1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|SENATE BILL 244 By: Seifried |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to school district elections; |
| amending 26 O.S. 2021, Sections 13A-103 and 13A-105, |
8| which relate to election dates and declaration of |
| candidacy; modifying permissible dates for certain |
9| elections; modifying dates for filing for certain |
| office; and providing an effective date. |
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12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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13| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A-103, is |
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14|amended to read as follows: |
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15| Section 13A-103. A. 1. The general election of members of the |
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16|board of education of every school district and technology center |
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17|school district shall be conducted on the first second Tuesday of |
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18|April November of each odd-numbered year, and on the first Tuesday |
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19|after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year. |
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20| 2. The primary election of members of the board of education of |
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21|every school district and technology center school district, if |
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22|necessary, shall be conducted on the second Tuesday in February |
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23|September of each odd-numbered year, except in any year when a |
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24|Presidential Preferential Primary is held in February, then the |
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1|election shall be held on the same day as the Presidential |
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2|Preferential Primary and on the fourth Tuesday of August in each |
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3|even-numbered year. |
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4| 3. If only two candidates qualify to have their names appear on |
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5|the ballot, the names of both candidates shall appear on the ballot |
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6|at the board of education general election. |
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7| 4. If more than two candidates qualify to have their names |
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8|appear on the ballot, the names of all such candidates shall appear |
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9|on the ballot at the board of education primary election. A |
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10|candidate receiving more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast |
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11|in the board of education primary election shall be elected to the |
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12|office. If no candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of |
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13|the votes cast in the board of education primary election, then the |
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14|two candidates with the highest number of votes shall appear on the |
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15|ballot at the board of education general election. |
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16| B. Elections on the question of making a levy or levies for |
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17|schools under Section 9, Section 9B or Section 10 of Article X of |
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18|the Oklahoma Constitution shall be held on the second Tuesday in |
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19|February of each year, except in any year when a Presidential |
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20|Preferential Primary is held in February, then the election shall be |
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21|held on the same day as the Presidential Preferential Primary. |
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22| C. The board of education of every school district or |
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23|technology center school district may call a special election for |
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24|the purpose of voting on any matter or question authorized by law. |
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1| SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 13A-105, is |
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2|amended to read as follows: |
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3| Section 13A-105. Candidates for member of the board of |
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4|education of every school district or technology center school |
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5|district shall file declarations of candidacy in the same place and |
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6|with the same officials as candidates for county office. The |
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7|declaration of candidacy to be signed by the candidate shall have an |
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8|attachment to be signed by the candidate listing the requirements of |
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9|a candidate for election or reelection to a school board as set |
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10|forth in Sections 13A-106 and 5-105a of this title and Sections |
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11|5-110, 5-110.1, and 5-113 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and |
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12|the candidate shall swear or affirm that he or she is eligible to |
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13|run for the office or serve in the office if elected. Candidates |
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14|shall file no earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the first Monday second |
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15|Wednesday in December April through no later than 5:00 p.m. on the |
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16|following Wednesday next succeeding Friday. For school districts |
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17|and technology center school districts located in more than one |
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18|county, filing may be either in the county wherein supervision of |
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19|the district is located or in the county where the candidate |
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20|resides. |
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21| SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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