Oklahoma § 22-988.13 - Local administrator

§ 22-988.13. Local administrator

A. Each local community sentencing system shall collaborate

with a local administrator who shall be employed by the Community

Sentencing Division within the Department of Corrections. The local

administrator shall have the duty to:

1. Assist in administering the day-to-day operation of the

local community sentencing system within the approved budget and

plan and according to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community

Sentencing Act and any rules promulgated by the Division;

2. Assist the planning council in the jurisdiction in

identifying resources, collecting data on sentencing practices, and

preparing the annual plan and supporting budget;

3. Provide the court with a listing of available services

within the local community sentencing system for purposes of

imposing a community sentence;

4. Carry out court orders pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act as provided in the offender's

judgment and sentence;

5. Assist offenders in locating service providers who are

participating in the local system according to the terms of the

community sentence;

6. Report to the judge all completions and violations of court

orders for community sentences or community punishments;

7. Keep accurate records for the local system and coordinate

those records for monitoring by the Community Sentencing Division;

8. Monitor the local service providers to assure appropriate

delivery of services to both the offender and the local system;

9. Coordinate support for the planning council and the

sentencing court;

10. Ensure that restitution, reimbursements, fines, costs, and

other payments and fees are paid to and deposited with the

appropriate entity;

11. Report to the Community Sentencing Division within the

Department of Corrections any complaints or service delivery

problems;

12. Ensure criminal disposition reports on community sentences

are made to appropriate state and federal agencies; and

13. Perform other functions as specified by the Community

Sentencing Division within the Department of Corrections for

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure

purposes of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Community

Sentencing Act.

B. The local administrator shall collaborate with and assist

all existing county employees when a county has a preexisting

community program operated at county expense. In the event state

funding is to be provided for continuing an existing program, the

Division shall promulgate rules for continuing an existing program.

C. When a service provider is selected to be part of the local

community sentencing system, the employees of that service provider

shall not become employees of the county, the local community

sentencing system, or the state by virtue of any contractual

agreement or payments from the state.

Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 4, § 13, eff. July 1, 1999.