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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 333 By: Hall
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Housing Authorities
7 Act; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1054, which
8 relates to definitions; updating statutory
8 references; broadening definition; providing
9 criteria; and providing an effective date.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1054, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 1054. The following terms, wherever used or referred to
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15 in this act the Oklahoma Housing Authorities Act, shall have the
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16 following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly
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17 appears from the context:
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18 (a) 1. "Authority" means any public body corporate and politic
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19 created by this act the Oklahoma Housing Authorities Act.
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20 (b) 2. "City" means any incorporated city or town in the state.
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21 "County" means any county in the state.
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22 (c) 3. "Governing body" means, in the case of a city, the
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23 council or other governing body of the city in which is vested
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1 legislative authority customarily imposed on the city council, and,
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2 in the case of a county, the board of county commissioners.
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3 (d) 4. "Mayor" means the mayor of the city or the officer
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4 thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or
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5 executive head of a city.
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6 (e) 5. "Clerk" means the city clerk or the county clerk, as the
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7 case may be.
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8 (f) 6. "Area of operation" means:
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9 (1) a. in the case of an authority of a city, the city
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10 and the area within one (1) mile of the territorial
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11 boundaries thereof, except that the area of operation
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12 of an authority of any city shall not include any area
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13 which lies within the territorial boundaries of some
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14 other city;,
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15 (2) b. in the case of an authority of a county, all of
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16 the county for which it is created: Provided, that a
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17 county authority shall not undertake any project
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18 within the boundaries of any city unless a resolution
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19 shall have been adopted by the governing body of the
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20 city and by any authority which shall have been
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21 theretofore established and authorized to exercise its
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22 powers in the city declaring that there is need for
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23 the county authority to exercise its powers within
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24 that city. No authority shall operate in any area in
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1 which an authority already established is operating
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2 without the consent by resolution of the authority
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3 already operating therein, and
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4 c. in the case of an active duly certified city housing
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5 authority, exclusively for projects utilizing American
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6 Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, Coronavirus State and
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7 Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), and only for a
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8 period of time beginning on the effective date of this
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9 act and ending on December 31, 2027, anywhere within
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10 the geographical boundaries of this state until such
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11 projects are completed, provided such city housing
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12 authority has consulted with the city, such county or
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13 counties, and all other active and duly certified city
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14 and county housing authorities, if any, where such
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15 project or projects are located.
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16 (g) 7. "Federal government" includes the United States of
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17 America, the Public Housing Administration, or any other agency or
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18 instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of
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19 America.
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20 (h) 8. "Slum" means any area where dwellings predominate which
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21 by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or
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22 design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or any
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23 combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health and
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24 morals.
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1 (i) 9. "Housing project" or "project" means any work or
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2 undertaking on contiguous or noncontiguous sites:
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3 (1) a. to demolish, clear, or remove buildings from any
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4 slum area;,
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5 (2) b. to provide or assist in providing (by any
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6 suitable method, including but not limited to: rental;
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7 sale of individual units in single or multifamily
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8 structures under conventional, condominium, or
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9 cooperative sales contract; lease-purchase agreement;
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10 loans; or subsidizing of rentals or charges) decent,
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11 safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings,
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12 apartments, or other living accommodations for persons
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13 of low income;, or
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14 (3) c. to accomplish a combination of the foregoing.
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15 Such work or undertaking may include buildings, land,
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16 equipment, facilities, and other real or personal
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17 property for necessary, convenient or desirable
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18 appurtenances; streets, sewers, water service,
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19 utilities, parks, site preparation, and landscaping;
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20 and facilities for administrative, community, health,
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21 recreational, welfare, or other purposes. The term
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22 "housing project" or "project" also may be applied to
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23 the planning of the buildings and improvements, the
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24 acquisition of property or any interest therein, the
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1 demolition of existing structures, the construction,
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2 reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or repair
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3 of the improvements and all other work in connection
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4 therewith; and the term shall include all other real
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5 and personal property and all tangible or intangible
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6 assets held or used in connection with the housing
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7 project.
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8 (j) 10. "Persons of low income" shall mean persons or families
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9 who lack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by
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10 the authority undertaking the housing project) to enable them,
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11 without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary
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12 dwellings, without overcrowding, however, the local housing
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13 authority shall not exceed the guidelines in establishing incomes
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14 set forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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15 (k) 11. "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates,
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16 debentures, or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to
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17 this act the Oklahoma Housing Authorities Act.
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18 (l) 12. "Real property" includes all lands, including
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19 improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature
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20 appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every
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21 estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, therein including
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22 terms for years.
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23 (m) 13. "Obligee of an authority" or "obligee" includes any
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24 bondholder, agent or trustee for any bondholder, or lessor demising
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1 to the authority property used in connection with a project, or any
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2 assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof,
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3 and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with
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4 the authority.
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5 (n) 14. "Persons engaged in national defense activities" means
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6 persons in the Armed Forces of the United States; employees of the
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7 Department of Defense; and workers engaged or to be engaged in
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8 activities connected with national defense. The term also includes
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9 the families of the persons, employees, and workers who reside with
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10 them.
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11 (o) 15. "Major disaster" means any flood, drought, fire,
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12 hurricane, tornado, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe which,
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13 in the determination of the governing body, is of sufficient
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14 severity and magnitude to warrant the use of available resources of
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15 the federal, state, and local governments to alleviate the damage,
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16 hardship, or suffering caused thereby.
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17 (p) 16. "State public body" means any city, county, municipal
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18 corporation, commission, district, authority, agency, subdivision,
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19 or public body of the state.
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20 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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