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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 483 By: Weaver
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to county commissioners; authorizing
7 county commissioners to create certain relocation
8 assistance program; providing certain
8 ineligibilities; requiring contact with certain
9 persons; requiring certain attestation; clarifying
9 certain liability; defining term; providing for
10 codification; 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. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 391 of Title 19, unless there is
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15 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. The board of county commissioners of any county of this
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17 state shall have the authority to establish a relocation assistance
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18 program. The board shall allow for the donation of private funds to
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19 carry out the purposes of such program. Such program shall provide
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20 an eligible participant who voluntarily elects to participate in the
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21 program the opportunity to receive travel and relocation support
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22 paid by the county to a destination where such participant has a
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23 family member, employer, or other person who is willing to receive
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24 and support the participant.
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1 B. No individual shall be eligible for participation in a
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2 relocation assistance program who:
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3 1. Is on parole or probation, unless he or she has received
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4 approval from his or her parole agent or probation officer and the
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5 individual is authorized by law to move to a different jurisdiction;
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6 2. Is unable to travel alone due to disability or because he or
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7 she poses a direct risk to himself or herself or others;
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8 3. Is not sober at the time when the individual will begin to
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9 travel or is unable to abstain from drinking alcohol or using
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10 illicit substances while traveling to his or her destination;
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11 4. Has participated in a relocation assistance program within
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12 this state within the previous two (2) years;
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13 5. Is not a homeless person; or
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14 6. Is a minor traveling with an adult, unless the adult is a
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15 parent or guardian of the minor and the adult has photo
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16 identification, a birth certificate, or other legal verification
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17 proving that the adult is the minor's parent or guardian.
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18 C. Before providing transportation to a destination, a county
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19 commissioner or an employee of the county tasked with overseeing the
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20 relocation assistance program shall make direct contact with the
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21 family member, employer, or other person who is willing to receive
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22 and support the individual participating in the program. The family
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23 member, employer, or other person must attest that he or she is
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24 willing to receive and support the individual, and the county
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1 commissioner or employee shall document the attestation. Within
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2 ninety (90) days following the date of the individual participating
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3 in the program's departure, the county commissioner or employee
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4 shall attempt to contact the participant to determine whether the
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5 individual has retained housing.
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6 D. A county that conducts a relocation assistance program shall
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7 not be liable for any claims of injuries or damages.
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8 E. As used in this section, "homeless person" means any person
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9 or family who:
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10 a. lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
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11 residence,
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12 b. has as a primary nighttime residence a publicly or
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13 privately operated shelter designed to provide
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14 temporary living accommodations, or
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15 c. has as a primary nighttime residence a public or
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16 private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
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17 a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
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18 The term includes those persons and families who do not have
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19 access to normal accommodations as a result of violence or the
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20 threat of violence from a cohabitant.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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23 60-1-710 MSBB 1/19/2025 5:37:17 AM
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