STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1014	By:	Murphey

AS INTRODUCED

A Joint Resolution relating to justice reinvestment initiatives; directing the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives to monitor the administration and implementation of certain initiatives and polices; providing for noncodification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 54TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
The Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives shall be responsible for monitoring the administration and implementation of corrections and criminal justice reinvestment initiatives and policies developed and enacted by legislation in 2012.  The Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives shall conduct an annual evaluation on the effectiveness and impact of the justice reinvestment initiatives.  A copy of the evaluation shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

54-1-6505	GRS	01/16/13