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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 209 By: Pederson
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to economic development; creating the
7 Southeast Asia Trade Office; authorizing the Oklahoma
8 Department of Commerce to administer creation of
8 Office; stating duties and responsibilities;
9 requiring certain office location; providing for
9 promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5008.10 of Title 74, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. There is hereby created the Southeast Asia Trade Office.
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18 B. The Office shall be an administrative component of the
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19 Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
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20 C. The Office shall:
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21 1. Facilitate economic relationships between Oklahoma-based
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22 businesses and business entities with principal business activity
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23 which is based or occurs in southeast Asia including, but not
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1 limited to, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia,
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2 Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia;
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3 2. Promote Oklahoma-based business and establish business-to-
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4 business trading activity within the southeast Asia region;
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5 3. Provide information about business trading opportunities in
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6 southeast Asia to Oklahoma-based businesses;
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7 4. Facilitate positive relationships between this state and its
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8 political subdivisions with the relevant governments in the
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9 southeast Asia trading region consistent with United States foreign
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10 policy and any applicable trade or travel restrictions;
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11 5. Coordinate the activities of the Oklahoma Department of
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12 Commerce with respect to business outreach in southeast Asia;
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13 6. Coordinate, organize, support, and fund travel from Oklahoma
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14 to southeast Asia and return as part of an ongoing mission to
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15 establish and maintain relationships between Oklahoma and countries
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16 in the region with the objective of creating trade opportunities for
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17 Oklahoma-based business enterprises;
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18 7. Manage actions taking place at the federal level whose
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19 primary objective promotes business-to-business transactions between
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20 entities in southeast Asia and the United States with emphasis on
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21 promoting Oklahoma-based business activity;
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22 8. Conduct training programs for Oklahoma-based business owners
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23 to inform them of potential trading opportunities with entities in
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1 9. Produce promotional and educational materials for
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2 distribution by business organizations, trade associations, or
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3 similar entities consistent with the mission of the Office; and
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4 10. Take such other actions or develop such programs consistent
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5 with the mission of developing business-to-business opportunities
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6 between entities in southeast Asia and Oklahoma-based business
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7 enterprises.
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8 D. The Southeast Asia Trade Office shall maintain a physical
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9 office in Taipei, Taiwan.
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10 E. The Department of Commerce shall promulgate any rules
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11 necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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12 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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13 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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14 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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15 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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16 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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