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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 960 By: Daniels
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to state government; creating the
6 Oklahoma Foreign Agents Registration Act; providing
7 short title; providing legislative intent; defining
7 terms; prescribing requirements to register as a
8 foreign agent; providing certain requirements for
8 statement to be filed; providing exemptions;
9 prescribing requirements for filing and labeling
9 materials; prescribing method for the maintenance of
10 records; prescribing requirements upon the Attorney
10 General; prescribing liability of officers;
11 prescribing enforcement and penalties; prescribing
11 certain rules and regulations; providing for
12 noncodification; providing for codification; and
12 providing an effective date.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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17 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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18 A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
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19 Foreign Agents Registration Act".
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20 B. The purpose of this act is to provide public transparency
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21 for the political and propaganda activities conducted by agents
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22 representing principals from foreign countries of concern.
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1 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13001 of Title 74, unless there
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3 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 As used in this act:
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5 1. "Agent of a foreign principal" shall mean:
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6 a. any person who acts as an agent, representative,
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7 employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any
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8 other capacity at the order, request, or under the
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9 direction or control of a foreign principal or of a
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10 person any of whose activities are directly or
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11 indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed,
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12 or subsidized in whole or in part by a foreign
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13 principal, and who directly or through any other
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14 person:
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15 (1) engages within this state in political activities
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16 for or in the interests of such foreign
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17 principal,
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18 (2) acts within this state as a public relations
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19 counsel, publicity agent, information service
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20 employee, or political consultant for or in the
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21 interests of such foreign principal,
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22 (3) within this state solicits, collects, disburses,
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23 or dispenses contributions, loans, money, or
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1 other things of value for or in the interest of
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2 such foreign principal, or
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3 (4) within this state represents the interests of
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4 such foreign principal before this state or any
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5 political subdivision, agency, or official of
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6 this state, and
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7 b. any person who agrees, consents, assumes, or purports
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8 to act as, or who is or holds himself or herself out
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9 to be, whether or not pursuant to a contractual
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10 relationship, an agent of a foreign principal as
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11 defined in division (1) of subparagraph a of this
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12 paragraph.
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13 Agent of a foreign principal does not include any news or press
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14 service or association organized under the laws of the United States
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15 or of any state or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the
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16 United States, or any newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other
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17 publication for which there is on file with the United States Postal
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18 Service information in compliance with federal law, solely by virtue
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19 of any bona fide news or journalistic activities, including the
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20 solicitation or acceptance of advertisements, subscriptions, or
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21 other compensation therefor, as long as it is at least eighty
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22 percent (80%) beneficially owned by, and its officers and directors
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23 are, if any, citizens of the United States, and such news or press
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24 service or association, newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other
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1 publication is not owned, directed, supervised, controlled,
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2 subsidized, or financed, and none of its policies are determined, by
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3 any foreign principal as defined in paragraph 4 of this section, or
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4 by any agent of a foreign principal required to register under this
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5 act;
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6 2. "Country of particular concern" shall mean any country
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7 designated by the United States Secretary of State as hostile or a
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8 Country of Particular Concern (CPC);
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9 3. "Foreign political party" shall mean any organization or any
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10 other combination of individuals in a country other than the United
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11 States, or any unit or branch thereof, having for an aim or purpose,
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12 or which is engaged in any activity devoted in whole or in part to,
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13 the establishment, administration, control, or acquisition of
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14 administration or control of a government of a foreign country or a
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15 subdivision thereof, or the furtherance or influencing of the
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16 political or public interests, policies, or relations of a
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17 government of a foreign country or a subdivision thereof;
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18 4. "Foreign principal" shall mean:
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19 a. a government of a foreign country and a foreign
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20 political party,
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21 b. a person outside of the United States, unless it is
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22 established that such person is an individual and a
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23 citizen of and domiciled within the United States, or
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24 that such person is not an individual and is organized
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1 under or created by the laws of the United States or
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2 of any state or other place subject to the
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3 jurisdiction of the United States and has its
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4 principal place of business within the United States,
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5 c. a partnership, association, corporation, organization,
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6 or other combination of persons organized under the
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7 laws of or having its principal place of business in a
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8 foreign country, or
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9 d. a partnership, association, corporation, organization,
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10 or other combination of persons that is at least
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11 twenty percent (20%) beneficially owned by a
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12 partnership, association, corporation, organization,
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13 or other combination of persons organized under the
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14 laws of or having its principal place of business in a
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15 foreign country;
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16 5. "Government of a foreign country" shall mean any person or
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17 group of persons exercising sovereign de facto or de jure political
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18 jurisdiction over any country, other than the United States, or over
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19 any part of such country, and includes any subdivision of any such
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20 group and any group or agency to which such sovereign de facto or de
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21 jure authority or functions are directly or indirectly delegated.
