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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 1582 By: Guthrie
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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; modifying exception;
8 updating statutory language; making language gender
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 122, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 122. A. For purposes of this section:
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16 1. "Bona fide resident" shall mean a lawful permanent resident
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17 of the United States; and
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18 2. "Lawful permanent resident" shall mean a foreign national
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19 who has been granted the right to reside permanently in the United
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21 B. This article shall not apply to lands now owned in this
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22 state by aliens so long as they are held by the present owners, nor
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23 to any alien who is or shall take up a bona fide residence resident
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24 in this state:; and any alien who is or shall become a bona fide
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1 resident of the State of Oklahoma this state shall have the right to
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2 acquire and hold lands in this state upon the same terms as citizens
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3 United States citizen residents of the State of Oklahoma this state
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4 during the continuance of such bona fide residence of such alien in
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5 this state:. Provided, that if any such resident alien shall cease
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6 to be a bona fide inhabitant resident of this state, such alien
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7 shall have five (5) years from the time he or she ceased to be such
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8 bona fide resident in which to alienate such lands.
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9 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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10 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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11 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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12 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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