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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 431 By: Frix
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to landlord and tenant; defining
7 terms; prohibiting utilities from applying liability
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8 providing for codification; and providing an
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1 2 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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1 4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 301 of Title 41, unless there is
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1 5 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. For the purposes of this section:
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17 1. "Landlord" means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of a
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1 8 residential or nonresidential property including, but not limited
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1 9 to, the dwelling unit or the building of which it is a part,
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2 0 manufactured or mobile home site, space, or lot; provided, it also
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2 1 means a manager of the premises who fails to comply with the
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2 2 disclosure provisions of Section 116 of Title 41 of the Oklahoma
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2 3 Statutes;
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1 2. "Tenant" means any person entitled under a rental agreement
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2 to occupy a residential or nonresidential property; and
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3 3. "Utility" means any corporation, association, company, or
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4 individuals, or their trustees, lessees, or receivers, successors or
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5 assigns, including cities, towns, or other bodies politic, that own,
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6 operate, or manage any plant or equipment, or any part thereof,
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7 directly or indirectly, for public use, or may supply or furnish gas
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8 by pipeline, heat or light with gas, electric current for light,
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9 heat, or power, or water for power or domestic purposes.
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10 B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no utility
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1 1 operating in this state shall hold a landlord liable for bills,
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1 2 fees, or charges for services accrued by a tenant occupying a
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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