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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 1059 By: Woods
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to cemeteries; amending 8 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 143, which relates to maintenance and
8 improvement of certain cemeteries by county
8 commissioners; requiring certain utilization;
9 requiring certain county maintenance in certain
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 8 O.S. 2021, Section 143, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 143. In any county of this state, the board of county
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16 commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize
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17 employees under its jurisdiction and county-owned tools, machinery,
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18 equipment, and materials for the purposes of opening and closing
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19 graves and maintaining and improving any publicly owned cemetery or
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20 other cemetery within the county not owned and maintained by an
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21 individual or private organization; provided, that, there is a
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22 documented and known tribal burial presence, and where appropriate,
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23 a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual cost of the service, may
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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