A. It is the finding of the Legislature that certain property currently under the control of the Department of Human Services 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.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 184, § 1, emerg. eff. May 20, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, 3rd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 9, emerg. eff. Sept. 2, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 303, § 12, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 41, eff. July 1, 2001.