1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 1013 By: Dahm | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to elections; creating the Election | | Notary Accountability Act; providing short title; | 8| requiring notary public to submit copy of log to | | county election board within certain time period; | 9| establishing misdemeanor offense; imposing certain | | fine; subjecting notaries public to investigation for | 10| election fraud under certain circumstances; requiring | | certain referral to district attorney; requiring | 11| investigation under certain circumstances; providing | | for codification; and providing effective date. | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 15| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 16|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-108.2 of Title 26, unless | | | 17|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 18| A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Election | | | 19|Notary Accountability Act". | | | 20| B. On or after the effective date of this act, within thirty | | | 21|(30) days after an election, each notary public shall submit a copy | | | 22|of his or her notary log required pursuant to subsection B of | | | 23|Section 14-108.1 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes covering the | | | 24|ninety (90) days preceding the election to the county election board | | | Req. No. 443 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|of the notary's residency for verification of the number of ballots | | | 2|notarized by the notary public. A notary public who does not comply | | | 3|with the requirements of this section shall be, upon conviction, | | | 4|guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed Five | | | 5|Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per instance. | | | 6| C. A notary public who intentionally provides a false copy of | | | 7|the notary log shall be subject to prosecution for election fraud. | | | 8|If the county election board determines that a notary has notarized | | | 9|more than the authorized number of ballots or violated any other | | | 10|provision of this act, the board shall notify the district attorney | | | 11|who shall investigate any possible criminal violation. | | | 12| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 13| | | | 14| 59-1-443 TEK 1/19/2023 4:06:51 PM | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 443 Page 2