A. Each local community sentencing system shall collaborate with a local administrator who shall be employed by the Community Sentencing Division within the Department of Corrections. The local administrator shall have the duty to:
1. Assist in administering the day-to-day operation of the local community sentencing system within the approved budget and plan and according to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act and any rules promulgated by the Division;
2. Assist the planning council in the jurisdiction in identifying resources, collecting data on sentencing practices, and preparing the annual plan and supporting budget;
3. Provide the court with a listing of available services within the local community sentencing system for purposes of imposing a community sentence;
4. Carry out court orders pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act as provided in the offender's judgment and sentence;
5. Assist offenders in locating service providers who are participating in the local system according to the terms of the community sentence;
6. Report to the judge all completions and violations of court orders for community sentences or community punishments;
7. Keep accurate records for the local system and coordinate those records for monitoring by the Community Sentencing Division;
8. Monitor the local service providers to assure appropriate delivery of services to both the offender and the local system;
9. Coordinate support for the planning council and the sentencing court;
10. Ensure that restitution, reimbursements, fines, costs, and other payments and fees are paid to and deposited with the appropriate entity;
11. Report to the Community Sentencing Division within the Department of Corrections any complaints or service delivery problems;
12. Ensure criminal disposition reports on community sentences are made to appropriate state and federal agencies; and
13. Perform other functions as specified by the Community Sentencing Division within the Department of Corrections for purposes of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act.
B. The local administrator shall collaborate with and assist all existing county employees when a county has a preexisting community program operated at county expense. In the event state funding is to be provided for continuing an existing program, the Division shall promulgate rules for continuing an existing program.
C. When a service provider is selected to be part of the local community sentencing system, the employees of that service provider shall not become employees of the county, the local community sentencing system, or the state by virtue of any contractual agreement or payments from the state.
Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 4, § 13, eff. July 1, 1999.