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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2085 By: McCall, O'Donnell and
Bashore
AS INTRODUCED
Act relating to public buildings and public works;
providing for display of the national motto in
certain state buildings; authorizing certain entities
to provide legal defense; providing for meaning of
display; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 334 of Title 61, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
display the national motto of the United States in a prominently
visible location in all state buildings. The placement and size of
the display shall be in keeping with the placement and size of the
display of the national motto in the United States Capit ol Visitor
Center in a manner proportional to the state building where the
display is placed. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services
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shall be directly responsible for the provisions of this act,
including any related expenses.
B. In the event that the legality or constitutionality of the
display is challenged in a court of law, the Oklahoma Attorney
General is hereby authorized to prepare and present a legal defense
of the display.
C. The display of the national motto shall not be construed to
mean that the State of Oklahoma favors any particular religion or
denomination thereof over others.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON STATES RIGHTS, dated 02/10/2021 -
DO PASS, As Coauthored.