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Oklahoma Legislature· HB 1197Coauthored by Representative Staires

An act relating to the State Treasurer, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1197            By: Maynard

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to the State Treasurer; authorizing

    the Treasurer to create, operate, or contract for the

8   operation of a depository and issue certain

    transaction cards; requiring the Treasurer to provide

9   certain procedures and develop fee structure upon

    certain circumstance; stipulating certain deposits

10  and transactions be considered the exchange of legal

    tender; authorizing account holders issued a

11  transaction card to make transactions debited against

    the value of deposits; authorizing the promulgation

12  of rules; providing for codification; and providing

    an effective date.

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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

17  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 70 of Title 62, unless there is

19 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

20  A. The State Treasurer shall be authorized to issue a

21 transaction card to citizens of this state with the ability to make

22 purchases that are debited from the balance of deposits with a

23 bullion depository created by the Treasurer's office or contracted

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1 with other public or private entities operating a bullion

2 depository.

3   B. Upon the creation of a depository or a contractual agreement

4 with an entity pursuant to subsection A of this section, the

5 Treasurer's office shall:

6   1. Provide procedures for the sharing of account information

7 between the depository and the Treasurer upon consent of the account

8 holder; and

9   2. Develop a fee structure for both the depository and the

10 Treasurer, to be paid by the account holder, to utilize the service

11 provided by a bullion depository.

12  SECTION 2.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 70.1 of Title 62, unless there

14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

15  A. Deposits of gold and silver in the bullion depository and

16 transactions made using the transaction card issued by the State

17 Treasurer shall be considered legal tender, pursuant to the

18 authority vested upon this state in Section 10 of Article I of the

19 United States Constitution. Deposits of gold and silver in the

20 bullion depository shall not be considered a commodity. The

21 transfer, buying, or selling of gold and silver held in the

22 depository for transactions shall not be considered an exchange of a

23 commodity, and shall be considered an exchange of currency.

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1   B. Account holders issued a transaction card may make

2 transactions debited against the value of gold and silver deposits

3 in the bullion depository.

4   C. The Treasurer may promulgate rules to implement the

5 provisions of this act.

6   SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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