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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 74 By: Goodwin
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to appropriations; making an
7 appropriation to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce;
8 stating purpose; providing for implementation of
8 program of compensation related to the Tulsa Race
9 Massacre; providing for collaboration between
9 Oklahoma Department of Commerce and certain
10 committee; providing for membership; creating the
10 Tulsa Race Massacre Compensation Revolving Fund;
11 providing for sources of revenues; providing purposes
11 of fund; providing for expenditures; providing for
12 noncodification; providing for codification;
12 providing an effective date; and declaring an
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma
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18 Department of Commerce from any monies not otherwise appropriated
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19 from the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal
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20 year ending June 30, 2025, the sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars
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21 ($300,000,000.00) to implement a program of reparations for damages
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22 to persons and property that occurred during the events of
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23 approximately May 31, 1921, through June 1, 1921, in the City of
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24 Tulsa, which events shall be known as the "Tulsa Race Massacre".
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1 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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2 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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3 A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, with the assistance of
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4 nonprofit organizations or any other state agency, board,
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5 commission, or department with information or resources that could
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6 be of assistance to the Department, shall create and administer a
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7 program pursuant to which survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre and
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8 descendants of victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre may make
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9 application to and receive payments from the Tulsa Race Massacre
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10 Compensation Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 3 of this
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11 act.
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12 B. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall work in
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13 conjunction with and receive input from a committee to be composed
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14 of the following persons:
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15 1. A member of the Senate whose district includes the Greenwood
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16 District in Tulsa;
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17 2. A member of the House of Representatives whose district
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18 includes the Greenwood District in Tulsa; and
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19 3. A member to be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of
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20 the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
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21 C. The member of the Senate shall convene meetings to select
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22 six other persons to constitute the committee for a total membership
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23 of nine (9) persons.
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1 D. The persons to be selected shall be capable, community-
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2 oriented persons representative of the historically and adversely
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3 affected areas of the City of Tulsa.
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4 E. The persons selected may include, but shall not be limited
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5 to, historians, clergy members, attorneys, advocates, accountants,
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6 and genealogists.
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7 F. Nonprofit organizations or a state agency, board,
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8 commission, department, or other entity of state government with
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9 information or resources may provide assistance to the committee
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10 members.
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11 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 25001 of Title 74, unless there
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13 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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14 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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15 for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "Tulsa
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16 Race Massacre Compensation Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
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17 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
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18 consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Department of
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19 Commerce from appropriations and such other sources designated for
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20 deposit in the fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund
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21 are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
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22 Oklahoma Department of Commerce for the purpose of making payments
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24 approximately May 31, 1921, through June 1, 1921, in the City of
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1 Tulsa, which events for purposes of this act shall be designated the
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2 "Tulsa Race Massacre". Expenditures from the fund shall be made
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3 upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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4 prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
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5 Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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6 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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7 SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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8 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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10 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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