this subsection shall be construe d to prohibit the court from 
ordering judgment and sentence in the event the defendant fails or 
refuses to comply with an order of the court to obtain the 
evaluation required by this subsec tion. 
C.  When sentencing a person convicted of a crime, the court 
shall first consider a program of rest itution for the victim, as 
well as imposition of a fine or inca rceration of the offender.  The 
provisions of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this sect ion shall not 
apply to defendants being sentenced upon their third or subsequent 
to their third conviction of a felony or, beginning January 1, 1993, 
to defendants being sentenced for their second or subsequent felony 
conviction for violation of Section 11 -902 of Title 47 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes, except as otherwise provid ed in this subsection.  
In the case of a person being sentenced for his or her second or 
subsequent felony conviction for violation of Section 11 -902 of 
Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the court may sentence the person 
pursuant to the provisions of para graph 1 of subsection A of this 
section if the court orders the person to submit to electronically 
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Department of Corrections pur suant to subparagraph e of paragraph 7 
of subsection A of this secti on.  Provided, the court may waive 
these prohibitions upon written application of the district 
attorney.  Both the application and the waiver shall be made part of 
the record of the case. 
D.  When sentencing a person convicted of a crime, the judge 
shall consider any victim impact statements i f submitted to the 
jury, or the judge in the event a jury is wa ived. 
E.  Probation, for purposes of subsection A of this section, is 
a procedure by which a defendant fo und guilty of a crime, whether 
upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo c ontendere, 
is released by the court subject to conditions impos ed by the court 
and subject to supervision by the Department of Corrections, a 
private supervision provider or other person designated by the 
court.  Such supervision shall be initiated upon an order of 
probation from the court, and shall not exceed two (2 ) years, unless 
a petition alleging a violation of any condition of deferred 
judgment or seeking revocation of the suspended sentence is filed 
during the supervision, or as otherwise provided b y law.  In the 
case of a person convicted of a sex offense, sup ervision shall begin 
immediately upon release from incarceration or if parole is gran ted 
and shall not be limited to two (2) years.  Provided further, any 
supervision provided for in this secti on may be extended for a 
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the sentence upon a determination by the court or the D ivision of 
Probation and Parole of the Department of Corrections that the best 
interests of the public and t he release will be served by an 
extended period of supervision. 
F.  The Department of Corrections, or such other agency as the 
court may designate, shall be responsible for the monitoring and 
administration of the rest itution and service programs provided for 
by subparagraphs a, c and d of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this 
section, and shall ensure that restitution payments are forwarded to 
the victim and that service assignments are properly performed. 
G.  1.  The Department of Corrections is hereby auth orized, 
subject to funds available through appropriation by the Legislature, 
to contract with counties for the administration of county Community 
Service Sentencing Programs. 
2.  Any offender eligible to participate in the Program pursuant 
to this section shall be eligible to participate in a county 
Program; provided, participation in county -funded Programs shall not 
be limited to offenders who would otherwise be sentenc ed to 
confinement with the Department of Correctio ns. 
3.  The Department shall establis h criteria and specifications 
for contracts with counties for su ch Programs.  A county may apply 
to the Department for a contract for a county -funded Program for a 
specific period of time.  The Department shall be respo nsible for 
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specifications and requirements of the contract.  The contract shall 
set appropriate compensation to the county for services to the 
Department. 
4.  The Department is hereby authorized to provide technical 
assistance to any county in establishing a Program, regardless of 
whether the county enters into a contract pursuant to this 
subsection.  Technical assistance shall inc lude appropriate 
staffing, development of community resources, sponso rship, 
supervision and any other req uirements. 
5.  The Department shall annually make a report to the Governor, 
the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the 
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives on the number of 
such Programs, the number of participating offenders, the success 
rates of each Program accor ding to criteria established by the 
Department and the costs of each Program. 
