1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|SENATE BILL 339 By: Rogers |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to local bond elections; amending 11 |
| O.S. 2021, Section 16-112, which relates to municipal |
8| special elections; modifying date when certain |
| special elections may be conducted; amending 70 O.S. |
9| 2021, Section 15-102, which relates to education bond |
| elections; specifying date on which certain elections |
10| may be conducted; updating statutory language; |
| providing an effective date; and declaring an |
11| emergency. |
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14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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15| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 16-112, is |
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16|amended to read as follows: |
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17| Section 16-112. A. When the municipal governing body shall |
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18|deem it advisable, it may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize the |
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19|mayor to call a special election on a date established in Section |
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20|3-101 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of |
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21|submitting to the registered voters of the municipality the question |
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22|of issuing municipal bonds, of granting of any franchise, or for any |
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23|other purpose authorized by law. |
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1| B. Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of submitting to |
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2|the registered voters of the municipality the question of issuing |
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3|municipal bonds or any tax, the governing body may, by resolution |
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4|ordinance, authorize the mayor to call a special election on a state |
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5|or federal election day in November in an odd or even-numbered year. |
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6| SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 15-102, is |
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7|amended to read as follows: |
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8| Section 15-102. The Notwithstanding any other law, the board of |
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9|education shall call an election to be held on a state or federal |
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10|election day in November in an odd or even-numbered year, and to be |
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11|conducted by the county election board in all respects as other |
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12|elections, for the purpose of taking the sense of the district upon |
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13|the question of issuing such bonds, naming in the proclamation of |
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14|such election the amount of bonds to be voted on and the purpose for |
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15|which they are to be issued; and it shall cause to be published in a |
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16|newspaper of general circulation in said the district the time and |
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17|place of such election, such notices to be given at least ten (10) |
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18|days before such election. In all instances where proclamations for |
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19|elections for boards of education are required by statute of the |
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20|mayor of a city, and in all instances where elections for boards of |
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21|education are provided for by statute wherein the mayor and city |
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22|clerk are denominated, the president of the board of education shall |
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23|be substituted for the mayor and the clerk of the board of education |
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24|shall be substituted for the city clerk. Boards of education are |
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1|hereby declared to be free and independent of cities in all matters |
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2|relating to school elections legally called upon all school matters, |
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3|and presidents of boards of education shall have full power to issue |
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4|proclamations calling school elections; provided, that no election |
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5|shall be called on the same proposition within four (4) months after |
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6|such proposition has been defeated at an election by the school |
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7|district electors. The provisions of this act section as to the |
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8|waiting period shall not apply where the school facilities have been |
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9|destroyed by an act of God. The cost of such elections, together |
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10|with the cost of such proclamations, publication, notices or other |
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11|expenses required, shall be legal costs of boards of education. |
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12| SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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13| SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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14|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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15|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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16|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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