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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 114 By: Bullard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to alien ownership of land; amending
7 60 O.S. 2021, Section 122, which relates to
8 exceptions; defining terms; updating statutory
8 language; making language gender neutral; and
9 declaring an emergency.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 122, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 122. A. For purposes of this section:
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15 1. "Bona fide resident" shall be a lawful permanent resident of
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16 the United States; and
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17 2. "Lawful permanent resident" means a foreign national who has
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18 been granted the right to reside permanently in the United States.
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19 B. This article shall not apply to lands now owned in this
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20 state by aliens so long as they are held by the present owners, nor
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21 to any alien who is or shall take up bona fide residence in this
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22 state: and any alien who is or shall become a bona fide resident of
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23 the State of Oklahoma this state shall have the right to acquire and
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24 hold lands in this state upon the same terms as citizens of the
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1 State of Oklahoma this state during the continuance of such bona
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2 fide residence of such alien in this state: Provided, that if any
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3 such resident alien shall cease to be a bona fide inhabitant of this
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4 state, such alien shall have five (5) years from the time he or she
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5 ceased to be such bona fide resident in which to alienate such
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6 lands.
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7 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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8 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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10 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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