2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-5029. Application for county jail improvement funds.
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall approve only those applications for funds to renovate an existing county jail facility or to construct a new county jail facility which contain proposed plans that are in compliance with state-approved jail standards as determined by the Jail Inspection Division, Oklahoma State Department of Health. Any jail facility which serves as a combined city and county jail facility shall be eligible to apply for a grant under the provisions of this act.
For each grant of funds by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to a county, the requesting county must legally bind itself to expend on said property funds equal to the amount of funds being applied for from the County Jail Improvement Fund.
No application for funds available under the provisions of this act may be filed where the construction of new facilities or the renovation of existing facilities has begun by July 1, 1981.
No applicant may receive more than a total of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) from the "County Jail Improvement Fund" in any one fiscal year.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 207, § 35, operative July 1, 1986.
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