ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1069	By:	Barrington of the Senate

			and

		Cockroft and Cox of the House

An Act relating to prisons and reformatories; amending 57 O.S. 2011, Section 530.2, which relates to designating persons to receive personal property of deceased; authorizing costs of cremation to be deducted from the balance due an inmate’s designee under certain circumstances; making gender neutral; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Inmate property

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     57 O.S. 2011, Section 530.2, is amended to read as follows:

Section 530.2.  Within three (3) days after entry into the custody of the Department of Corrections, every inmate shall complete a notarized form provided by the Department of Corrections designating the name and address of any person who is to receive the personal property of the inmate held by any state correctional facility if the inmate dies.  Each inmate shall have the opportunity to change said the designation if he or she desires.  In the event of the death of an inmate, the Department of Corrections shall deliver all money and personal property found within any state correctional facility belonging to the inmate to any person designated pursuant to the provisions of this section.  In the event the inmate’s designee declines to accept the inmate’s remains and the Department of Corrections pays for cremation, the costs of the cremation shall be deducted from any balance due to the inmate’s designee.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

Passed the Senate the 23rd day of February, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 10th day of April, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives