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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1552 By: Kirt
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to counties; amending 19 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 8.2, which relates to the authority to adopt
8 or amend county home rule charter; providing for
8 increasing population threshold for adopting or
9 amending county home rule charter; updating statutory
9 language; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 8.2, is
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15 Section 8.2. Any county in this state with a population of less
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16 than five hundred fifty thousand (550,000) eight hundred twenty-five
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17 thousand (825,000), according to the latest Federal Decennial
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18 Census, which contains a metropolitan area municipality with a
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19 population of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) five hundred
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20 thousand (500,000) or more, according to the latest Federal
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21 Decennial Census, may adopt or amend a County Home Rule Charter for
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22 county government which specifies those powers appropriate for said
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23 such government and which are not inconsistent with the Oklahoma
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24 Constitution and laws of this state.
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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