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22 Such term shall include any faction or body of insurgents within a
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23 country assuming to exercise governmental authority regardless of
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1 whether such faction or body of insurgents has been recognized by
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2 the United States;
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3 6. "Information service employee" shall mean any person who is
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4 engaged in furnishing, disseminating, or publishing accounts,
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5 descriptions, information, or data with respect to the political,
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6 industrial, employment, economic, social, cultural, or other
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7 benefits, advantages, facts, or conditions of any country other than
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8 the United States or of any government of a foreign country or of a
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9 foreign political party or of a partnership, association,
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10 corporation, organization, or other combination of individuals
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11 organized under the laws of, or having its principal place of
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12 business in, a foreign country;
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13 7. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association,
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14 corporation, organization, or any other combination of individuals;
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15 8. "Political activity" means any activity that the person
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16 engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way
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17 influence this state or any political subdivision, agency, or
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18 official of this state, or any section of the public within this
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19 state with reference to formulating, adopting, or changing the
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20 domestic or foreign policies of the United States or of this state
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21 with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or
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22 relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign
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23 political party;
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1 9. "Political consultant" means any person who engages in
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2 informing or advising any other person with reference to the
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3 policies of this state or the political or public interest,
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4 policies, or relations of a foreign country or of a foreign
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5 political party;
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6 10. "Prints" means newspapers and periodicals, books,
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7 pamphlets, sheet music, visiting cards, address cards, printing
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8 proofs, engravings, photographs, pictures, drawings, plans, maps,
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9 patterns to be cut out, catalogs, prospectuses, advertisements, and
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10 printed, engraved, lithographed, or autographed notices of various
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11 kinds, and, in general, all impressions or reproductions obtained on
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12 paper or other material assimilable to paper, on parchment or on
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13 cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography,
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14 or any other easily recognizable mechanical process, with the
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15 exception of the copying press, stamps with movable or immovable
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16 type, and the typewriter;
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17 11. "Public relations counsel" shall mean any person who
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18 engages directly or indirectly in informing, advising, or in any way
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19 representing a principal in any public relations matter pertaining
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20 to political or public interests, policies, or relations of such
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21 principal;
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22 12. "Publicity agent" shall mean any person who engages
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23 directly or indirectly in the publication or dissemination of oral,
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24 visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any
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1 kind, including publication by means of advertising, books,
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2 periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or
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3 otherwise;
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4 13. "Registration statement" shall mean the registration
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5 statement and any supplements required to be filed with the Attorney
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6 General under Section 3 or 4 of this act and shall include all
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7 documents and papers required to be filed with the statement or
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8 supplements, or amendatory of the statement or supplements, whether
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9 attached or incorporated by reference; and
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10 14. "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means
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11 the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the territories, the
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12 insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter subject
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13 to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States.
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14 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13002 of Title 74, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. No person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal from
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18 a country of particular concern unless he or she has filed with the
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19 Attorney General a true and complete registration statement and
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20 supplements as required by this subsection and subsection B of this
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21 section, or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the
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22 provisions of this act. Except as provided in this act, every
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23 person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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24 particular concern shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, file with
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1 the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration statement, under
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2 oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. The obligation
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3 of an agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
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4 concern to file a registration statement shall, after the tenth day
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5 of his or her becoming such agent, continue from day to day, and
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6 termination of such status shall not relieve such agent from his or
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7 her obligation to file a registration statement for the period
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8 during which he or she was an agent of a foreign principal from a
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9 country of particular concern. The registration statement shall
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10 include the following, which shall be regarded as material for the
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11 purposes of this subsection:
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12 1. The registrant's name, principal business address, and all
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13 other business addresses in the United States or elsewhere, and all
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14 residence addresses, if any;
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15 2. The status of the registrant; if an individual, nationality;
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16 if a partnership, name, residence addresses, and nationality of each
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17 partner and a true and complete copy of its articles of partnership;
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18 if an association, corporation, organization, or any other
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19 combination of individuals, the name, residence addresses, and
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20 nationality of each director and officer and of each person
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21 performing the functions of a director or officer and a true and
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22 complete copy of its charter, articles of incorporation,
