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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3091 By: Dobrinski
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to counties and county officers;
requiring elected county officials to maintain
8 principal residence for a minimum of eighty percent
of their term; clarifying failure to do so is
9 dereliction of duty; permitting the county
commissioners and district attorneys to remove
10 noncompliant officers; 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 131.2 of Title 19, unless there
16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
17 Any elected county official in the State of Oklahoma shall
18 maintain a principal residence within their jurisdiction and occupy
19 that principal residence for a minimum of eighty percent (80%) of
20 their term. Failure to comply with this section shall qualify as
21 dereliction of duty by the elected county official and the county
22 commissioners and the district attorney may begin proceedings to
23 remove the elected county official from office. For purposes of
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1 this section, "principal residence" shall have the same meaning as
2 defined in Section 131.1 of this title.
3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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