H.  As used in this section: 
1. "Ignition interlock device" means a device that, without 
tampering or intervention by another person, would pr event the 
defendant from operatin g a motor vehicle if the defendant has a 
blood or breath alcohol concentration of two -hundredths (0.02) or 
greater; 
2.  "Electronically monitored home detention " means 
incarceration of the defendant within a specified locat ion or 
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Department of Corrections that detects if the person leaves the 
confines of any specified location; and 
3.  "Victims impact panel program " means a program conducted by 
a corporation registered with the Secretary of St ate in Oklahoma for 
the sole purpose of operating a victims impact panel program.  The 
program shall include live presentations from presenters who will 
share personal stories with participants about how alcohol, drug 
abuse, the operation of a motor vehicl e while using an electronic 
communication device or the illegal conduct of others has personally 
impacted the lives of the presenters.  A victims impact panel 
program shall be attended by persons who have committed the offens e 
of driving, operating or bein g in actual physical control of a motor 
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating 
substance, operating a mo tor vehicle while the ability of the person 
to operate such vehicle was impaired due to the c onsumption of 
alcohol or any other substance or operating a motor vehicle while 
using an electronic device or by persons who have been convicted of 
furnishing an alcoholic beverage to persons under twenty -one (21) 
years of age, as provided in Sections 6 -101 and 6-120 of Title 37A 
of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Persons attending a victims impact panel 
program shall be required to pay a fee of Seventy -five Dollars 
($75.00) to the provider of the program.  A certificate of 
completion shall be issued to the person up on satisfying the 
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The certificate of completion shall contain the busine ss 
identification number of the program provider.  A certified 
assessment agency, certified assessor or provider o f an alcohol and 
drug substance abuse course shall be prohibited from providing a 
victims impact panel program and shall further be prohibited from 
having any proprietary or pecuniary interest in a victims impact 
panel program.  The provider of the victims impact panel program 
shall carry general liability insurance and maintain an accurate 
accounting of all business transactions and funds recei ved in 
relation to the victims impact panel program.  Beginning October 1, 
2020, and each October 1 thereafter, th e provider of the victims 
impact panel program shall provide to the District Attorneys Council 
the following: 
a. proof of registration with the Oklahoma Secretar y of 
State, 
b. proof of general liability insurance, 
c. end-of-year financial statements prepar ed by a 
certified public acco untant, 
d. a copy of federal income tax returns filed with the 
Internal Revenue Service, 
e. a registration fee of One Thousand Dollars 
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created in Section 215.28 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes, and 
f. a statement certifying that the provider of the 
victims impact panel program ha s complied with all of 
the requirements set forth in this paragraph. 
I.  A person convicted of a felony offense or receiving any form 
of probation for an offense in which registration is required 
pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registratio n Act, shall submit to 
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing for law enforcement 
identification purposes in accordan ce with Section 150.27 of Title 
74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the rules promulgated by the 
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for the OSBI Combined DNA 
Index System (CODIS) Database.  Subject to the availability of 
funds, any person convicted of a mi sdemeanor offense of assault and 
battery, domestic abuse, stalking, possession of a controlled 
substance prohibited under the Uniform Controll ed Dangerous 
Substances Act, outraging public decency, resisting arrest, escape 
or attempting to escape, eluding a police officer, Peeping Tom, 
pointing a firearm, threatening an act of violence, breaking and 
entering a dwelling place, destruction of property, negligent 
homicide or causing a personal injury accident while driving under 
the influence of any intoxicatin g substance, or any alien unlawfully 
present under federal immigration law, upon arrest, shall submit to 
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accordance with Section 150.27 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes 
and the rules promulgate d by the Oklahoma State Bureau of 
Investigation for the OSBI Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) 
Database.  Any defendant sentenced to probation shall be required to 
submit to testing within thirty (30) days of sentencing either to 
the Department of Correcti ons or to the county sheriff or other 
peace officer as directed by the court.  Defendants who are 
sentenced to a term of incarceration shall s ubmit to testing in 
accordance with Section 530.1 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
for those defendants who e nter the custody of the Department of 
Corrections or to the county sheriff, for those defendants sentenced 
to incarceration in a county jail.  Convicted individu als who have 
previously submitted to DNA testing under this section and for whom 
a valid sample is on file in the OSBI Combined DNA In dex System 
(CODIS) Database at the time of sentencing shall not be required to 
submit to additional tes ting.  Except as required by the Sex 
Offenders Registration Act, a deferred judgment does not require 
submission to DNA testing. 
Any person who is incarc erated in the custody of the Department 
of Corrections after July 1, 1996, and who has not been released 
before January 1, 2006, shall provide a blood or saliva sample prior 
to release.  Every person subject to DNA te sting after January 1, 
2006, whose sentence does not include a term of confinement with the 
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Every person subject to DNA testing who is sentenced to unsupervised 
probation or otherwise not su pervised by the Department of 
Corrections shall submit for blood or saliva testing to the sheriff 
of the sentencing county. 
J.  Samples of blood or saliva for D NA testing required by 
subsection I of this section shall be taken by employees or 
contractors of the Department of Corrections, peace officers, or the 
county sheriff or employees or contractors of the sheriff 's office.  
