{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-988.5","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-988.5","heading":"Community sentencing system planning councils","body":"A. A community sentencing system planning council shall be\n\nestablished for each jurisdiction defined by the judge as provided\n\nin Section 4 of this act.\n\nB. Single county planning councils shall have membership as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. The Chief Judge of the Judicial District or a judge having\n\nduties within the county appointed by the Chief Judge of the\n\nJudicial District;\n\n2. The district attorney for the county or an assistant\n\ndistrict attorney appointed by the district attorney;\n\n3. The county sheriff or a deputy sheriff appointed by the\n\nsheriff;\n\n4. A county commissioner appointed by the board of county\n\ncommissioners for the county; and\n\n5. Three or more citizens elected by the other designated\n\nmembers.\n\nC. Multicounty planning councils shall have membership\n\nconsisting of at least the following:\n\n1. The Chief Judge of the Judicial District, or a judge having\n\nduties within the jurisdiction appointed by the Chief Judge of the\n\nJudicial District;\n\n2. A district attorney or an assistant district attorney\n\nappointed by a majority vote of all district attorneys participating\n\nin the multicounty system;\n\n3. A county sheriff or a deputy sheriff appointed by a majority\n\nvote of all sheriffs participating in the multicounty system;\n\n4. A county commissioner appointed by a majority vote of all\n\ncounty commissioners of the counties participating in the\n\nmulticounty system; and\n\n5. Three or more citizens from each of the counties\n\nparticipating in the multicounty system elected by the other\n\ndesignated members.\n\nNothing in this subsection shall preclude a multicounty system from\n\nadding members from each of the participating offices of the\n\nsheriff, district attorney, and board of county commissioners,\n\nprovided the number of citizen members equals or is greater than the\n\nnumber of sheriffs, district attorneys, and county commissioners\n\nserving on the multicounty planning council.\n\nD. In the event the required planning council has not been\n\nestablished as provided by subsection A of this section for any\n\ncounty or as provided in Section 4 of this act or should a council\n\ncease to actively function as determined by the Community Sentencing\n\nDivision of the Department of Corrections, the Chief Judge of the\n\nJudicial District upon notification by the Division shall appoint\n\nfive or more persons to serve as the planning council in addition to\n\na designated judge. All membership appointments required by this\n\nsubsection shall be made on or before the first day of October of\n\neach year. Every planning council shall have a judge who shall be\n\neither the Chief Judge of the Judicial District or a judge having\n\nduties within the jurisdiction appointed by the Chief Judge. The\n\nChief Judge making the appointments of a planning council pursuant\n\nto the provisions of this subsection shall decide whether the\n\nplanning council shall be a single county planning council or a\n\nmulticounty planning council. If a Chief Judge of a Judicial\n\nDistrict will not serve as a member of a planning council or make\n\nany of the required appointments, the Chief Justice of the Supreme\n\nCourt shall direct another judge of the jurisdiction to make the\n\nappointments or serve as the designated judge.\n\nE. Once a planning council has been established, it shall\n\nnotify the Community Sentencing Division within the Department of\n\nCorrections of its membership, and thereafter the jurisdiction shall\n\nbe eligible to receive technical assistance from the state in\n\nestablishing the required local community sentencing system.\n\nF. Each member of a planning council shall reside in or have\n\nemployment duties in the jurisdiction to be served by the council.\n\nMembers serving on a planning council who are elected officials\n\nshall have a term of office on the planning council concurrent with\n\nthe term of the elected office, except when the person resigns or is\n\notherwise removed as provided by the rules promulgated for the\nm.\n\nF. Each member of a planning council shall reside in or have\n\nemployment duties in the jurisdiction to be served by the council.\n\nMembers serving on a planning council who are elected officials\n\nshall have a term of office on the planning council concurrent with\n\nthe term of the elected office, except when the person resigns or is\n\notherwise removed as provided by the rules promulgated for the\n\ncouncil or as authorized by law. All other members of the planning\n\ncouncil shall have staggered terms of office not exceeding a three-\n\nyear term. Planning council members may be reappointed upon the\n\nexpiration of their terms. The Chief Judge of the Judicial District\n\nshall have the authority to remove any planning council member\n\nwithin the jurisdiction of the court district at any time for\n\nviolation of the rules governing the local planning council.\n\nG. Each planning council member shall have one vote, and a\n\nmajority of voting members shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy\n\nshall impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the\n\nduties of the planning council. Any vacancy occurring in the\n\nmembership of a planning council shall be filled for the unexpired\n\nterm of office in the same manner as the original selection.\n\nH. The designated judge shall convene the initial meeting of\n\nthe planning council within fifteen (15) days following the\n\nestablishment of the council. At the initial meeting of the\n\nplanning council, the membership shall elect a chair from its\n\nmembers who shall preside at all meetings of the council and perform\n\nsuch other duties as may be required by law. The planning council\n\nmay elect another member as vice-chair who shall perform duties of\n\nthe chair during any period of absence or upon the refusal or\n\ninability of the chair to act, a secretary who shall keep minutes of\n\nall meetings, and other officers as necessary.\n\nI. Each planning council shall adopt written rules concerning\n\nmeeting times, places, dates, conduct for disclosing and handling\n\nconflicts of interest, procedures for recommending service\n\nproviders, procedures for removal and replacement of members for\n\nfailure to attend a required number of meetings, procedures and\n\ntiming for election of officers and any other provision necessary to\n\nimplement the planning of a local system pursuant to the provisions\n\nof the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act. The written rules\n\npromulgated by a planning council shall not be subject to the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act; provided, however, the rules shall be\n\nfiled with the clerk of the district court or courts of the\n\njurisdiction to be served by the community sentencing system. The\n\nrules may be amended by a majority vote of the planning council\n\nmembers after a thirty-day written notice detailing the change or\n\naddition has been filed with the court clerk where the original\n\nrules are filed.\n\nJ. Each planning council shall be subject to the provisions of\n\nthe Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e22a09d9c8ef2f566fb109fb7d5052d53f05af7902afddfa38a1093394e27ec9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-988.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-988.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}