Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509.1
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Oklahoma Children's Center at Taft - Transfer to
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Department of Corrections.
A. It is the finding of the Legislature that certain property
currently under the control of the Department of Human Services
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 115
could be better utilized if transferred to the Department of
Corrections.
B. The Oklahoma Children's Center and the property related
thereto, located at Taft, Oklahoma, is hereby transferred from the
Department of Human Services to the Department of Corrections.
C. All official records maintained by the Oklahoma Children's
Center while said institution was under the supervision, management,
operation, and control of the Department of Human Services shall be
transferred to the Department of Human Services.
D. The Department of Corrections shall establish a women's
correctional institution on the property transferred pursuant to
subsection B of this section.
E. The Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education shall establish inmate training
programs for women on the property transferred pursuant to
subsection B of this section.
F. The Department of Corrections and Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education shall give first priority on
employment at the Jess Dunn Correctional Center to those present
employees of the Department of Human Services now working at the
Oklahoma Children's Center. Written justification for hiring any
employees necessary to staff positions needed for this transition,
other than present employees of the Department of Human Services,
must be filed with the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate for a period of one (1) year.
G. All agreements involving the town of Taft entered into by
the Department of Human Services relative to water or sewer
facilities or otherwise shall be assumed by the Department of
Corrections.
H. The George Nigh Training Center (the Oklahoma Children's
Center) physical facility shall not be altered until after March 15,
1989.
A. It is the finding of the Legislature that certain property
currently under the control of the Department of Human Services
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 115
could be better utilized if transferred to the Department of
Corrections.
B. The Oklahoma Children's Center and the property related
thereto, located at Taft, Oklahoma, is hereby transferred from the
Department of Human Services to the Department of Corrections.
C. All official records maintained by the Oklahoma Children's
Center while said institution was under the supervision, management,
operation, and control of the Department of Human Services shall be
transferred to the Department of Human Services.
D. The Department of Corrections shall establish a women's
correctional institution on the property transferred pursuant to
subsection B of this section.
E. The Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education shall establish inmate training
programs for women on the property transferred pursuant to
subsection B of this section.
F. The Department of Corrections and Oklahoma Department of
Career and Technology Education shall give first priority on
employment at the Jess Dunn Correctional Center to those present
employees of the Department of Human Services now working at the
Oklahoma Children's Center. Written justification for hiring any
employees necessary to staff positions needed for this transition,
other than present employees of the Department of Human Services,
must be filed with the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate for a period of one (1) year.
G. All agreements involving the town of Taft entered into by
the Department of Human Services relative to water or sewer
facilities or otherwise shall be assumed by the Department of
Corrections.
H. The George Nigh Training Center (the Oklahoma Children's
Center) physical facility shall not be altered until after March 15,
1989.
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