1. A. The Commission shall have the secondary duty of collecting, developing, and maintaining statistical data relating to sentencing and corrections so that the primary duties of the Commission will be formulated using data that is valid, accurate, and relevant to the state. The Oklahoma Sentencing Commission and the Department of Corrections shall work together to collect offender profile data and offense data. The data collection shall include all information provided on the offender profile data form, the offense data form developed by the Oklahoma Sentencing Commission and assessments of randomly selected offenders who receive probation and nonviolent offenders incarcerated on a third or fourth conviction. A report of the findings based upon the data collected by the Oklahoma Sentencing Commission and the Department of Corrections shall be presented to the Legislature by February 1 of the year following the fiscal year for which the data was collected. All state agencies and courts shall provide data as it is requested by the Commission. All meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public and the information presented to the Commission shall be available to any state agency or member of the Legislature.
2. B. The Commission shall have the authority to apply for, accept, and use any gifts, grants, or financial or other aid, in any form, from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from the state or from any other source including private associations, foundations, or corporations to accomplish any of the duties set out in this act.

Added by Laws 1994, HB 1249, c. 355, § 9, emerg. eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1690, c. 377, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available).