A. Effective July 1, 2009, the Criminal Justice Resource Center of the Legislative Service Bureau shall be transferred to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Attorney General as follows:

1. The functions of the Criminal Justice Resource Center relating to administration and research shall be transferred to the Office of Criminal Justice Statistics, which is hereby created within the Information Services Division of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation;

2. The functions of the Criminal Justice Resource Center relating to data processing and information technology shall be transferred to the Information Technology Systems Division of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; and

3. The functions of the Criminal Justice Resource Center relating to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board shall be transferred to the Office of the Attorney General.

All unexpended funds, property, records, personnel and any outstanding financial obligations or encumbrances of the Criminal Justice Resource Center are hereby transferred to the entities specified in this subsection.

B. Effective July 1, 2009, the personnel transferred from the Criminal Justice Resource Center to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Attorney General and persons occupying the position of any such personnel on July 1, 2009, shall become employees of such agencies and shall not be subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration.

C. Effective July 1, 2009, any reference in the Oklahoma Statutes to the Criminal Justice Resource Center shall be a reference to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or the Office of the Attorney General, as appropriate with respect to the content of the reference.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 178, § 1.