Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7007-1.8: Purposes - Report

A. The purposes of the Judicial Coordination Advisory Study

Panel shall be to develop a comprehensive plan for court systems

throughout Oklahoma to apply for federal funds authorized in the

Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000, which provides:

1. Competitive grant funding for automated case tracking

systems;

2. Competitive grant funding for backlogged abuse and neglect

cases; and

3. Competitive grant funding for expansion of court-appointed

special advocates (CASA) in underserved areas.

B. The duties of the Study Panel shall include, but not be

limited to:

1. Providing information concerning federal grant application;

2. Developing a process by which court systems can apply for

federal grant funding;

3. Identifying interested court systems applying for such

federal funding;

4. Monitoring the progress of court systems applications for

federal grant funding; and

5. Documenting federal grant funding awards made to court

systems in Oklahoma.

C. The Judicial Coordination Advisory Study Panel shall issue a

report concerning the comprehensive plan developed, and a listing of

the court systems in Oklahoma awarded federal funding, pursuant to

the Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000, to the

Legislature and the Governor on or before February 15, 2002.