The individuals shall be properly trained to collect blood or saliva 
samples.  Persons collecting blood or saliva for DNA testing 
pursuant to this section shall be immune from civil liabilities 
arising from this activity.  All collectors of DNA samples shall 
ensure the collection of samples are mailed to the Oklahoma State 
Bureau of Investigation within ten (10) days of the time the s ubject 
appears for testing or within te n (10) days of the date the subject 
comes into physical custody to serve a term of incarceration.  All 
collectors of DNA samples shall use sample kits provided by the OSBI 
and procedures promulgated by the OSBI.  Pers ons subject to DNA 
testing who are not received at the Lexington Assessment and 
Reception Center shall be required to pay a fee of Fifteen Dollars 
($15.00) to the agency collecting the sample for submission to the 
OSBI Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Dat abase.  Any fees collected 
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account or the service fee account of the collectio n agency or 
department. 
K.  When sentencing a person who has been convicted of a crime 
that would subject that per son to the provisions of the Sex 
Offenders Registration Act, neither the court nor the district 
attorney shall be allowed to waive or exempt such person from t he 
registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act. 
SECTION 2.    AMENDATORY     22 O.S. 2021, Section 991c, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 991c. A.  Upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a 
plea of nolo contendere, but before a judgment of guilt, the court 
may, without entering a judgme nt of guilt and with the consent of 
the defendant, defer further proceedings upon the specific 
conditions prescribed by the court not to exceed a seven -year 
period, except as aut horized under subsection B of this section.  
The court shall first consider re stitution among the various 
conditions it may prescribe.  The court may also consider ordering 
the defendant to: 
1.  Pay court costs; 
2.  Pay an assessment in li eu of any fine authorized by law for 
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4.  Engage in a term of community service without compensation, 
according to a schedule consistent with the employment and family 
responsibilities of the defendant; 
5. County jail confinement for a period not to excee d ninety 
(90) days or the maximum amount of ja il time provided for the 
offense, if it is less than ninety (90) days; 
6.  Pay an amount as reimbursement for reasonable attorney fees, 
to be paid into the court fund, if a court-appointed attorney has 
been provided to the defendan t; 
7.  Be supervised in t he community for a period not to exceed 
eighteen (18) months, unless a petition alleging v iolation of any 
condition of deferred judgment is filed during the pe riod of 
supervision.  As a condition of any supervi sion, the defendant shall 
be required to pay a supervision fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) per 
month. The supervision fee shall be waived in whole or part by the 
supervisory agency when the accused is indigent. Any fees collected 
by the district attorney p ursuant to this paragraph shall be 
deposited in the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. No 
person shall be denied supervision based solely on the inability of 
the person to pay a fee ; 
8.  Pay into the court fund a monthly amount not exceeding Fort y 
Dollars ($40.00) per month during any period during which the 
proceedings are deferred when the defendant is not to be supervised 
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shall be established by the court and shall not exceed th e amount of 
the maximum fine authorized by law for the offense; 
9.  Make other reparations to the community or victim as 
required and deemed appropriate by the court; 
10.  Order any conditions which can be imposed for a suspended 
sentence pursuant to parag raph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of 
this title; or 
11.  Any combination of the above provisions. 
However, unless under the supervision of the district attorney, 
the offender shall be required to pay Forty Dollars ($40.00) per 
month to the district at torney during the first two (2) years of 
probation to compensate the district attorney for the costs incurred 
during the prosecution of the offender and for the additional work 
of verifying the compliance of the offender with the rules and 
conditions of his or her probation.  The district attorney m ay waive 
any part of this requirement in the best interests of justice.  The 
court shall not waive, suspend, defer or dismiss the costs of 
prosecution in its entirety.  However, if the court determines that 
a reduction in the fine, costs and costs of prose cution is 
warranted, the court shall equally apply the same percentage 
reduction to the fine, costs and costs of prosecution owed by the 
offender. Any fees collected by the district attorney pursuant to 
this paragraph shall be deposited in the General Rev enue Fund of the 
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B.  When the court has ordered restitution as a condition of 
supervision as provided for in subsection A of thi s section and that 
condition has not been satisfied, the court may, at any time prior 
to the termination or exp iration of the supervision period, order an 
extension of supervision for a period not to exceed three (3) years. 
C.  In addition to any conditions of supervision provided for in 
subsection A of this section, the c ourt shall, in the case of a 
person before the court for the offense of operating or being in 
control of a motor vehicle while the person was under the influence 
of alcohol, other intoxica ting substance, or a combination of 
alcohol and another intoxicating substance, or who is before the 
court for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while the ability 
of the person to operate such vehicle was impaired due to the 
consumption of alcohol, require the perso n to participate in an 
alcohol and drug substance a buse evaluation program offered by a 
facility or qualified practitioner certified by the Department of 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the purpose of 
evaluating the receptiv ity to treatment and prognosis of the person.  