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23 association, constitution, and bylaws, and amendments thereto; a
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24 copy of every other instrument or document and a statement of the
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1 terms and conditions of every oral agreement relating to its
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2 organization, powers, and purposes; and a statement of its ownership
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3 and control;
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4 3. A comprehensive statement of the nature of the registrant's
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5 business; a complete list of the registrant's employees and a
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6 statement of the nature of the work of each; the name and address of
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7 every foreign principal from a country of particular concern for
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8 whom the registrant is acting, assuming or purporting to act, or has
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9 agreed to act; the character of the business or other activities of
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10 every such foreign principal from a country of particular concern,
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11 and, if any such foreign principal from a country of particular
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12 concern be other than a natural person, a statement of the ownership
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13 and control of each; and the extent, if any, to which each such
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14 foreign principal from a country of particular concern is
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15 supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in
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16 whole or in part, by any government of a foreign country or foreign
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17 political party, or by any other foreign principal from a country of
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18 particular concern;
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19 4. Copies of each written agreement and the terms and
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20 conditions of each oral agreement, including all modifications of
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21 such agreements, or, where no contract exists, a full statement of
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22 all the circumstances, by reason of which the registrant is an agent
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23 of a foreign principal from a country of particular concern; a
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24 comprehensive statement of the nature and method of performance of
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1 each such contract, and of the existing and proposed activity or
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2 activities engaged in or to be engaged in by the registrant as an
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3 agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular concern
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4 for each such foreign principal from a country of particular
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5 concern, including a detailed statement of any such activity which
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6 is a political activity;
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7 5. The nature and number of contributions, income, money, or
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8 thing of value, if any, that the registrant has received within the
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9 preceding one hundred eighty (180) days from each such foreign
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10 principal from a country of particular concern, either as
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11 compensation or for disbursement or otherwise, and the form and time
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12 of each such payment and from whom such payment was received;
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13 6. A detailed statement of every activity which the registrant
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14 is performing or is assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform
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15 for himself or herself or any other person other than a foreign
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16 principal from a country of particular concern and which requires
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17 his or her registration under this act, including a detailed
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18 statement of any such activity which is a political activity;
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19 7. The name, business, and residence addresses, and if an
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20 individual, the nationality, of any person other than a foreign
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21 principal from a country of particular concern for whom the
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22 registrant is acting, assuming or purporting to act, or has agreed
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23 to act under such circumstances as required by his or her
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24 registration under this act; the extent to which each such person is
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1 supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in
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2 whole or in part, by any government of a foreign country or foreign
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3 political party or by any other foreign principal from a country of
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4 particular concern; and the nature and amount of contributions,
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5 income, money, or thing of value, if any, that the registrant has
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6 received during the preceding one hundred eighty (180) days from
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7 each such person in connection with any of the activities referred
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8 to in paragraph 6 of this subsection, either as compensation or for
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9 disbursement or otherwise, and the form and time of each such
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10 payment and from whom received;
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11 8. A detailed statement of the money and other things of value
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12 spent or disposed of by the registrant during the preceding one
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13 hundred eighty (180) days in furtherance of or in connection with
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14 activities which require his or her registration under this act and
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15 which have been undertaken by him or her either as an agent of a
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16 foreign principal from a country of particular concern or for
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17 himself or herself or any other person or in connection with any
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18 activities relating to his or her becoming an agent of such
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19 principal from a country of particular concern, and a detailed
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20 statement of any contributions of money or other things of value
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21 made by him or her during the preceding one hundred eighty (180)
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22 days other than contributions prohibited under federal law in
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23 connection with an election to any political office or in connection
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1 with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select
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2 candidates for any political office;
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3 9. Copies of each written agreement and the terms and
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4 conditions of each oral agreement, including all modifications of
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5 such agreements, or, where no contract exists, a full statement of
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6 all the circumstances, by reason of which the registrant is
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7 performing or assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform for
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8 himself or herself or for a foreign principal from a country of
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9 particular concern or for any person other than a foreign principal
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10 from a country of particular concern any activities which require
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11 his or her registration under this act;
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12 10. Such other statements, information, or documents pertinent
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13 to the purposes of this subsection as the Attorney General, having
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14 due regard for the national security and the public interest, may
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15 require; and
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16 11. Any further statements and copies of documents necessary to
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17 make the statements made in the registration statement and
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18 supplements, and the copies of accompanying documents, not
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19 misleading.
