{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-563.4","heading":"Transitional living facility – Location — Notification -","body":"Definition.\n\nA. No transitional living facility that houses sex offenders or\n\npersons convicted of a capital offense shall be located within two\n\nthousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private\n\nelementary or secondary school, secure facility for juveniles or\n\nresidential neighborhood. Prior to the establishment of any\n\ntransitional living facility, the proposed operator shall be\n\nrequired to notify and obtain written authorization to establish and\n\noperate the facility from the governing body of the municipality in\n\nwhich the center is to be located or, if the facility is not to be\n\nlocated within the incorporated limits of a municipality, from the\n\nboard of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is\n\nto be located. Notification shall consist of the operator mailing a\n\ncertified letter to every elected city council member, every elected\n\nstate legislative member, and every county commissioner within the\n\njurisdiction in which the facility shall be located. The written\n\nnotice shall be mailed not less than thirty (30) days prior to the\n\ndate of any meeting or public hearing before a city planning\n\ncommission, city council or board of county commissioners where the\n\nproposed transitional living facility may be considered. The\n\nwritten notice shall clearly state that the operator seeks to obtain\n\nwritten authorization from the governing body of the jurisdiction to\n\nestablish and operate a transitional living facility and whether the\n\nfacility intends to house any sex offender or person convicted of a\n\ncapital offense. The provisions of this section shall not apply to\n\nany transitional living facility established prior to May 3, 2005.\n\nB. For purposes of this section, \"transitional living facility\"\n\nmeans those facilities that do not have a contract with the\n\nDepartment of Corrections or another agency of this state, or any\n\npolitical subdivision of this state, to provide living space for\n\npersons who are under the custody of the Department of Corrections\n\nand whose primary function is to provide housing assistance and\n\nrelated social services for individuals who are transitioning from\n\nprevious incarceration in a county jail, state, or federal facility\n\nto the community or are otherwise in need of temporary housing\n\nassistance.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"82ca86258e7de6edd58dccbe85b10f2c8ece0bec22ff6e4470a924ca9620c59a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-564"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}