1. A. There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections a Criminal Justice Resource Center which shall consist of the entity within the Department of Corrections recognized by the Bureau of Justice Statistics as the Statistical Analysis Center.

2. B. The Criminal Justice Resource Center shall:

   1. 1. provide a clearinghouse for criminal justice information;
   2. 2. provide a central contact point for federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies;
   3. 3. provide technical assistance for all criminal justice agencies of this state;
   4. 4. provide consultation for criminal justice agencies of this state in preparing reports, gaining funding, or preparing information;
   5. 5. require criminal justice agencies to contribute information for state analyses of criminal justice issues;
   6. 6. collect and analyze criminal justice data;
   7. 7. produce reports for state and local criminal justice agencies;
   8. 8. facilitate information networking;
   9. 9. attend state meetings concerning criminal justice; and
   10. 10. represent this state at national meetings including, but not limited to, meetings or conferences of criminal justice statistics associations of other states.

3. C. The Criminal Justice Systems Task Force Committee, as created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 1044 of the 1st Session of the 41st Oklahoma Legislature and re-created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 1090 of the 2nd Session of the 41st Oklahoma Legislature, is hereby re-created with the membership as provided in House Concurrent Resolution No. 1090 of the 2nd Session of the 41st Oklahoma Legislature. The Committee shall serve as an advisory and policy board to the Criminal Justice Resource Center and shall:

   1. 1. meet at least quarterly;
   2. 2. appoint a director for the Criminal Justice Resource Center; and

   3. 3. set and approve policy for the Criminal Justice Resource Center.

      The members of the Criminal Justice Resource Center shall serve without compensation but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

4. D. The Department of Corrections shall provide technical assistance, personnel support, office space, equipment, use of the super mini-computer, as well as all other administrative support required by the Criminal Justice Resource Center.

Added by Laws 1990, HB 1952, c. 147, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990.