2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code
§10A-2-7-608. Expansion of preadjudicatory secure detention beds - Responsibility for regional juvenile facility in southwestern part of state.

A. Beginning July 1, 1995, the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall oversee the expansion of the number of preadjudicatory secure detention beds available in this state. By July 1, 1996, the number of such beds shall be increased by one hundred nine beds or by the number necessary to result in a total of two hundred sixty-five such beds. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish such beds on a geographic basis throughout the state in order to provide more accessibility to services for all regions of the state. Therefore, such beds shall be established as follows: In Oklahoma County thirty-seven beds, in Tulsa County twenty-six beds, in Cleveland County twelve beds, in Lincoln County ten beds, in Comanche County six beds, in Beckham County six beds, in Texas County six beds and in Talihina in LeFlore County six beds. The six beds in Comanche County shall be regional detention beds and out-of-county placements shall be given priority for these beds. The beds established by this subsection shall be operated in accordance with Section 2-3-103 of this title.

B. Effective July 1, 1995, the responsibilities for establishing and operating a regional juvenile facility in the southwestern part of the state shall be transferred to the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The facility shall include six transitional beds and seventy medium secure beds for such programs as the Office of Juvenile Affairs determines will most appropriately and effectively provide required services; provided, no more than thirty-two beds shall be used for any one type of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Juvenile Affairs locate an existing facility that can be remodeled and used for this purpose.

C. Beginning July 1, 1998, detention beds constructed and operated by a county solely through revenues from county sources shall be exempt from the provisions of the State Plan for the Establishment of Juvenile Detention Services adopted pursuant to subsection D of Section 2-3-103 of this title.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 290, § 11, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 100, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1507.8 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 293, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 34, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 365, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 25, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.8 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.