OK SB1716

Amends 22 O.S. 2001, Sections 471.7 and 471.9 relating to drug court monitoring and program completion procedures.

Adds willful absence from the program as grounds for revocation from drug court when disciplinary sanctions have been insufficient to gain compliance.

Modifies filing requirements for final disposition orders in drug court cases, allowing them to be filed only in the original criminal case file under court clerk control rather than with the judge.

Decreases the timeframe for destruction of sealed drug court case files from ten (10) years to five (5) years after program completion.

Becomes effective November 1, 2010.