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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 1740 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government; creating the
7 Anti-Perverse Incentive Act; providing short title;
8 defining term; directing the deposit of all fines or
8 fees assessed by state agencies in the General
9 Revenue Fund; requiring certain appeals process for
9 fines and fees assessed by state agencies; stating
10 penalty for certain violation; providing for
10 codification; providing an effective date; and
11 declaring an emergency.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3318 of Title 74, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Anti-
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19 Perverse Incentive Act".
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20 B. As used in this section, "state agency" means any board,
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21 commission, department, authority, bureau, office, or other entity
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22 of this state created with the authority to make rules or formulate
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23 orders as defined in the Administrative Procedures Act.
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1 C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any fine or fee
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2 for any statutory violation assessed against an individual or
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3 business that is collected by a state agency shall be deposited in
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4 the General Revenue Fund. Monies from fines or fees deposited in
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5 the General Revenue Fund shall be distributed in the usual manner by
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6 which monies from such fund are distributed, without regard to the
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7 amount of such monies a state agency deposits.
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8 D. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fine or
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9 fee for a statutory violation assessed against an individual or
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10 business shall be assessed by a state agency without an appeals
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11 process, whereby an individual or business may appeal the assessment
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12 of such fine or fee if the individual or business has a reasonable
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13 belief that the issuance of such fine or fee was:
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14 a. a punitive assessment that does not align with the
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15 mission of the state agency issuing the fine or fee,
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16 b. assessed for a personal motivation by an employee or
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17 official of a state agency, or
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18 c. assessed for a political motivation by an employee or
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20 2. An employee or official of a state agency that, as
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21 determined by the appeals process provided for in paragraph 1 of
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22 this subsection, abuses the authority to assess a fine or fee shall
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23 be subject to a fine in the amount of One Thousand Dollars
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1 employee or official that was appealed, whichever is greater. Any
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2 fine collected pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be
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4 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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5 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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6 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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7 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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8 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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