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An act relating to law libraries, the official text

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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 1621           By: Howard
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6                            AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to law libraries; requiring law

7   libraries be represented by district attorney;

8   providing for the Office of the Attorney General to

8   represent law libraries in certain circumstance;

9   providing for codification; and providing an

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1228 of Title 20, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16  A. A county law library, its board of trustees, or any

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17 employees of such shall be represented without charge in any legal
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18 matter that relates to the official duties or operations of such law
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19 library by the district attorney in whose district such law library
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21  B. If the district attorney is unable to represent a county law

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22 library due to a conflict of interest, the Office of the Attorney
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23 General shall, without charge, provide any required legal
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    Req. No. 3433                                              Page 1
1   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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