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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 2142 By: Murdock
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to counties; amending 19 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 383, which relates to the mode of submitting
8 questions to voters; authorizing online publication
8 of questions submitted to voters; updating statutory
9 reference; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 383, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 383. The mode of submitting questions to the people
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16 contemplated by the last two sections Sections 381 and 382 of this
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17 title shall be the following: The whole question, including the sum
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18 desired to be raised, the amount of tax desired to be authorized,
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19 the rate per annum, and the whole regulation, including the time of
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20 its taking effect or having operation, if it be of a nature which
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21 can be set forth, and the penalty of its violation if there be one,
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22 is to be published at least four (4) weeks in some newspaper
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23 published in the county or by online publication on the county's
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24 website or social media pages. If there be no such newspaper, the
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1 publication is to be made by posting up in at least one of the most
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2 public places in each election precinct in the county and by online
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3 publication on the county's website or social media pages; and in
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4 all cases the notices shall name the time when such question will be
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5 voted upon, and the form in which the question shall be taken, and a
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6 copy of the question submitted shall be posted up at each place of
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7 voting during the day of election.
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8 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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