1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|SENATE BILL 334 By: Rogers |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to officers; amending 51 O.S. 2021, |
| Sections 51, 55, 91, and 94, which relate to removal |
8| from office; modifying officers and other positions |
| subject to impeachment; modifying officers and other |
9| positions subject to removal from office by alternate |
| method; modifying requirements for certain notice to |
10| Attorney General; and providing an effective date. |
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13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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14| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 51, is |
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15|amended to read as follows: |
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16| Section 51. The Governor and other elective, any elected or |
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17|non-elected state officers, including the Justices of the Supreme |
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18|Court, and any appointed member of a state board or commission shall |
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19|be liable and subject to impeachment for willful neglect of duty, |
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20|corruption in office, habitual drunkenness, incompetency, or any |
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21|offense involving moral turpitude committed while in office. |
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22| SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 55, is |
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23|amended to read as follows: |
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1| Section 55. An impeachment is the prosecution, by the House of |
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2|Representatives, before the Senate, of the Governor or other |
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3|elective, any elected or non-elected state officer, including the |
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4|Justices of the Supreme Court or any appointed member of a state |
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5|board or commission, under the Constitution, for willful neglect of |
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6|duty, corruption in office, drunkenness, incompetency, or any |
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7|offense involving moral turpitude committed while in office. |
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8| SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 91, is |
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9|amended to read as follows: |
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10| Section 91. All state officers not subject to impeachment under |
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11|Section 1, Article 8 of the Constitution, and all county, city, and |
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12|municipal officers may, in addition to the methods now and causes |
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13|provided by law, be removed from office as herein provided. |
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14| SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 94, is |
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15|amended to read as follows: |
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16| Section 94. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General of |
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17|this state, when directed by the Governor, or upon notice being |
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18|received by the Attorney General in writing and verified by fifteen |
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19|or more reputable citizens registered voters of the county or by one |
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20|percent (1%) of the registered voters that voted in the previous |
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21|election for the political subdivision of which the officer who is |
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22|the subject of the complaint is an official, whichever is greater, |
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23|before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that any officer |
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24|herein mentioned has been guilty of any of the acts, omissions or |
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1|offenses as set out in Section 93 of this title, to investigate such |
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2|complaint, and if on such investigation the Attorney General shall |
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3|find that there is reasonable cause for such complaint, the Attorney |
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4|General shall institute proceedings in the Supreme Court, or any |
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5|district court of the county of the residence of the accused, to |
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6|oust such officer from office. |
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7| SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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