The court shall order the person to reimburse the facility or 
qualified practitioner for the evaluation.  The Department of Mental 
Health and Substance Abuse Services shall establish a fee schedule, 
based upon the ability of a person to pay, provided the fee for an 
evaluation shall not exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00).  The 
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a qualified practitioner or at another location as ordered by the 
court.  The facility or qualified practitioner shall, within 
seventy-two (72) hours from the time the person i s assessed, submit 
a written report to the court for the purpose of assisting the court 
in its determination of conditions for deferred sentence.  No 
person, agency or facility operating an alcohol and drug substan ce 
abuse evaluation program certified by t he Department of Mental 
Health and Substance Abuse Services shall solicit or refer any 
person evaluated pursuant to this subsection for any treatm ent 
program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service in which the 
person, agency or facility has a vested i nterest; however, this 
provision shall not be construed to prohibit the court from ordering 
participation in or any person from voluntarily utilizing a 
treatment program or alcohol and drug substance abuse service 
offered by such person, agency or facility .  Any evaluation report 
submitted to the court pursuant to this subsection shall be handled 
in a manner which will keep the report confidential f rom review by 
the general public.  Nothing contained in this subsect ion shall be 
construed to prohibit the cou rt from ordering judgment and sentence 
in the event the defendant fails or refuses to comply with an order 
of the court to obtain the evaluation required by this s ubsection.  
As used in this subsection, "qualified practitioner" means a person 
with at least a bachelor's degree in substance abuse treatment, 
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years of experience in provid ing alcohol abuse treatment, other drug 
abuse treatment, or both alc ohol and other drug abuse treatment who 
is certified each year by the Department of Mental Health and 
Substance Abuse Services to provide these assessments.  However, any 
person who does not meet the requi rements for a qualified 
practitioner as defined her ein, but who has been previously 
certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse 
Services to provide alcohol or drug treatment or assessments, shall 
be considered a qualif ied practitioner provided all education, 
experience and certificatio n requirements stated herein are met by 
September 1, 1995.  The court may also require the person to 
participate in one or both of the following: 
1.  An alcohol and drug substance abuse course, pursuant to 
Sections 3-452 and 3-453 of Title 43A of the Oklah oma Statutes; and 
2.  A victims impact p anel program, as defined in subsection H 
of Section 991a of this title, if such a program is offered in the 
county where the judgment is rendered.  The defendant shall be 
required to pay a fee of Seventy -five Dollars ($75.00) as set by the 
governing authority of the program and approved by the court to the 
victims impact panel program to offset the cost of participation by 
the defendant, if in the opinion of the court the defendant has the 
ability to pay such fee. 
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and all fines, fees, and monetary assessments have been paid as 
ordered, the defendant shall be discharged without a court judgme nt 
of guilt, and the court shall order the verdict or plea of guilty or 
plea of nolo contendere to be expunged from the record and the 
charge shall be dismissed with prejudice to any further action.  The 
procedure to expunge the record of the defendant sha ll be as 
follows: 
1.  All references t o the name of the defendant shall be deleted 
from the docket sheet; 
2. The public index of the filing of the charge shall be 
expunged by deletion, ma rk-out or obliteration; 
3.  Upon expungement, the court clerk shall keep a separate 
confidential index o f case numbers and names of defendants which 
have been obliterated pursuant to the provisions of this section; 
4.  No information concerning the confidential file shall be 
revealed or released, except upon written order of a judge of the 
district court or upon written request by the named defendant to the 
court clerk for the purpose of updating the criminal history record 
of the defendant with the Oklahom a State Bureau of Investigation; 
and 
5.  Defendants qualifying under Section 18 of this title may 
petition the court to have the filing of the indictment and the 
dismissal expunged from the public index and docket sheet.  This 
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Records expunged pursuant to this subsection shall be sealed to 
the public but not to law enforcement agencies for law enforcement 
purposes.  Records expunged pursuant to this subsection shall be 
admissible in any su bsequent criminal prosecution to prove the 
existence of a prior conv iction or prior deferred judgment without 
the necessity of a court order requesting the unsealing of such 
records. 
E.  The provisions of subsection D of this section shall be 
retroactive. 
