1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 240 By: Howard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to district courts; amending 20 O.S.
7 2021, Section 91.2, which relates to dockets;
8 clarifying judge required to establish drug court
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 91.2, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 91.2. A. To facilitate the trial and disposition of
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15 cases, actions filed in the district court shall be assigned to
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16 various dockets by the clerk of the court pursuant to the direction
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17 and supervision of the presiding judge of the district. Until
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18 changed by order of the Supreme Court, only the following dockets
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19 are established: a civil docket, a criminal docket, a traffic
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20 docket, a probate docket, a juvenile and family relations docket, a
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21 small claims docket, and a business docket for business court
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22 divisions of the court created pursuant to Section 17 of this act.
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23 B. Whenever a district court establishes a drug court program
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24 pursuant to the provisions of Sections 471 through 471.11 of Title
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 1 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the judge having authority presiding
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2 over the program shall cause to be established a drug court docket.
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3 In those cases assigned to the drug court docket, the judge shall
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4 determine what information or pleadings are to be maintained in a
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5 confidential case file which shall be closed to public inspection.
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6 The originating criminal case file shall remain open to public
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7 inspection. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the district
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8 attorney, defense attorney, or the victim-witness coordinator from
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9 advising any victim or other person regarding the assignment or
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10 disposition of a drug court case.
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11 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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