Okla. Stat. tit. 22 § 991a-2

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 991a-2 - Nonviolent felony offenders - County jail imprisonment - Fines and costs
A. Any person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony offense in this state may be sentenced, at the discretion of the judge, to incarceration in the county jail for a period of one or more nights or weekends with the remaining portion of each week being spent under supervision. County jail imprisonment pursuant to the provisions of this section for felony offenders shall be:
1. Prescribed by law for the particular felony; or
2. A condition of a suspended sentence.
B. In addition to incarceration, the court may impose any fine, cost assessment, or other punishment provision allowed by law; provided, however, the punishment when taken in its entirety with the jail term shall not impose a greater punishment than allowed by law for the offense.
C. Any person incarcerated in the county jail pursuant to the provisions of this section may be assigned work duties as ordered or approved by the judge. The sentencing court may require a person incarcerated pursuant to the provisions of this section to pay the county, for food and maintenance for each day of incarceration, an amount equal to the maximum amount prescribed by law to be paid by the county to the sheriff for such expenses. If the judge does not so order, the Department of Corrections shall reimburse the county for the cost of feeding and care of the person during such periods of incarceration.
D. Any person incarcerated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be considered to be in the custody of the Department of Corrections or an inmate of the Department. The person shall be deemed to be in the custody of the county.
E. When the court sentences a person to incarceration pursuant to the provisions of this section in conjunction with a suspended sentence, the court shall have the authority to revoke any unserved portion of the suspended sentence as provided by law.
F. For the purposes of subsection A of this section, weekend incarceration shall commence at 6 p.m. on Friday and continue until 8 a.m. on the following Monday, and incarceration overnight shall commence at 6 p.m. on one day and continue until 8 a.m. of the next day. Provided, that the sentencing judge may modify the incarceration times if the circumstances of the particular case require such action. Persons who have been sentenced to incarceration in the county jail under the provisions of this section will not have to be processed through the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center prior to incarceration.

Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 991a-2

Added by Laws 1983, SB 1, c. 130, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/19/1983; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 66,; Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 17, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1008, c. 4, § 26, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 1999 , HB 1009, c. 4, §26, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 17, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 2008 , HB 3336, c. 366, § 4, emerg. eff. 6/3/2008.