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20 B. Every agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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21 particular concern who has filed a registration statement required
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22 by subsection A of this section shall, within thirty (30) days after
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23 the expiration of each period of six (6) months succeeding such
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24 filing, file with the Attorney General a supplement to the statement
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1 under oath, on a form prescribed by the Attorney General, which
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2 shall set forth with respect to the preceding six (6) months' period
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3 such facts as the Attorney General, having due regard for the
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4 national security and the public interest, may deem necessary to
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5 make the information required under this section accurate, complete,
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6 and current with respect to such period. In connection with the
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7 information furnished under paragraphs 3, 4, 6, and 9 of subsection
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8 A of this section, the registrant shall give notice to the Attorney
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9 General of any changes within ten (10) days after such changes
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10 occur. If the Attorney General, having due regard for the national
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11 security and the public interest, determines that it is necessary to
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12 carry out the purposes of this act, he or she may, in any particular
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13 case, require supplements to the registration statement to be filed
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14 at more frequent intervals in respect to all or particular items of
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15 information to be furnished.
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16 C. The registration statement and supplements shall be executed
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17 under oath as follows: If the registrant is an individual, by him
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18 or her; if the registrant is a partnership, by the majority of the
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19 members thereof; if the registrant is a person other than an
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20 individual or a partnership, by a majority of the officers thereof
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21 or persons performing the functions of officers or by a majority of
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22 the board of directors thereof or persons performing the functions
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23 of directors, if any.
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1 D. The fact that a registration statement or supplement has
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2 been filed shall not be deemed a full compliance with this act and
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3 any regulations under this act on the part of the registrant, nor
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4 shall it indicate that the Attorney General has in any way passed
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5 upon the merits of such registration statement or supplement. Such
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6 filing shall not preclude prosecution for willful failure to file a
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7 registration statement or supplement when due, for a willful false
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8 statement of a material fact or the willful omission of a material
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9 fact required to be stated, or the willful omission of a material
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10 fact or copy of a material document necessary to make the statements
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11 made in a registration statement and supplements, and the copies of
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12 accompanying documents, not misleading.
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13 E. If an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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14 particular concern required to register under the provisions of this
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15 act has previously registered, the Attorney General, in order to
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16 eliminate inappropriate duplication, may permit incorporation by
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17 reference in the registration statement or supplements filed under
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18 this act of any information or documents previously filed by such
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19 agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular concern
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20 under the provisions of this section.
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21 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13003 of Title 74, unless there
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23 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 Any person who acted as an agent of a foreign principal from a
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2 country of particular concern at any time after January 1, 2014, and
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3 until the effective date of this act shall file with the Attorney
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4 General a true and complete retroactive registration statement and
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5 supplements as required under Section 3 of this act.
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6 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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7 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13004 of Title 74, unless there
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8 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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9 The requirements of Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall not apply
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10 to the following agents of foreign principals:
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11 1. A duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a
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12 foreign government who is so recognized by the United States
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13 Department of State, while the officer is engaged exclusively in
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14 activities that are recognized by the United States Department of
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15 State as being within the scope of the functions of the officer;
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16 2. Any official of a foreign government, if such government is
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17 recognized by the United States, who is not a public relations
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18 counsel, publicity agent, information service employee, or a citizen
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19 of the United States, whose name and status and the character of
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20 whose duties as such official are of public record with the United
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21 States Department of State, while the official is engaged
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22 exclusively in activities that are recognized by the Department of
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23 State as being within the scope of the functions of such official;
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1 3. Any member of the staff of, or any person employed by, a
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2 duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign
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3 government who is so recognized by the United States Department of
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4 State, other than a public relations counsel, publicity agent, or
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5 information service employee, whose name and status and the
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6 character of whose duties as such member or employee are of public
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7 record in the United States Department of State, while the member or
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8 employee is engaged exclusively in the performance of activities
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9 that are recognized by the United States Department of State as
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10 being within the scope of the functions of such member or employee;
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11 or
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12 4. Any person qualified to practice law in this state, if he or
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13 she engages or agrees to engage in the legal representation of a
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14 disclosed foreign principal from a country of particular concern
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15 before any state court or any agency of this state or an entity of a
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16 political subdivision of this state; provided, for purposes of this
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17 act, legal representation does not include attempts to influence or
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18 persuade agency personnel or officials other than in the course of
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19 judicial proceedings, criminal or civil law enforcement inquiries,
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20 investigations, or proceedings, or agency proceedings required by
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21 statute or regulation to be conducted on the record.
