1|ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDMENT |
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2|ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 561 By: Haste of the Senate |
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4| McCall of the House |
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| An Act relating to the Temporary Assistance for Needy |
7| Families (TANF) program; amending 56 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 230.52, which relates to minimum mandatory |
8| requirements; modifying terminology; modifying |
| certain screening procedures; requiring TANF |
9| employability plan to include substance abuse |
| treatment for certain recipients; removing provisions |
10| relating to certain denials; deleting obsolete |
| reference; updating statutory language; providing an |
11| effective date; and declaring an emergency. |
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15|AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthors: Sims and Boles |
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16|AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill |
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19| "An Act relating to education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 18-114.14, which relates to minimum salary |
20| and benefits; modifying minimum salary schedule; |
| clarifying applicability; declaring legislative |
21| intent; providing for conditional enactment; |
| providing an effective date; and declaring an |
22| emergency. |
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24|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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1| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18-114.14, |
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2|is amended to read as follows: |
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3| Section 18-114.14 A. Beginning with the 2018-2019 2023-2024 |
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4|school year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of |
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5|this title, in the public schools of Oklahoma shall receive in |
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6|salary and/or fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in |
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7|the following schedule: |
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8| MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE |
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9| National |
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10|Years of Bachelor's Board Master's Doctor's |
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11|Experience Degree Certification Degree Degree |
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12| 0 $36,601 $37,759 $37,991 $39,381 |
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13| $37,035 $38,193 $38,425 $39,815 |
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15| $37,469 $38,628 $38,859 $40,249 |
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17| $37,904 $39,062 $39,294 $40,684 |
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19| $38,338 $39,496 $39,728 $41,118 |
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21| $38,810 $39,968 $40,200 $41,590 |
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23| $39,273 $40,432 $40,663 $42,054 |
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1| $39,737 $40,895 $41,127 $42,517 |
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3| $40,200 $41,358 $41,590 $42,980 |
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5| $40,663 $41,822 $42,054 $43,444 |
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7| $41,684 $42,844 $43,568 $45,945 |
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9| $42,177 $43,336 $44,061 $46,438 |
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11| $42,670 $43,829 $44,554 $46,931 |
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13| $43,162 $44,322 $45,047 $47,424 |
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15| $43,655 $44,815 $45,539 $47,916 |
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17| $44,167 $45,327 $46,052 $48,430 |
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19| $44,660 $45,820 $46,545 $48,923 |
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21| $45,153 $46,313 $47,038 $49,416 |
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23| $45,646 $46,806 $47,531 $49,909 |
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1| $46,139 $47,299 $48,024 $50,402 |
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3| $46,652 $47,813 $48,538 $50,917 |
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5| $47,145 $48,306 $49,031 $51,410 |
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7| $47,639 $48,799 $49,524 $51,903 |
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9| $48,132 $49,292 $50,018 $52,397 |
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11| $48,625 $49,785 $50,511 $52,890 |
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13| $50,049 $51,232 $51,971 $54,395 |
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15| $39,149 |
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20| $39,583 |
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22| $40,018 |
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1| 3 $40,452 |
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2| $40,886 |
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4| $41,358 |
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6| $41,822 |
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8| $42,285 |
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10| $42,749 |
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12| $43,212 |
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14| $44,728 |
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16| $45,221 |
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18| $45,713 |
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20| $46,206 |
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22| $46,699 |
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1| 15 $47,212 |
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2| $47,705 |
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4| $48,198 |
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6| $48,691 |
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8| $49,184 |
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10| $49,698 |
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12| $50,192 |
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14| $50,685 |
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16| $51,178 |
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18| $51,671 |
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20| $53,153 |
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1|the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1 |
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2|of this title and the flexible benefit allowance pursuant to Section |
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3|26-105 of this title from the flexible benefit allowance funds |
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4|disbursed by the State Board of Education and the State Board of |
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5|Career and Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of this |
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6|title. |
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7| 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits |
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8|to a teacher such that the teacher's salary would be less than the |
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9|amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in |
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10|subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to |
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11|provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her |
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12|employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than |
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13|thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide |
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14|retirement benefits such that the teacher's salary would be less |
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15|than the minimum salary schedule. |
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16| C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from |
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17|a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board |
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18|shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts |
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19|that are accredited by the state board of education or appropriate |
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20|state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board shall accept |
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21|teaching experience from out-of-country schools that are accredited |
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22|or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional |
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23|accrediting or endorsement authority. Out-of-country certification |
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24|documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by |
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1|an educational credential evaluation service in accordance with |
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2|industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State |
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3|Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted |
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4|for out-of-country teaching experience shall be responsible for all |
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5|costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation service. The Board |
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6|shall accept teaching experience from primary and secondary schools |
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7|that are operated by the United States Department of Defense or are |
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8|affiliated with the United States Department of State. |
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9| D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, |
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10|no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of |
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11|active duty in the military service or out-of-state or |
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12|out-of-country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its |
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13|equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of |
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14|education from crediting more years of experience on district salary |
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15|schedules than those allowed for state purposes. |
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16| E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes |
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17|of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience |
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18|of a: |
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19| 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of |
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20|the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981; |
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21| 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of |
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22|Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher |
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23|by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational |
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24|Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and |
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1|Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma |
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2|Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968; |
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3| 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed |
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4|while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor |
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5|was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a |
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6|teacher in Oklahoma; |
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7| 4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the |
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8|Child Study Center located at University Hospital, if the teacher |
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9|was certified as a teacher in Oklahoma; and |
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10| 5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were |
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11|completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological |
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12|assistant, or psychologist with any agency of the State of Oklahoma |
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13|if the experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or |
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14|preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was |
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15|acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school |
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16|psychologist or psychometrist. |
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17| F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers |
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18|who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school |
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19|in Oklahoma and are still receiving a monthly retirement benefit. |
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20| G. If a person employed as certified personnel, as defined in |
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21|Section 26-103 of this title, by a school district during the |
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22|2017-2018 2022-2023 school year was receiving a salary above the |
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23|step level indicated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule for the |
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24|2017-2018 2022-2023 school year, the person shall receive a salary |
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1|increase amount equal to the amount indicated provided for in |
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2|subsection A of this section for the step level indicated for the |
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3|person including the full amount of increase assigned to the step |
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4|pursuant to the provisions of this act, provided they remain the |
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5|person remains employed by the same district, unless the hours or |
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6|the duties of the certified personnel are reduced proportionately. |
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7| SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be |
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8|codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: |
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9| It is the intent of the Legislature to provide funding through |
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10|the appropriations process to fund comparable salary increases to |
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11|teachers employed by the following state agencies: State Board of |
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12|Career and Technology Education, State Department of Rehabilitative |
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13|Services, State Department of Corrections, and the Office of |
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14|Juvenile Affairs. |
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15| SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be |
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16|codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: |
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17| The provisions of this act shall not become effective as law |
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18|unless both Enrolled House Bill No. 1935 of the 1st Session of the |
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19|59th Oklahoma Legislature and Enrolled House Bill No. 2775 of the |
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20|1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature become enacted as law. |
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21| SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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22| SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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23|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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1|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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2|be in full force from and after its passage and approval." |
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3| Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of April, 2023. |
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8| Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023. |
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