STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 151	By:	Justice

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to authority of district attorney; amending 19 O.S. 2001, Section 215.22, which relates to destruction of records; authorizing destruction of certain records under specified circumstances; authorizing certain storage of specified records; making language gender neutral; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     19 O.S. 2001, Section 215.22, is amended to read as follows:
Section 215.22  A.  The district attorney is hereby authorized to destroy all or a portion of his office records and files relating to:
1.  Any felony case or record relating to a felony investigation except where a homicide is involved, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may microfilm or provide computer storage for such felony cases to be destroyed; and
2.  Any misdemeanor or traffic case or record relating to a misdemeanor or traffic investigation; provided a period of five (5) years shall have elapsed since the last action in the said case, and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may microfilm or provide computer storage for such misdemeanor or traffic cases to be destroyed;
3.  Any juvenile case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may microfilm or provide computer storage for such juvenile case to be destroyed; and
4.  Any civil case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case and provided the district attorney in his or her discretion may microfilm or provide computer storage for such civil case to be destroyed.
B.  The district attorney is authorized to reproduce a copy of such record, file or case stored on microfilm or in computer storage as provided in this section and such copy or computer‑generated image or record may be used by the district attorney in lieu of the destroyed record, file or case, for all purposes.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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