Bill Text For SB0495 - Introduced

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 2|             1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)                |
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 3|SENATE BILL 495                      By: McCortney                     |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to unfunded mandates; defining term;            |
  |       prohibiting certain mandates; stating standards for             |
 8|       what are considered unfunded mandates; providing for            |
  |       unenforceability without adequate funding; providing            |
 9|       for codification; 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.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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14|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13001 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.  As used in this section, "unfunded mandate" means any act,     |
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17|law, order, decision, policy, or official action implemented by the    |
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18|Legislature, state agency, department, or commission that mandates a   |
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19|political subdivision, by action or inaction, to expend funds to       |
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20|implement or eliminate any policy, ordinance, programs, or             |
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21|activities without being fully appropriated.                           |
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22|    B.  The Legislature, state agency, department, or commission       |
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23|shall not implement any mandate to any political subdivision of this   |
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24|state, unless a specific appropriation is made to fully fund the       |
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 1|political subdivision for all costs related to the mandate.  If no     |
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 2|appropriation is made to the political subdivisions, the mandate       |
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 3|shall be considered an unfunded mandate and unenforceable.  Any        |
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 4|financial impact of any size determined to exist by the political      |
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 5|subdivision shall be sufficient to deem an unfunded mandate.           |
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 6|Financial increases related to clerical work, office supplies, and     |
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 7|creating and submitting reports shall be exempted from this act.       |
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 8|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.      |
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10|    59-1-514       KR        1/17/2023 4:45:35 PM                      |
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