An act relating to municipal ordinances, the official text

1                  STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 354                 By: Guthrie
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to municipal ordinances; amending 11

7   O.S. 2021, Section 14-110, which relates to the

8   notice and filing of penal ordinance compilations;

8   removing certain requirement for deposit of certain

9   permanent volume in county law libraries; and

9   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   11 O.S. 2021, Section 14-110, is

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14 amended to read as follows:
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15  Section 14-110. When a municipality has compiled and published

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16 its permanent volume or biennial supplement of penal ordinances, the
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17 governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution
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18 notifying the public of the publication. A copy of the resolution
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19 shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in each county in
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20 which the municipality is located. The county clerk shall assign
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21 the filed resolution a book and page number. At least one copy of
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22 the permanent volume and each biennial supplement shall be deposited
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23 free of cost by the municipality in the county law library of each
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24 county wherein the municipality is located, and receipt of same
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1 shall be duly noted in writing by the county law librarian. A copy
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2 of the receipt may be filed with the county clerk who shall then
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3 assign a book and page number. The permanent volume or biennial
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4 supplement of compiled penal ordinances shall be available for
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5 purchase by the public at a reasonable price. Ordinances which have
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6 been compiled and filed in accordance with this section shall be
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7 judicially noticed in all court proceedings. Provided, a court may
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8 consider a book and page reference of the county clerk's filings as
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9 satisfactory proof of compliance so that judicial notice may be
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10 taken of an ordinance.
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11  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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