Bill Text For SB0341 - Introduced

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 2|             1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)                |
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 3|SENATE BILL 341                      By: Rogers                        |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to state government; prohibiting                |
  |       certain officials from using certain public service             |
 8|       announcements and advertisements; providing                     |
  |       exceptions; providing for codification; and providing           |
 9|       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.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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14|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4263 of Title 74, unless there     |
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15|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:               |
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16|    A.  Except as provided by subsection B of this section, no         |
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17|elected official within three (3) months prior to an election in       |
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18|which the elected official's name will appear on the ballot shall      |
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19|use or allow to be used such official's name, image, likeness, or      |
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20|voice in a public service announcement or in an advertisement or       |
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21|other promotional message created or purchased using public funds.     |
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22|    B.  Nothing in this section shall apply during a declared state    |
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23|disaster or emergency.  For purposes of this section a "declared       |
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24|state disaster or emergency" means an event:                           |
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 1|    1.  For which a Governor's state of emergency proclamation has     |
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 2|been issued;                                                           |
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 3|    2.  For which a Presidential Major Disaster or Emergency           |
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 4|Declaration has been issued; or                                        |
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 5|    3.  Such as another disaster or emergency event within the state   |
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 6|for which a good-faith response effort is required and for which       |
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 7|another authorized official of the state designates such event as a    |
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 8|disaster or emergency.                                                 |
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 9|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.      |
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11|    59-1-982       KR        1/13/2023 5:22:20 PM                      |
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