STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 411	By:	Jolley

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to criminal procedure; amending 22 O.S. 2001, Section 1602, as last amended by Section 4, Chapter 136, O.S.L. 2006 (22 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 1602), which relates to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; modifying membership of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     22 O.S. 2001, Section 1602, as last amended by Section 4, Chapter 136, O.S.L. 2006 (22 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 1602), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1602.  A.  The Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board shall be composed of eighteen (18) nineteen (19) members, or their designees, as follows:
1.  Eight Nine of the members shall be:
a.	the Chief Medical Examiner,
b.	a designee of the Attorney General.  The designee shall be a person assigned to the Victims Services Unit of the Office of the Attorney General,
c.	the State Commissioner of Health,
d.	the Director of the Criminal Justice Resource Center,
e.	the Chief of Injury Prevention Services of the State Department of Health,
f.	Director of the Department of Human Services,
g.	the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and
h.	the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and
i.	the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs; and
2.  Ten of the members shall be appointed by the Attorney General, shall serve for terms of two (2) years and shall be eligible for reappointment.  The members shall be persons having training and experience in matters related to domestic violence.  The appointed members shall include:
a.	a county sheriff selected from a list of three names submitted by the executive board of the Oklahoma Sheriff's Association,
b.	a chief of a municipal police department selected from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police,
c.	an attorney licensed in this state who is in private practice selected from a list of three names submitted by the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association,
d.	a district attorney selected from a list of three names submitted by the District Attorneys Council,
e.	a physician selected from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma State Medical Association,
f.	a physician selected from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association,
g.	a nurse selected from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma Nurses Association,
h.	two individuals, at least one of whom shall be a survivor of domestic violence, selected from lists of three names submitted by the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, and
i.	a member of the Judiciary selected from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
B.  Every two (2) years the Board shall elect from among its membership a chair and a vice-chair.  The Board shall meet at least quarterly and may meet more frequently as necessary as determined by the chair.  Members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary travel out of funds available to the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Center pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act; provided, that the reimbursement shall be paid in the case of state employee members by the agency employing the member.
C.  With funds appropriated or otherwise available for that purpose, the Criminal Justice Resource Center shall provide administrative assistance and services to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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