An act relating to crimes and punishments, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

3 HOUSE BILL 2150                By: Hall

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making

    certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining

8   terms; providing for codification; and providing an

    effective date.

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

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

13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1761.2 of Title 21, unless there

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

15  A. A person shall not establish an unauthorized camp upon a

16 street, sidewalk, or other public or private property within five

17 hundred (500) feet of public school or private school property.

18  B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section and

19 refuses to vacate the unauthorized camp upon command by a law

20 enforcement officer shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

21 misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars

22 ($50.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one

23 (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

24  C. As used in this section:

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1   1. "Private school property" means a school that offers a

2 course of instruction for students in one or more grades from

3 prekindergarten through grade twelve and is not operated by a

4 governmental entity;

5   2. "Public school property" means any publicly owned property

6 held for purposes of elementary, secondary or vocational-technical

7 education, and shall not include property owned by public school

8 districts or where such property is leased or rented to an

9 individual or corporation and used for purposes other than

10 educational; and

11  3. "Unauthorized camp" means any tent, shelter, or bedding

12 constructed or arranged for the purpose of or in such a way to

13 permit overnight use on a property not designated as a campsite.

14  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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