Oklahoma § 57-563.4 - Transitional living facility – Location — Notification Definition

§ 57-563.4. Transitional living facility – Location — Notification Definition

A. No transitional living facility that houses sex offenders or

persons convicted of a capital offense shall be located within two

thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private

elementary or secondary school, secure facility for juveniles or

residential neighborhood. Prior to the establishment of any

transitional living facility, the proposed operator shall be

required to notify and obtain written authorization to establish and

operate the facility from the governing body of the municipality in

which the center is to be located or, if the facility is not to be

located within the incorporated limits of a municipality, from the

board of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is

to be located. Notification shall consist of the operator mailing a

certified letter to every elected city council member, every elected

state legislative member, and every county commissioner within the

jurisdiction in which the facility shall be located. The written

notice shall be mailed not less than thirty (30) days prior to the

date of any meeting or public hearing before a city planning

commission, city council or board of county commissioners where the

proposed transitional living facility may be considered. The

written notice shall clearly state that the operator seeks to obtain

written authorization from the governing body of the jurisdiction to

establish and operate a transitional living facility and whether the

facility intends to house any sex offender or person convicted of a

capital offense. The provisions of this section shall not apply to

any transitional living facility established prior to May 3, 2005.

B. For purposes of this section, "transitional living facility"

means those facilities that do not have a contract with the

Department of Corrections or another agency of this state, or any

political subdivision of this state, to provide living space for

persons who are under the custody of the Department of Corrections

and whose primary function is to provide housing assistance and

related social services for individuals who are transitioning from

previous incarceration in a county jail, state, or federal facility

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to the community or are otherwise in need of temporary housing

assistance.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2005. Amended

by Laws 2009, c. 278, § 1, emerg. eff. May 22, 2009; Laws 2014, c.

362, § 10, emerg. eff. May 28, 2014.