F.  Whenever a judgment has been deferred by the court according 
to the provisions of this section, deferred judgment may not be 
accelerated for any technical violation unless a petition setting 
forth the grounds for such acceleration is filed by the distr ict 
attorney with the clerk of the sentencing court and competent 
evidence justifying the accelerat ion of the judgment is presented to 
the court at a hearing to be held for that purpose.  The hearing 
shall be held not more than twenty (20) days after the entry of the 
plea of not guilty to the petition, unless waived by bot h the state 
and the defendant.  Any acceleration of a deferred sentence based on 
a technical violation shall not exceed ninety (90) days for a first 
acceleration or five (5) years for a se cond or subsequent 
acceleration. 
G.  Upon any violation of the defer red judgment, other than a 
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proceed as provided in Section 991a of this title or may modify any 
condition imposed.  Provided, however, if the deferred judgment is 
for a felony offense, and the defendant commits another fel ony 
offense, the defendant shall not be allowed bail pending appeal. 
H.  The deferred judgment procedure described in this section 
shall apply only to defenda nts who have not been previously 
convicted of a felony offense and h ave not received more than on e 
deferred judgment for a felony offense within the ten (10) years 
previous to the commission of the pending offense. 
Provided, the court may waive this prohibition upon writte n 
application of the district attorney.  Both the application and the 
waiver shall be made a part of the record of the case. 
I.  The deferred judgment procedure described in this section 
shall not apply to defendants found guilty or who pl ead guilty or 
nolo contendere to a sex offense required by law to register 
pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act. 
J.  All defendants who are supervised pursuant to this section 
shall be subject to the sanction process as established in 
subsection D of Section 991b of this title. 
K.  Notwithstanding the provisi ons of subsections F and G of 
this section, a person who is being considered for an acceleration 
of a deferred judgment for an offense where the penalty has 
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a judgment and sentence that wo uld have been applicable had he or 
she committed the offense after July 1, 2017. 
SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     22 O.S. 2021, Section 991d, is 
amended to read as follo ws: 
Section 991d. A.  1.  When the court orders supervision by the 
Department of Corrections, or the district attorney requires the 
Department to supervise any person pursuant to a deferred 
prosecution agreement, the person shall be required to pay a 
supervision fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) per month during the 
supervision period, unless the fee would impose an unnecessary 
hardship on the person.  In hardship ca ses, the Department shall 
expressly waive all or part of the fee.  The court shall ma ke 
payment of the fee a condition of the sentence which shall be 
imposed whether the supervision is incident to the susp ending of 
execution of a sentence, incident to the suspending of imposition of 
a sentence, or incident to the deferral of proceedings af ter a 
verdict or plea of guilty.  The Department shall determine methods 
for payment of supervision fee, and may charge a reasonable user fee 
for collection of supervision fees electronically.  The Department 
is required to report to the sentencing court a ny failure of the 
person to pay supervision fees and to report immediately if the 
person violates any condition of the s entence. 
2.  When the court imposes a suspended or deferred sentence for 
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Corrections, the offender shall be required to pay to the district 
attorney a supervision fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) per month as a 
fee to compensate the district atto rney for the actual act of 
supervising the offender during the applicable period of 
supervision.  In hardship cases, the d istrict attorney shall 
expressly waive all or part of the fee.  Any fees collected by the 
district attorney pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in 
the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. 
3.  If restitution is ordered by the court in conjunction with 
supervision, the supervision fee will be paid in addition to the 
restitution ordered. In addition to the restitution paym ent and 
supervision fee, a reasonable user fee may be charged by the 
Department of Corrections to cover the expenses of ad ministration of 
the restitution, except no user fee shall be collected by the 
Department when restitution payment is collected and dis bursed to 
the victim by the office of the district attorney as provided in 
Section 991f of this title or Section 991f-1.1 of this title. 
B.  The Pardon and Parole Board shall require a supervision fee 
to be paid by the parolee as a condition of parole whic h shall be 
paid to the Department of Corrections.  The Department shall 
determine the amount of the fee as provided for ot her persons under 
supervision by the Department. 
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Oklahoma through the Interstate Compact Agree ment, or upon the 
assignment of an inmate to any community placement, a fee shall be 
required to be paid by the offender to the Department of Corrections 
as provided for other persons under supervision of the Department. 
D.  Except as provided in subsectio n A and this subsection, all 
All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund created pursuant to 
Section 557 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  For the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1996, fifty p ercent (50%) of all collections 
received from offenders placed on supervision after July 1, 1995, 
shall be transferred t o the credit of the General Revenue Fund of 
the State Treasury until such time as total transfers equal Three 
Million Three Hundred Thou sand Dollars ($3,300,000.00). 
SECTION 4.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. 
Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2024. 
 
 
 
  
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