An act relating to officers, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3068                 By: Hall

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to officers; prescribing limitation

    on total period of service with respect to cabinet

8   secretaries and executive directors of entities in

    the executive department of state government;

9   defining term; providing for codification; and

    providing an effective date.

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

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

15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 25 of Title 51, unless there is

16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

17  A. A cabinet secretary appointed by the Governor pursuant to

18 Section 10.3 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and an executive

19 director of any entity organized within the executive department of

20 the government of the State of Oklahoma or chief executive officer

21 or other official with primary responsibility to operate and manage

22 the entity may serve for a maximum period of twelve (12) years.

23  B. The limitation prescribed by this section shall be

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1 the executive director, or its equivalent position, of an executive

2 state governmental entity so that the total period of service,

3 whether as a cabinet secretary or as an agency executive director,

4 shall not exceed twelve (12) years.

5   C. For purposes of this section, twelve (12) years shall also

6 be equal to a period of one hundred forty-four (144) months.

7   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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9   60-2-14061      MAH  01/12/26

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