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22 SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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23 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13005 of Title 74, unless there
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24 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1 A. Any person within this state who is an agent of a foreign
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2 principal from a country of particular concern and who is required
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3 to register under the provisions of this act, who transmits or
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4 causes to be transmitted in the United States mail or by any means
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5 or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce any
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6 informational materials for or in the interests of the foreign
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7 principal from a country of particular concern (i) in the form of
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8 prints, or (ii) in any other form which is reasonably adapted to
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9 being, or which he or she believes will be or intends to be,
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10 disseminated or circulated among two or more persons shall, no later
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11 than forty-eight (48) hours after the beginning of the transmittal,
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12 file two copies of the materials with the Attorney General.
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13 B. It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States
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14 who is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
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15 concern and required to register under the provisions of this act to
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16 transmit or cause to be transmitted in the United States mail or by
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17 any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce any
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18 informational materials for or in the interests of such foreign
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19 principal without placing in the informational materials a
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20 conspicuous statement that the materials are distributed by the
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21 agent on behalf of the foreign principal and that additional
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22 information is on file with the Attorney General. The Attorney
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23 General shall determine what constitutes a conspicuous statement for
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24 the purposes of this section.
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1 C. The copies of informational materials required by this
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2 section to be filed with the Attorney General shall be available for
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3 public inspection under such regulations as the Attorney General may
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4 prescribe.
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5 D. Under the provisions of this act, it shall be unlawful for
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6 any person who is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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7 particular concern within this state to transmit, convey, or
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8 otherwise furnish to any government agency or official of this
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9 state, including any member or committee of the Legislature or
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10 governing body of a political subdivision, any political propaganda,
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11 or to request from any such agency or official any information or
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12 advice with respect to any matter pertaining to the political or
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13 public interests, policies, relations, or political party that is in
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14 the interests of the foreign principal from a country of particular
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15 concern or pertaining to the foreign or domestic policies of the
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16 United States or this state, unless the propaganda or the request is
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17 prefaced or accompanied by a true and accurate statement to the
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18 effect that such person is registered as an agent of a foreign
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19 principal from a country of particular concern.
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20 E. Whenever any agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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21 particular concern required to register under this act appears
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22 before a committee of the Legislature or a governing body of a
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23 political subdivision to testify for or in the interests of the
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24 foreign principal, he or she shall, at the time of such appearance,
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1 furnish the committee with a copy of his or her most recent
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2 registration statement filed with the Attorney General as an agent
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3 of the foreign principal from a country of particular concern for
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4 inclusion in the records of the committee as part of the testimony.
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5 SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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6 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13006 of Title 74, unless there
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7 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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8 Any agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
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9 concern registered under this act shall keep and preserve while an
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10 agent of a foreign principal the books of account and other records
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11 with respect to all of his or her activities, the disclosure of
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12 which is required under the provisions of this act, in accordance
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13 with such business and accounting practices, and shall preserve the
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14 same for a period of three (3) years following the termination of
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15 such status. Until regulations are in effect under this section,
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16 any agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
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17 concern shall keep books of account and shall preserve all written
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18 records with respect to his or her activities. Such books and
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19 records shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of
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20 any official charged with the enforcement of this act. It shall be
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21 unlawful for any person to willfully conceal, destroy, obliterate,
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22 mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal, destroy, obliterate,
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1 obliterated, mutilated, or falsified, any books or records required
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2 to be kept under the provisions of this act.
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3 SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13007 of Title 74, unless there
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6 A. The Attorney General shall retain one copy of all
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7 registration statements furnished under this act, and such
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8 statements shall be public records and open to public examination
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9 and inspection at such reasonable hours as the Attorney General may
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10 prescribe. Copies of such statements shall be furnished to every
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11 applicant at a reasonable fee prescribed by the Attorney General.
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12 B. Upon receipt, the Attorney General shall promptly transmit
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13 one copy of any registration statement, amendment, or supplement
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14 filed under this act to the United States Secretary of State for
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15 comment and use as the Secretary of State determines to be
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16 appropriate for the foreign relations of the United States. Failure
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17 of the Attorney General to transmit such copy shall not be a bar to
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18 prosecution under this act.
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19 C. The Attorney General may furnish to departments and agencies
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20 in the executive branch and committees of the Legislature any
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21 information obtained in the administration of this act, including
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22 the names of registrants, copies of registration statements or parts
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23 of such statements, or other documents or information filed under
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1 D. Every six (6) months, the Attorney General shall report to
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2 the Legislature information concerning administration of this act
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3 including registrations filed, and the nature, sources, and content
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4 of political propaganda disseminated and distributed. Such
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5 information shall be made available monthly on the website of the
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6 Attorney General.
