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33 | 55 | | 2nd Session of the 59th Legislatur e (2024) |
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35 | 57 | | HOUSE BILL 3758 By: Cantrell |
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41 | 63 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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43 | 65 | | An Act relating to jail facilities; amending 57 O.S. |
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44 | 66 | | 2021, Section 563, which relates to correctional |
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45 | 67 | | facilities; directing that correc tional facilities |
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46 | 68 | | built after the effective date shall be a certain |
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47 | 69 | | distance from schools; providing clarification o n |
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48 | 70 | | measurements; and providing an effective date . |
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53 | 77 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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54 | 78 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 563, is |
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55 | 79 | | amended to read as follows: |
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56 | 80 | | Section 563. A. Except as otherwise authorized by Section 183 |
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57 | 81 | | of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes, before any correctional |
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58 | 82 | | facility other than an inmate work center as auth orized in |
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59 | 83 | | subsection B of this section or an inmate drug offender work camp, |
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60 | 84 | | whether within the Department of Corrections or within any other |
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61 | 85 | | state agency, may be created or any construction performed which may |
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62 | 86 | | significantly increase, extend or expand the present facility, such |
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63 | 87 | | creation or construction shall be approved by the Legislature. |
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64 | 88 | | Correctional facilities owned or operated by private prison |
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92 | 140 | | contractors shall not be deemed to be within the Department of |
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93 | 141 | | Corrections or other state agency. |
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94 | 142 | | B. The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to |
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95 | 143 | | establish inmate work centers in locations where a need for labor to |
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96 | 144 | | conduct public work projects is determined. The Department shall |
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97 | 145 | | select the inmate work center locations based o n objective |
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98 | 146 | | comparisons of interested communities in accordance with procedures |
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99 | 147 | | and criteria established by the Department of Corrections. The |
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100 | 148 | | procedures, selection criteria and decision case analysis shall be |
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101 | 149 | | made available to the public upon request. |
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102 | 150 | | C. No state, county or munic ipal correctional facility |
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103 | 151 | | including any inmate work center, inmate drug offender work camp, |
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104 | 152 | | inmate halfway house, inmate transitional living center and any |
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105 | 153 | | other place where state, county or municipal inmates are housed , |
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106 | 154 | | built after November 1, 2024, shall be located within one thousand |
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107 | 155 | | (1,000) two thousand (2,000) feet of any public or private |
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108 | 156 | | elementary or secondary school nor within two thousand five hundred |
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109 | 157 | | (2,500) feet of any secure facility for juveniles. The distance |
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110 | 158 | | shall be measured from the near est property line of the school to |
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111 | 159 | | the nearest property line of the correctional facility. The |
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112 | 160 | | provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any inmate work |
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113 | 161 | | center, inmate drug offender work camp, inmate halfway house, inmate |
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114 | 162 | | transitional living center and any other place where state, county |
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115 | 163 | | or municipal inmates are housed established prior to May 20, 1994. |
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143 | 215 | | Provided, that the provisions of this subsection sha ll not apply to |
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144 | 216 | | state, county, or municipal correctional facilities that are granted |
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145 | 217 | | permission to operate within the areas restricted by this subsection |
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146 | 218 | | by a majority vote of the following entities: |
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147 | 219 | | 1. The district board of education of each school distr ict with |
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148 | 220 | | an affected school; and |
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149 | 221 | | 2. The governing body of each affected private school. |
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150 | 222 | | D. In addition to the restrictions outlined in subsection C of |
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151 | 223 | | this section, following the effective date of this act, no privately |
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152 | 224 | | owned inmate halfway house or inma te transitional living center |
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153 | 225 | | shall be located in a residential neighborhood inside the corpora te |
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154 | 226 | | limits of a municipality, or a county with planning and/or zoning |
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155 | 227 | | commissions created pursuant to law, without approval from the local |
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156 | 228 | | entity with authority o ver zoning requirements. |
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157 | 229 | | E. In any county with a population of two hundred fifty |
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158 | 230 | | thousand (250,000) or more, as determined by the latest Federal |
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159 | 231 | | Decennial Census, the Department of Corrections shall not cause, |
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160 | 232 | | permit or require any inmate in the custody o f the Department or |
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161 | 233 | | cause, permit or require any offender under the supervision of the |
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162 | 234 | | Department to enter, remain or be present in any Department of |
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163 | 235 | | Corrections facility located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a |
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164 | 236 | | private or public elementary or seconda ry school, or on the grounds |
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165 | 237 | | of such a facility, for any activities involving or relating to |
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166 | 238 | | processing, training, instructing, interviewing, counseling, |
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194 | 290 | | reporting, conferring, imposing discipline, reviewing or |
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195 | 291 | | adjudicating or any correctional function req uiring or permitting |
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196 | 292 | | the presence of the offender, except offenders may be employed in |
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197 | 293 | | construction, maintenance or janitorial activities in or on the |
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198 | 294 | | structures or grounds while under supervision of a correctional |
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199 | 295 | | employee. The provisions of this subsect ion shall not apply to any |
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200 | 296 | | facility established or acquired by the Department of Corrections |
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201 | 297 | | prior to May 20, 1994. |
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202 | 298 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. |
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