STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 877	By:	Coffee of the Senate

			and

		Shelton of the House

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to corrections; amending Section 1, Chapter 563.4, O.S. L. 2005 (57 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 563.4), which relates to transitional living centers; updating reference; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 136, O.S.L. 2005 (57 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 563.4), is amended to read as follows:
Section 563.4  A.  No transitional living facility shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private elementary or secondary school, state training school, or residential neighborhood.  Prior to the establishment of any transitional living facility, the proposed operator shall obtain written authorization to establish and operate the facility from the governing body of the municipality in which the center is to be located or, if the facility is not to be located within the incorporated limits of a municipality, from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is to be located.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any transitional living facility established prior to the effective date of this act May 3, 2005.
B.  For purposes of this section, "transitional living facility" means those facilities that do not have a contract with the Department of Corrections or another agency of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, to provide living space for persons who are under the custody of the Department of Corrections and whose primary function is to provide housing assistance and related social services for individuals who are transitioning from previous incarceration in a county jail, state, or federal facility to the community or are otherwise in need of temporary housing assistance.
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.

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