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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 1825 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to elections; requiring certain
7 measures that authorize the issuance of debt to be
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8 information to be printed on certain ballots;
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 6-113.2 of Title 26, unless
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15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. Any ballot measure authorizing the issuance of debt to be
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17 paid by the levy of an ad valorem tax shall only be voted on in a
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19 B. Any measure that authorizes the levy of an ad valorem tax or
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20 increases the rate of ad valorem taxation shall be printed in such a
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21 manner as to include, above the proposition, language containing the
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22 following language: "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE." The language shall
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23 also include the following information:
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24 1. The current and proposed millage rates;
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4 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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