Oklahoma § 22-988.14 - State agency - Creation
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 22-988.14 — State agency - Creation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-988.14. State agency - Creation
A. There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections
the "Community Sentencing Division". The purpose of the Division
shall be to implement and administer the Oklahoma Community
Sentencing Act and any provisions of law relating to the operation
and management of a statewide community sentencing system.
B. The Community Sentencing Division shall employ an executive
management staff consisting of a deputy director and such other
employees as authorized by the Legislature and subject to
appropriations, who shall be unclassified state employees. In
addition to the executive management staff, there shall be an
appropriate number of local community sentencing system
administrators as authorized by the Legislature and subject to
appropriations, who shall be unclassified state employees of the
Division. The deputy director of the Division shall report directly
to the Director of the Department of Corrections or designee. The
Legislature shall provide the Department of Corrections sufficient
funds for administrative support to the Division, and the Division
shall have a separate legislative appropriation for the
implementation and operation of the statewide community sentencing
system pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community
Sentencing Act. The Director of the Department of Corrections or
designee shall hire and set the salary of the executive management
staff. The deputy director of the Division shall hire the local
administrators.
Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 4, § 14, eff. July 1, 1999.
Amended by Laws 2019, c. 134, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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Section 22-988.14 ("State agency - Creation") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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