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7 SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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8 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13008 of Title 74, unless there
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9 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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10 Each officer or director, or person performing the functions of
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11 an officer or director, of an agent of a foreign principal from a
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12 country of particular concern which is not an individual shall cause
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13 such agent to execute and file a registration statement and
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14 supplements when such filing is required under subsections A and B
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15 of Section 3 or under Section 4 of this act and shall cause the
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16 agent to comply with all other requirements of this act.
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17 Dissolution of an organization acting as an agent of a foreign
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18 principal from a country of particular concern shall not relieve any
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19 officer or director, or person performing the functions of an
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20 officer or director, from complying with the provisions of this
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21 section. In case of failure of any agent of a foreign principal
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22 from a country of particular concern to comply with the requirements
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1 performing the functions of officers or directors, shall be subject
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2 to prosecution for such failure to comply.
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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13009 of Title 74, unless there
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5 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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6 A. Any person who willfully:
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7 1. Violates any provision of this act or any regulation
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8 promulgated pursuant to this act; or
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9 2. In any registration statement, supplement, or other document
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10 filed with or furnished to the Attorney General under this act:
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11 a. makes a false statement of a material fact,
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12 b. omits any material fact required to be stated therein,
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14 c. omits a material fact or a copy of a material document
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15 necessary to make such statements or the copy of
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16 documents furnished not misleading,
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17 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine
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18 not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or by
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19 imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a
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20 term not to exceed five (5) years, or by both such fine and
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21 imprisonment. In the case of a violation of Section 6 of this act
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22 or of subsection G of this section, the punishment shall be a fine
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23 not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or a term of
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1 imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both
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2 such fine and imprisonment.
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3 B. Any person who is a student, faculty member, researcher,
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4 adjunct, or otherwise employed or associated with an institution
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5 within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who willfully:
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6 1. Violates any provision of this act or any regulation
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7 promulgated under such provision; or
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8 2. In any registration statement or supplement or in any other
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9 document filed with or furnished to the Attorney General under the
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10 provisions of this subsection:
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12 b. omits any material fact required to be stated therein,
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14 c. omits a material fact or a copy of a material document
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15 necessary to make such statements or the copy of
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16 documents furnished not misleading,
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17 shall, upon conviction, be expelled or dismissed from any role with
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18 an institution of higher education in this state and shall be
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20 C. In any proceeding under this act in which it is charged that
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21 a person is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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22 particular concern with respect to a foreign principal outside of
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1 principal from a country of particular concern shall be permissible
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2 but not necessary.
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3 D. Any alien who shall be convicted of a violation of, or a
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4 conspiracy to violate, any provision of this act or any regulation
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5 thereunder shall be subject to referral to the United States
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6 Department of Justice for removal pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title II
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7 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C.A., Section 1221 et
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9 E. Failure to file any such registration statement or
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10 supplements as is required by either subsection A or B of Section 3
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11 of this act shall be considered a continuing offense for as long as
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12 such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of limitation or
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13 other statute to the contrary.
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14 F. Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General, any person
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15 who is engaged in or about to engage in any acts which constitute or
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16 will constitute a violation of, or fails to comply with, any
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17 provision of this act, the Attorney General may make application to
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18 the appropriate state court for an order enjoining such acts or
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19 enjoining such person from continuing to act as an agent of such
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20 foreign principal from a country of particular concern, or for an
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21 order requiring compliance with any appropriate provision of the
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22 act. The state court shall have jurisdiction and authority to issue
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23 a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order, or such
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1 G. If the Attorney General determines that a registration
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2 statement does not comply with the requirements of this act, he or
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3 she shall so notify the registrant in writing, specifying in what
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4 respects the statement is deficient. It shall be unlawful for any
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5 person to act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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6 particular concern at any time ten (10) days or more after receipt
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7 of such notification without filing an amended registration
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8 statement in full compliance with the requirements of this act.
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9 H. It shall be unlawful for any agent of a foreign principal
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10 from a country of particular concern required to register under this
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11 act to be a party to any contract, agreement, or understanding,
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12 either express or implied, with such foreign principal from a
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13 country of particular concern pursuant to which the amount or
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14 payment of the compensation, fee, or other remuneration of such
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15 agent is contingent in whole or in part upon the success of any
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16 political activities carried on by such agent.
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20 The Attorney General shall promulgate rules necessary to
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21 effectuate the provisions of this act, and may at any time make,
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